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Crime
drama series. A spin off from
Strangers. Ex cop George Bulman
retires to open up a clock and
watch repair shop but still
finds himself being drawn into
the odd case.
REGULAR
CAST
DON
HENDERSON as George Bulman /
SIOBHAN REDMOND as Lucy McGinty
/ THORLEY WALTERS as William
Dugdale
PRODUCTION
DETAILS
Creator:
Kenneth Royce / Music:
Dick Walter / Producers: Steve
Hawes (season One), Sita
Williams (Season 2) Executive
Producer: Richard Everitt
UK
/ Granada / 20x60m-e / 1985-87
Two seasons.
SEASON
ONE
13
Episodes / 5 June - 28 August
1985
1.
WINDS OF CHANGE
WRITER:
Murray Smith
George
Bulman is happy to be retired
from the force and working in
his new clock repair shop when
two of his former police
colleagues ask him to help on a
case - young Lucy McGinty who
has been a regular visitor to
Bulman's shop also tags along.
With:-
MARK McMANUS as Detective Chief
Superintendant Lambie / DENNIS
BLANCH as Detective Sergeant
Blanch
DIRECTOR:
William Brayne
2.
THE DAUGHTER WAS A DANCER
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
and Lucy have to go to some
strange lengths in order to
guarantee the safety of a
business man they have agreed to
'mind'.
With:-
MARK McMANUS as Detective Chief
Superintendant Lambie / HENRY
STAMPER as Murdo McPherson /
PAUL ANGELIS as Detective
Inspector Snow
DIRECTOR:
Ken Grieve
3.
PANDORA'S MANY BOXES
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Executive
Dylan Chadwick asks Bulman to
find out why a failed a security
check that cost him an important
job, but Bulman uncovers more
than anticipated.
With:-
CLIVE FRANCIS as Dylan Chadwick
/ BASIL HENSON as Lord
Breconbury / DENNIS BLANCH as
Detective Sergeant Willis
DIRECTOR:
Bill Gilmour
4.
DEATH OF A HIT MAN
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
gets involved in the murky world
of the secret service whilst
helping a woman discover the
true facts surrounding the death
of her son.
With:-
PHILLADA SEWELL as Ma Gurney /
THORLEY WALTERS as William
Dugdale / ALUN ARMSTRONG as
Detective Sergeant Figg
DIRECTOR:
Bill Gilmour
5.
THE NAME OF THE GAME
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
gets involved with a young widow
who is determined to make the
policeman she feels was
responsible for her husbands
death pay.
With:-
LESLEY MANVILLE as Karen
Tait / GEORGE SEWELL as Harry
Scroop / DAVID HEALY as Elias
Greenstein
DIRECTOR:
William Brayne
6.
ONE OF OUR PIGEONS IS MISSING
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
tangles with spies when he goes
undercover as a tramp to try and
solve a murder.
With:-
MURRAY MELVIN as Jack Sprat /
URSULA HOWELLS as Dr Beasley
DIRECTOR:
Charlie Nairn
7.
SINS OF OMISSION
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Lucy
gets herself involved with the
British Intelligence service who
want to use her to lure a KGB
hit woman into a trap.
With:-
KATIA TCHENKO as Irenya Konstantinovnia
/ GEORGE PRAVDA as Puskin
DIRECTOR:
Roger Tucker
8.
ANOTHER PART OF THE JUNGLE
WRITER:
Henry Livings
Whilst
visiting a supposedly quiet part
of Yorkshire George finds
himself trying to track down a
serial murderer.
With:-
FREDDIE JONES as Victor Garforth
/ GODFREY JAMES as Dizzie Bowden
/ PETER KELLY as The Face
DIRECTOR:
Christopher King
9.
BORN INTO THE PURPLE
WRITER:
Paul Wheeler
Some
unsavory facts about a well to
do family are revealed when they
hire Bulman and Lucy to discover
who was behind a number of
thefts from their property.
With:-
PAULINE JAMESON as Lady
Springfield / ALAN DAVID as
Williams / VERONICA SMART as Jan
DIRECTOR:
Bill Gilmour
10.
A CUP FOR THE WINNER
WRITER:
Murray Smith
American
Wilbur C. McLeod persuades
Bulman to try and find a family
heirloom that belongs to his
family - last seen by them in
the eighteenth century.
