Cat-Walk: An accidental fall could have accounted for the body in the courtyard – but Jimmy Flood was the best cat burglar in Dock Green, if not...
Sci-Fi drama series Sapphire and Steel saw two ‘ethereal’ time travellers appear in different times and locations to combat the forces of evil. The opening narration...
In Heroes an American politician John Jerry Patterson is in the country but, because of his inflamatory and bigoted attitude, there are lot of people who...
In Playground Faye is deeply concerned about Mary Phillips and the fact that she is refusing to even acknowledge her young son John. The young boy...
In Guessing Game, Anne French, a young inmate on Janet Harker’s wing gives Faye food for thought. She is sharing a cell with Rowena Patterson who...
In Diversion Strand takes centre stage after becoming convinced that there is a traitor in his department. He is making a show of appearing drunk in...
Anthology series Dial M For Murder told stories where murderous intent was the focus. The linking device was that a phone featured in some way to...
Sitcom Lame Ducks focuses on Brian Drake (hence the somewhat punning title) who has to start his life over when he is injured in a collision...
A kind of counter point series to Crown Court, Six Days of Justice took us into the much busier world of the magistrates’ court which in...
Crime drama series Hunter’s Walk followed the cases of the police in the small Midlands town of Broadstone. Most seen coppers were Detective Sergeant “Smithy” Smith...
Thriller The Lake of Darkness was shown as part of the Ruth Rendell Mysteries series. Staid accountant Martin Urban wins 1.8 million pounds on the lottery,...
Something of a precursor to The Sweeney but with less location filming New Scotland Yard offered up a surprisingly realistic view of the investigations of two detectives...