TV detectives

[Pegleg]

Not many US series have been mentioned. I used to enjoy 'Hill Street Blues' for its overlapping storylines, but found Columbo's mannerisms irritating and not really relevant to the plot (cf. e.g. Morse, whose prejudice and snobbery often lead him initially to jump to the wrong conclusion).

Raincoats, lollipops and a bloke with an attitude as big as his weight problem. Watched them, but didn't care for them.

Talking of grubby raincoats and a grubby world, did anyone watch Alfred Burke as Frank Minter in "Public Eye"? It had a catchy jazzy theme tune:

http://youtu.be/GlMK4ERD6MU

[amateur51]

Nappies here!

TMI!

[amateur51]

Aeons ago (1964, the link says) Peter Copley starred in a BBC series as R. Austin Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke, an early stab at the forensic detective genre, more scientific than Holmes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Thorndyke

In the late 60s/early 70s this genre was updated with Marius Goring, again on BBC, starring as The Expert

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/481801/index.html

Neither series exactly set the world on fire but I remember them fondly

[Pegleg]

Wallander returns: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kv4pw

OK, it's only Kenneth Branagh, but it's better than nothing.

[Flosshilde]

Not many US series have been mentioned. I used to enjoy 'Hill Street Blues' for its overlapping storylines, but found Columbo's mannerisms irritating and not really relevant to the plot (cf. e.g. Morse, whose prejudice and snobbery often lead him initially to jump to the wrong conclusion).

Cagney & Lacey were (was?) a must-see. Ground-breaking women detectives (although the ground seemed to close over again when the programme stopped ) with complex personal lives as well. Brilliant!

[antongould]

Wallander returns: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kv4pw

OK, it's only Kenneth Branagh, but it's better than nothing.

It seems that the first (of three) episodes is not from one of the original Mankell novels?

[DracoM]

It seems that the first (of three) episodes is not from one of the original Mankell novels?

And by the way it's not better than nothing if it's got Branagh in it. That guy wouldn't recognise his own limitations unless they walked him down a dark alley and mugged him. Powered by hubris.

[aeolium]

And by the way it's not better than nothing if it's got Branagh in it. That guy wouldn't recognise his own limitations unless they walked him down a dark alley and mugged him. Powered by hubris.

[amateur51]

Cagney & Lacey were (was?) a must-see. Ground-breaking women detectives (although the ground seemed to close over again when the programme stopped ) with complex personal lives as well. Brilliant!

[Northender]

James Grout, who played Morse's boss, has died at the age of 84. You could tell when he was even more annoyed with Morse than usual - he would call him 'matie'.

[Pabmusic]

It seems that the first (of three) episodes is not from one of the original Mankell novels?

I do not actually know (as I haven't yet read it) but I think it's the 90-page novella "Händelse om hösten", which is due to be published in English as "The Grave".

[amateur51]

James Grout, who played Morse's boss, has died at the age of 84. You could tell when he was even more annoyed with Morse than usual - he would call him 'matie'.

He could be marvellously malevolent, couldn't he.

Am I right in thinking that he appeared in a similar (but slimmer) role with Charlie Barlow & John Watt in Softly Softly some ages ago?

[Pianorak]

Am51 - Could have sworn I saw you earlier in Murder Most Foul on Ch. 5. It was you, wasn't it?

[Nick Armstrong]

Am51 - Could have sworn I saw you earlier in Murder Most Foul on Ch. 5. It was you, wasn't it?

She's all over the place, trying to solve stuff

[amateur51]

She's all over the place, trying to solve stuff

Ah cheers Pianorak! - Repeat Fees!

I may get a new hat