Just For Fun! Name A Uk/British ………

[Smowball]

Name a UK/British detective/ mystery/ crime series - either current or old, still running or not seen for ages. There must be god knows how many! I'll start with a couple!

VERA, A TOUCH OF FROST, NEW TRICKS.....

 

[DTCwordfan]

Midsomer, population 669 at 31.12.21 - population 667 as of 12.01.22, then 663 by 01.02.2022 and 659 by Valentines Day when a 12 person massacre took place, ITV cameras on site all the time. 

[dustypuss]

Doom watch 

[andy-hughes]

Hopkirk - Yep - a goddess in human form!

[Barsel]

Line of Duty.

[choux]

Dempsey and Makepeace

Father Brown

Sister Boniface

Unforgotten

Happy Valley

Sherlock

Poirot

Miss Marple

 

 

[choux]

Maigret from the '60's was also British

[New Judge]

"We're the Sweeney son and we haven't had our dinner..."

The finest episode of that great series was on ITV4 a week or two back. Series 4 Episode 1, "Messenger of the Gods". Guest starring the late Diana Dors as the formidable Mrs Rix and Malcolm McFee ("Please Sir") as Lukey Sparrow. Lukey is about to marry Linda Rix, Diana Dors' daughter. A while prior to his nuptials the theft of a quantity of Mercury takes place (hence the title). George & Jack place Lukey in the frame, but he has an alibi - he spent the night with another woman. The rest of the episode involves George & Jack interviewing Lukey whilst Linda's mother tries to get him released from the Nick in time for the wedding.

Episode 2 of the final series ("Hard Men") is almost as good. Guest starring James Cosmo as Sergeant Davy Freeth who is sent from Glasgow in pursuit of three villains. Jack has to meet him off the train and has a note on his desk "Meet Scotch looney 1pm Euston". Davy sees it and their relationship goes downhill from there.

 

[choux]

The Saint

[choux]

Rose and Maloney

[choux]

The Last Detective

[choux]

WPC 56

[choux]

Inspector Banks

[New Judge]

He was a Detective Chief Inspector, choux.

[Smowball]

Broadchurch

[Smowball]

New Judge - I've never seen that one.

[choux]

London Kills

[Toorak]

Vice

[Doof45]

Hope Street

[Captain2]

Paul Temple

[Captain2]

Oh, Hazel - forgot that one; written by Terry Venables?