With:-
BRUCE BOA as Wilbur C. McLeod /
ANTHONY MAY as Detective
Sergeant Reid / RICHARD CALDICOT
as Samuel Lane
DIRECTOR:
David Carson
11.
I MET A MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
WRITER:
Henry Livings
Bulman
and Lucy find themselves
involved in the seedy world of
porn and 'exotic dancers' whilst
tailing a crook who though
supposed to be out of the
country is back and looking for
revenge.
With:-
PETER WYNGARDE as Gallio /
SHEILA HANCOCK as Kate / DAVID
FOXXE as Dando
DIRECTOR:
Ken Grieve
12.
A MOVEABLE FEAST
WRITER:
Paul Wheeler
Bulman
and Lucy agree to try and
discover who is out to ruin a
young couple's catering
business.
With:-
CAROLYN PICKLES as Lisa / SIMON
CHANDLER as Tim / TONY ANHOLT as
John Fistolarli
DIRECTOR:
Bill Gilmour
13.
A MAN OF CONVICTION
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
agrees to undercover in prison
to try and discover how a gang
of convicted armed robbers can
carry out their crimes even
though they are 'inside'. When
Bulman's real identity gets out
it is up to Lucy to try and save
his life.
With:-
MARK McMANUS as Detective Chief
Superintendent Lambie / ALFRED
LYNCH as Joe Revell
DIRECTOR:
Tom Cotter
SEASON
TWO
7
EPISODES / 20 June - 8 August
1987
(14)
1. CHINESE WHISPERS
WRITER:
Murray Smith
After
the evil Joe Revell had put out
a contract on him Bulman and
Lucy have spent 18 months living
in China, now back home Bulman
decides it time he showed Revell
who is boss.
With:-
ALFRED LYNCH as Joe Revell /
DAVID HOROVITCH as Commander
McHeath / JOHN FORGEHAM as Edwin
Gilbert
DIRECTOR:
William Brayne
(15)
2. DEATH BY MISADVENTURE
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
and Lucy investigate the strange
death of reporter Desmond
Geraldine.
With:-
IAIN CUTHBERTSON as Desmond
Geraldine / ROBERT HARDY as
Viscount Fairfax / JANE COX as
Diana White
DIRECTOR:
David Carson
(16)
3. WHITE LIES
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Head
of C-13 (based at Scotland Yard)
Commander Morrison persuades
Bulman to tackle a particularly
important case, but it seems
things may not be what they
seem.
With:-
EMRYS JAMES as Commander
Morrison / STEPHEN DILLON as DC
Danny Keech / AMANDA HILLWOOD as
Cassandra Stanley
DIRECTOR:
Gareth Morgan
(17)
4. CHICKEN OF THE BASKERVILLES
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
agrees to pose as a butler to
the wealthy Lord Kilmartin to
look into the sinister
disappearance of Kilmartin's
real butler along with his
housekeeper.
With:-
TONY MATHEWS as Lord Kilmartin /
JOHN McGLYNN as Art Mason /
INGRID PITT as Laura
DIRECTOR:
William Brayne
(18)
5. THIN ICE
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
is shocked when it looks like
his former boss Dugdale has been
found dead, looking into the
situation Bulman and Lucy
uncover murky goings on at the
heart of the British Security
Services.
With:-
GRAHAM CROWDEN as Sir Michael
Wallace / JACK SHEPHERD as
Regozhkin
DIRECTOR:
Bruce Macdonald
(19)
6. W.C. FIELDS WAS RIGHT
WRITER:
Murray Smith
Bulman
finds himself saddled with two
children and a dog whilst
investigating a murder. The
title of this episode of course
coming from W.C. Fields' famous
maxim that you should never work
with children or animals.
With:-
TONY DOYLE as Harry Main /
ALBERT WELLING as Steven
Richards / KIERAN O'BRIEN as
Peter Malin
DIRECTOR:
Sarah Harding
(20)
7. MINISTRY OF ACCIDENTS
WRITER:
Murray Smith
When
the supposedly dead Dugdale
reappears seeking the help of
George, Bulman and Lucy's lives
are changed forever.
With:-
SHAUGHAN SEYMOUR as Czinner /
TERRY GILLIGAN as Dobson
DIRECTOR:
Brian Mills
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