| UK
/ Thames /
x30/60m-e / 1984-continuing
Creator:
Geoff McQueen / Theme Music: Andy Pask, Charlie
Morgan
Very
long running UK police soap drama series about
the coppers working at Sun Hill police station
in London. The action was focused almost solely
on life at the station and on the streets and
cases featured both the uniformed cops and the
detectives. The show began life as one off pilot
called Woodentop about a young PC (Carver -
still in the show today) facing his first day on
the beat.
Initially the episodes were hour long and
once weekly but as the showed gained in
popularity it moved to half hourly and
twice weekly (and sometimes more). Latterly
seeming unsure of its direction it has gone back
to hour long episode and has begun introducing
some elements of the cops home lives into the
equation. The character who probably made the
most lasting impact on the show has been that of
tough detective Inspector Frank Burnside who
garnered the ultimate accolade of his own spin
off show called simply Burnside. In May 2003 another spin-off series was launched called
MIT (Murder Investigation Team) whose first case was to investigate the murder of long-standing regular Sgt Matthew Boyden. |
