Quote Originally Posted by mickd1961 View Post
That’s correct Thomas, it’s a superb series and a great portrayal of policing here in the 70’s.

Have you watched Minder, also set in the 70’s and early 80’s.

Again, it’s Dennis Waterman who is joint lead character and he’s alongside George Cole who played Arthur Daley, the much loved wheeler dealer in the series.

This is my favourite character in any programme I’ve ever watched, the humour and wit is fantastic albeit you might need to sharpen up your knowledge of Cockney rhyming slang to fully enjoy it.

Another very good Dennis Waterman series is the BBC detective programme filmed around 2005-2010 called New Tricks in which retired detectives go over unsolved murders, some very good actors in this and the humour is good as well.,……one of the characters supports Wimbledon FC!

The series was written by a guy who supports West Brom and he always fits at least one West Brom reference into each episode so it’s fun spotting a “Mr Halford” or a “Bob Taylor” etc, etc.


I’d also recommend Jonathan Creek, he’s a magicians trick inventor who solves unsolvable murders.
James Bolam plays Jack Halford, Alun Armstrong is Brian Lane and Dennis Waterman is Gerry Standing. Halford Lane standing! Where he used to watch from as a kid..