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Period
crime drama series. Cases of
Detective Sergeant Cribb working
for the newly formed Criminal
Investigation Department with
his partner Constable Thackery.
REGULAR
CAST
ALAN
DOBIE as Sergeant Cribb /
WILLIAM SIMONS as Constable
Thackery / THORLEY WALTERS as
Inspector Jowett
PRODUCTION
DETAILS
Creator:
Peter Lovesey from his own
novels / Music: Derek
Hilton / Costume: Anne
Barfield / Producer: June
Wyndham-Davies
UK
/ Granada / 1x909m-e 13x60m-e /
1979-81 1 pilot plus two
seasons.
PILOT
1x90m-e
/ 19 August 1979
1.
WAXWORK
WRITER:
Pauline Macauley
Cribb
has to try and see whether a
woman's confession of murder is
true.
With:-
CAROL ROYLE as Miriam Cromer /
DAVID ASHFORD as Simon Allingham
/ GERALD SIM as Inspector
Waterlow / ELIZABETH BERGER as
Bell / BARBARA BOLTON as Hawkins
/ SUSIE BLAKE as Lottie Piper /
JOANNE ZORIAN as Judith
Honeycutt / ELSPETH MARCH as
Dorothea Davenant / LAURENCE
PAYNE as Howard Cromer /
GEOFFREY LARDER as Josiah
Perceval / JAMES WARRIOR as
James Berry / STUART LATHAM as
Prison Doctor
DIRECTOR:
June Wyndham-Davies
SEASON
ONE
7
Episodes / 13 April - 25 May
1980
(2)
1. SWING, SWING TOGETHER
WRITER:
Brian Thompson
Cribb
and Thackery investigate when
three female students out for a
midnight swim witness a body
being dumped in the river, they
then find themselves re-enacting
scenes from Three Men In A Boat.
With:-
HEATHER MORAY as Harriet Shaw /
ALBERT WELLING as Constable
Hardy / RONALD LACEY as Percy
Bustard / BRIAN RAWLINSON as Jim
Hackett / MARK BURNS as John
Fernandez / JANE HOW as Melanie
Bonner Hill / RONALD RUSSELL as
Fernandez Snr / SHEILA KEITH as
Miss Plummer / DEBBIE FARRINGTON
as Molly / VICTORIA BURTON as
Jane . ROBERT FYFE as Lucifer /
MICHAEL RIPPER as Lockkeeper /
JOHN GRILLO as Goldstein
DIRECTOR:
June Wyndham-Davies
(3)
2. ABRACADAVER
WRITER:
Bill Macilwraith
Cribb
and Thackery try to discover who
is trying to sabotage a series
of music hall acts.
With:-
WENDY HOLLOWAY as Lola Pinkus /
VALERIE HOLLOWAY as Bella Pinkus
/ DEREK TANSLEY as Buckmaster /
BILLY WARD as Knife thrower /
CHUBBY OATES as Chairman / JULIA
CHAMBERS as Ellen Blake / IAN
COLLIER as Albert / PEGGYANN
CLIFFORD as Albert's Mother /
ANTHONY PEDLEY as Major Chick /
ROBERT KINGSWELL as PC Salt /
JEROLD WELLS as PC Battree /
PATSY ROWLANDS as Mrs Body
DIRECTOR:
Julian Aymes
(4)
3.THE DETECTIVE WORE SILK
DRAWERS
WRITER:
Peter Lovesey
When
a headless corpse is dragged out
of the river, it sends Cribb and
Thackery investigating into the
murky world of bare knuckle
fighting.
With:-
BARRY ANDREWS as Constable Henry
Jago / NORMA WEST as Isabel
Vibart / DAVID RHULE as The
Ebony / DAVID HARGREAVES as
Robert D'Estin / MARK EDEN as
Edmund Vibart / ALFIE CURTIS as
Matt Beckett / MAVIS BLAKE as
Lydia Boltover / JIMMY GARDNER
as Boatman / ALF JOINT as The Ox
/ CAMPBELL O'BRIEN as Landlord
DIRECTOR:
Alan Grint
(5)
4. THE HORIZONTAL WITNESS
WRITERS:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
When
a body is found in a brothel
Cribb finds himself
investigating the murder of the
man known as The King of London
Vice; When a link with a major
hospital is discovered Thackery
has his part to play when he is
admitted for an operation to
treat a nasty case of the old
'Farmer Giles'.
With:-
ELIZABETH BENNETT as Sister
Armstrong / JOHN RINGHAM as
James Hepplewhite / NORMAN JONES
as Joe Calhoun / JAMES COYLE as
Charles Vokins / JENNIFER GUY as
Flossie / JEAN WARREN as Alice /
LINDA ROBSON as Bessie Hardicker
/ JUNE PAGE as Lucy Alcock /
MOLLY VENESS as Peg
DIRECTOR:
Alan Grint
(6)
5. WOBBLE TO DEATH
WRITER:
Alan Plater
Cribb
and Thackery investigate when
one of the competitors in the
World Pedestrian Championship (a
marathon 10 walking event) is
murdered.
