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04 Sep 18
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What is your favourite all time detective series? Americans made some terrific ones.
Kojak my favourite. Cannon my second best.
Kojak my favourite. Cannon my second best.
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the sweeney, guv guv guv.
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Minolta
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The Sweeney. It is a shame production values were a bit low by modern standards.
Morse. Beautifully filmed, even if (like most classic detective series) completely unrealistic as to how murders are investigated. Come to think of it, maybe one of the best features of The Sweeney is the Flying Squad investigated robberies, not murders. |
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James Garner the Rockford Files for me , and of course Columbo
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Garner was so laid back he suited the part perfectly . And it could be funny
“ I’m not going in there I might get killed “ : ) |
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Columbo
DCI Banks Poirot apart from columbo didn't go much for the American ones. |
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As a youngster The Professionals.
As an adult The Cops which starred John Henshaw as PC Roy Bramwell. It was really about the day to day life of the police rather than about solving crimes. One of my favourite series ever. If that doesn't count Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect. I like period stuff like Poirot or Foyles War too. Not a fan of the US stuff generally |
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Police : The Sweeney, Taggart, Inspector Morse
Private Detectives : Shoestring, International TV Detectives : 'Spiral' (Parisian serious crime squad led by Capt Laure Berthaud), "The Killing" (Danish police team headed by DI Sarah Lund) |
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I'm not a huge fan of detective series but I did watch The Rockford Files and Petrocelli back in the day. Of the British ones the only ones that I watched on a regular basis was Cracker and The Chinese Detective when they was on, the latter was ages ago, late 80's maybe.
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george gently .should drop the dodgy accent though !
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Haven't got a favourite, but the one I find the most tedious is Murder She Wrote.
Actors and actresses should be easy on the eye, or have something about them which makes them stand out from others. I find the lead in Murder She Wrote, whatever her name, to be absolutely average in every respect. |
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Frank Marker , Public Eye .
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Hazell, written or co-written by Terry Venables.
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Public Eye was a cracker and the early Taggarts
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Been watching the Streets Of San Francisco dvds and I must admit thoroughly enjoying them. Big nose was very good in the part and I think it was first break in films/tv for Michael Douglas. Simon and Simon was another good one.
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Columbo="he knew the murderer ate Cheese"
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Trying to think of the comedy detective series with Robert Powell.Anyone help.
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Was it The Detectives? also starring Jasper Carrot and George Sewell?
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That's the one Mac.
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I enjoyed The Detectives, it was very funny.
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Victor starring Ray Winston, maybe not a detective more of a bloke who sorts things out, legally or otherwise.
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Don't know if you could call him a detective but i liked "the mentalist" A bit different from the usual stuff and he got the girl in the last episode
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Hazell mentioned earlier was very good.
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Mike Hammer
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Hong kong Phoey
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Chief Ironside.....
Kojack.....Who loves ya, baby? |
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Very good Capt>
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faster than human eye
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Anyone remember 'The Travelling Man' Leigh Lawson? That was a good series.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_Man_(TV_series) |
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Kojak was superb and a must watch for me. Only other one I watched regularly had Angie Dickinson in it. Can't remember it's name.
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Police Woman
aka Pepper Anderson |
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Thanks Mac, was just about to google. She was some looker
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She sure was
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She was married to Burt Bacharach. Not a lot of people know that
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Aka, you are not going to believe this - she is 86 now
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Tis unbelievable. Googled Angie Dickinson Now.
Still a looker and belies her age. |
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Columbo no 1, but The Untouchables was superb. cheers.
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Inch High Private Eye was very well done. Inspector Gadget too.
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