A Touch of Frost is about Detective Inspector William “Jack” Frost (David Jason), a veteran officer of the police force in the fictional UK town of Denton, who uses his experience and intuition to solve cases that baffle his colleagues.
As with everything he appears in, a splendid performance by David Jason who is equally at home in either dramatic or comedic roles.

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Brother Cadfael, the medieval mystery-solving monk, is a fascinating detective, at once a man of God, of science, and even of action. Derek Jacobi stars as the former "soldier, sailor, sinner, and Crusader" who has his faith tested by crimes of royal intrigue and baffling murders that seem to plague 12th-century Shrewsbury.
Each feature-length episode is self-contained but plays against the backdrop of England's civil war between forces loyal to King Stephen and those to Empress Maud. Eoin McCarthy co-stars as local Under-Sheriff Hugh Beringar, who relies on Cadfael when murder subverts his efforts to keep the peace.

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Two female police detectives cooperate with each other both in their professions and in their personal lives.
As was the growing trend in the shows of the 80s, much greater emphasis was placed on character relationships - none did this to such effect as Cagney and Lacey where personal problems often took centre stage with police activities sometimes relegated to a supporting role.

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Adapted from the best-selling novels of Margery Allingham these are stories of gentleman detective Albert Campion and his trusty manservant, Magersfontein Lugg. The TV episodes star Peter Davison and Brian Glover.

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Back in the late 1970s Charlie's Angels was wildly popular television at its most self-consciously banal. The jiggly, joggly jolly first series' three (and best-remembered) belles--lioness Farrah Fawcett (then Farrah Fawcett-Majors), pin-up babe Jaclyn Smith and thinking man's beauty Kate Jackson--were something like primetime Spice Girls, gracing countless magazine covers and bestselling posters.
The three leading characters were bored policewomen wooed away to a private firm owned and operated by the unseen Charlie. After a long set-up each week, the girls' investigations typically saw them going undercover as fashion models, nurses, roller-derby stars, vulnerable convicts etc. etc.

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Peter Falk's rumpled and infallible Lt. Columbo. Viewers were quickly won over by Falk's shrewd performance as he matched wits with a host of exceptional guest stars (including Gene Barry, Patrick McGoohan, and others), all of whom assumed that the disheveled detective would never figure out their "perfect crimes"; the popularity and quality of the original series allows Falk to continue to don the trenchcoat some 30 years later for occasional Columbo TV movies.

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First screened in 1993, Jimmy McGovern's Cracker was at once a variation on a familiar theme and a daring new departure from the run-of-the-mill cop show. Robbie Coltrane's Fitz is an independent criminal psychologist called in by the police to help them crack intractable cases, usually involving grisly serial murders. But like its Granada TV stablemate Prime Suspect, Cracker also delves deep into the main characters' personal lives, revealing a chaos of emotional entanglements that become increasingly inseparable from their professional duties.
Robbie Coltrane's charismatic presence dominates: the contrast between Fitz's professionalism and his complete inability to diagnose his own psychological failings provides much of the show's dramatic impetus. His frequent interrogations of murder suspects are tour de force demonstrations of coolly analytical method shot through with biting humour. But his drunken, intemperate behaviour towards his wife and everyone else is a telling contrast of extremes, and one that creates dangerous resentment among his colleagues.

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Soho sleuth Hazell (played by Nicholas Ball).

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When Inspector Morse first appeared on television in 1987, nobody could have predicted that it would run into the next century, maintaining throughout a quality of scripts and storylines that raised the genre of the detective series to a new level. Much of its success can be attributed to John Thaw's total immersion in the role.
At the heart of Morse's professional life is his awkward partnership with Detective Sergeant Lewis (Kevin Whately), the resolutely ordinary, worldly sidekick who manages to keep his boss in an almost permanent state of exasperation while retaining his grudging respect.
Morse's investigations do occasionally take him abroad to more exotic locations, but throughout 14 successful years of often gruesome murders, the city of Oxford itself became a central character in these brooding two-hour dramas.

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Jonathan Creek (Alan Davies) is a master of illusion. Deviser of magic, creator of miracles, Jonathan creates spectacular stage stunts from his home – a mysterious windmill in the heart of the country. His brilliant analytical mind penetrates the darkest corners and cracks the trickiest of puzzles. But no showman, he lurks backstage while his boss Adam Faust steps in the limelight. Then Jonathan meets unorthodox crime journalist Maddy Magellan (Caroline Quentin), who soon discovers another use for his extraordinary talent – solving murder by magic. The hottest partnership since Mulder and Scully, Jonathan and Maddy investigate crimes which seem to have no rational explanation. He is a bit of a nerd but he also a bit of a quick-witted genius. Maddy Magellan is an investigative crime writer, and the pair join forces to solve seemingly impossible crimes.
Series 4 saw the introduction of Carla Borrego (Julia Sawalha) as Creek's new foil after Caroline Quentin's departure from the show.

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Lt. Theo Kojak (Telly Savalas) is the main character in this popular television police drama. Kojak is a tough cop, but his trademark is a fondness for lollipops.
Kojak is one of those shows that left its mark on those priviledged to watch it in the early 70s. The show had a host of well defined characters in the NYPD and the plots were well written, intense and very well acted.

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After it first screened in 1980, Magnum quickly became a hit, thanks to the combination of smart and witty scripting, gorgeous locations, and the considerable charm of lead Tom Selleck as former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum, who gives up his position to become a private investigator on Oahu with the help of fellow Vietnam vets T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) and Rick (Larry Manetti). Magnum also provided security for the lavish estate of wealthy (and never-seen) mystery writer Robin Masters, which gave him access to the author's expensive vehicles (including a prized Ferrari), much to the disapproval of Masters' manservant Higgins (Jonathan Hillerman).

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