With:-
ANDREW BURT as Captain Erskine
Chadwick / MICHAEL ELPHICK as
Sol Herriott / KENNETH CRANHAM
as Francis Mostyn-Smith / ARCHIE
TEW as Charles Darrell / ALEX
JOHNSTON as Harvey / RAY JEWERS
as Sam Monk / ROBERT AUSTIN as
Walter Jacobson / PAUL RIDLEY as
Pincher / BOBBIE BROWN as Cora
Darrell / PAUL BARBER as George
Williams
DIRECTOR:
Gordon Flemyng
(7)
6. SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
WRITERS:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
When
Thackery is asked to best man at
the wedding of an old friend of
his fathers, Cribb discovers
that several of the young brides
previous elderly husbands died
suddenly.
With:-
CHARLOTTE MITCHELL as Mrs Winter
/ SALLY OSBORN as Daphne Winter
/ ALISON GLENNIE as Denise
Winter / GEOFFREY BAYLDON as
Uncle Ezra Winter / IVOR SALTER
as Sexton / ARTHUR HEWLETT as
Henry Russell / GEORGE WARING as
Dr Burden / WILLIAM ABNEY as
Vicar / MARJORIE SIDDELL as
Woman in Train
DIRECTOR:
Oliver Horsbrugh
(8)
7. A CASE OF SPIRITS
WRITER:
Arden Winch
When
Cribb and Thackery investigate
the theft of a valuable painting
it sees them enter a murky world
of spiritualism and murder.
With:-
CLIVE SWIFT as Dr Probert /
GEORGINE ANDERSON as Winifred
Probert / JUDY CORNWELL as Miss
Crush / CHRISTOPHER HANCOCK as
Mr Strathmore / MICHAEL
BARRINGTON as Professor Quayle /
MICK FORD as Peter Brand / EMMA
JACOBS as Alice Probert / DAVID
NEVILLE as Captain Nye / JOHN
WARNER as Dr Benjamin / GEOFFREY
LARDER as Mr Cage
DIRECTOR:
Bill Gilmour
SEASON
TWO
6
Episodes / 29March - 10 May 1981
(9)
1. MAD HATTER'S HOLIDAY
WRITER
Bill Macilwraith
Cribb
and Sgt Thackery investigate the
brutal murder of a woman whose
body, in various bits, has been
turning up all over Brighton.
With:-
KEVIN BRENNAN as Inspector
Murphy / DEREK FOWLDS as Albert
Moscrop / FENELLA FIELDING as
Zena Prothero / ADAM RICHARDSON
as Guy Prothero / KATE LOCK as
Bridget / CONRAD PHILLIPS as Dr
Prothero / GEORGE LEE as
Constable Murphy
DIRECTOR:
June Wyndham Davies
(10)
2. THE LAST TRUMPET
WRITERS:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
Cribb
finds himself investigating the
murder of a woman who was
involved in protesting about the
transportation of an Elephant
from the states to Regents Park
Zoo.
With:-
JOYCE CAREY as Mrs Pennycook /
GEOFF KEEN as Abraham Bartlett /
GARRICK HAGON as William Newman
/ BARRY JACKSON as Matthew Scott
/ TONY STEEDMAN as Sebastian
Napier / MARY LARKIN as Louise .
LEE WHITLOCK as Bobby / NORMAN
MILLS as Turnstile Keeper /
ALFIE CURTIS as Landlord / JOHN
DE FRATES as Wine Vintner
DIRECTOR:
Brian Mills
(11)
3. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE
CRADLE
WRITERS:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
Cribb
and Thackery tangle with
anarchists whilst looking into
some strange events concerning
the Prince's nursemaid around
the time of Queen Victoria's
golden jubilee.
With:-
ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY as Mrs
Innocent / JESSICA SPENCER as
Queen Victoria / IRENE RICHARD
as Princess Beatrice / SCOTT
FREDERICKS as Prince Henry /
NICHOLAS DAY as Igor Ozolin /
SARAH NEVILLE as Jane Temple /
VIRGINIA DENHAM as Nurse Grant /
TIMOTHY CARLTON as
Superintendent Wilmot / AUBREY
WOODS as Lord Casper-Jones
DIRECTOR:
George Spenton-Foster
(12)
4. THE CHOIR THAT WOULDN'T SING
WRITER:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
Cribb
thinks an entire village may be
implicated in the murder of
Colonel Dawson.
With:-
ELIZABETH SPRIGGS as Mrs Gurney
/ ALAN DOWNEY as Joshua / BARRY
McGINN as Mr Jessop
DIRECTOR:
Mary McMurray
(13)
5. MURDER OLD BOY
WRITERS:
Peter and Jacqueline Lovesey
When
Cribb and Thackery attend an old
boys reunion they find
themselves investigating a
murder.
With:-
JOHN CARSON as Russell Haygarth
/ TERENCE EDMOND as Matron /
PETRA DAVIES as Matron / EDGAR
WREFORD as Montagne Penn / ERIC
DODSON as James Archer / JOHN
BRYANS as Dr Partridge
DIRECTOR:
George Spenton-Foster
(14)
6. INVITATION TO A DYNAMITE
PARTY
WRITER:
Arden Winch
With
London being beset by
'Dynamiters' (bombing
terrorists) Cribb has to
infiltrate the gang responsible.
With:-
JAMES TAYLOR as Colonel Martin /
ANTONY SCOTT as Malone / DAVID
SIERNE as Carter / CHARLES
KEATING as Devlin / JEANANNE
CROWLEY as Roseanne McGee / TONY
SCANNELL as Millar / DERRY POWER
as Carse / COLIN BEAN as Police
Constable / TOMMY BRIERLEY as
McGee
DIRECTOR:
Alan Grint
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