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The Chinese Detective 1981
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
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Juliet Bravo 1980
y do The Chinese Detective and Juliet Bravo not get the same respect as the Sweeney? they were good
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
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Shoestring 1980
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
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Bergerac
― soref, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
this is excellent and I'm refreshing regularly.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:51 (seven years ago) link
chinese detective v "lonely guy just thinking baout things"
― Fizzles, Sunday, 29 May 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
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Z Cars
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
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again
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
The Hardwicks appear to have the "novels based on British cop shows" racket sewn up.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Monday, 30 May 2016 00:03 (seven years ago) link
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― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
I like this anecdote from Philip Martin, who wrote several episodes of Z Cars (as well creating Gangsters and writing for Dr Who)
There was an ex-cop who vetted the scripts. His initials were WAR (very apt) and my script would come back with blue pencil all over it. Nor did he confine himself to police procedural matters-he believed it was his duty to protect the image of the police. As the show was live you sometimes had to write dialogue to cover the actor’s movement across the studio. During one of these passages I had two cops sitting in their car watching a pretty girl waltz by. One of the guys comments how attractive she seems. This caused an explosion of blue pencil. ‘Does this writer (me) not realise that the policeman saying this is MARRIED!’
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:08 (seven years ago) link
lol those two guys seem to be involved in two entirely separate physical activities xp.
― Fizzles, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
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Public Eye
this was great as well, and seems almost forgotten now
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:11 (seven years ago) link
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Bulman 1986
I have to confess, I'd never even heard of this show, but it sounds intriguing
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― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
oh wait, it was a spin off from The XYY Man
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
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flying panda car
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
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does The Beiderbecke Affair count as a detective drama? I think it's close enough
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:25 (seven years ago) link
http://www.martinunderwood.f9.co.uk/Boon/pictures/boon%20book.jpg
Boon
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:34 (seven years ago) link
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― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:40 (seven years ago) link
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Gangsters
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
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― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 30 May 2016 00:47 (seven years ago) link
http://www.bookloveroxford.co.uk/sites/default/files/1971-05-31_01-05-41_53.jpg
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
'Z Cars Again', or as it's known in Finland, 'Hello! Again We Z Car-ing!'.
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 07:02 (seven years ago) link
https://bloodymurder.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/hos_penguin1.jpg
P.B. Yuill = Gordon Williams (author of the novel Straw Dogs is based on, acquaintance of BS Johnson) and Terry Venables
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Monday, 30 May 2016 07:53 (seven years ago) link
Some of these (Shoestring, Bulman & McGinty esp.) come off like some UK spinoff of the LiarTownUSA tumblr
― I Occasionally Post on ILX (2x5), Monday, 30 May 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
beautiful thread, kiu
Bulman was a treat btw
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 08:59 (seven years ago) link
This thread is going to bring out the best in England.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:00 (seven years ago) link
http://purenostalgia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Dempsey-and-Makepeace-NO1-Make-Peace-not-War1.jpg
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:07 (seven years ago) link
http://www.wavwebs.com/waveney/Fanzines/Pics1/InstCov.jpeg
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:10 (seven years ago) link
anybody who likes the Beiderbecke Trilogy should be interested in this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lost!
one of those classic "watched it enthralled as a teenager then spent 20 years trying to rediscover what it was" shows
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:13 (seven years ago) link
Judy eventually finds her missing husband, she is none too enthusiastic about taking him back and allows him to seek a new life running a fish and chip shop
Real England...
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:15 (seven years ago) link
"cross that palm when I come to it" and "dempsey and makepeace - make peace, not war" both seem like they could work on the horrible 70s album title thread as well
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:15 (seven years ago) link
This thread is right up my street.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mV8koEJmp2k/U3zye7r3WCI/AAAAAAAAA8w/Oh4mmv9TKZ8/s1600/xyyman.JPG
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:16 (seven years ago) link
... that's "The XYY Man", in case of counfusion.
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― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:18 (seven years ago) link
That almost belongs on the Polish film posters thread.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SvD8_0ulKkU/Vf_sqRo3f2I/AAAAAAAADgw/WsrLNaA0m_c/s1600/Callan%2BJames%2BMitchell%2BA%2BMagnum%2BFor%2BSchneider%2BA%2BRed%2BFile%2Bfor%2BCallan.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:21 (seven years ago) link
http://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780340022870-uk-300.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:22 (seven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XsVALQtGIZM/TKYU7JJ36KI/AAAAAAAASf4/ZNWiy8-fJhk/s1600/Pan-02884+Smith+Persuaders+Book+1.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:26 (seven years ago) link
http://lyndalaplante.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300-widows.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:28 (seven years ago) link
I'm somewhat baffled by the existence of that Redcap annual, the synopses on wikipedia don't make it sound particularly child friendly:
Mann encounters hostility from every quarter when he investigates a rape which took place inside an army barracks. Even the victim doesn't want to help him.
Mann's search for a pimp who specialises in blackmailing soldiers leads him to a place that specialises in black market activity. Further investigations lead him to an unconscious woman and a vicious fight.
Mann finds himself in Aden trying to investigate the vicious beating of an Arab worker. Encountering prejudice at every turn, he has to determine whether it was self-defence or systemised brutality
etc. and that's just the first three episodes.
there's a clip of the Aden episode on youtube, the suspect is played by Leonard Rossiter: https://youtu.be/0msCtNbGFlk
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:29 (seven years ago) link
The Snout Who Cried Wolf. There's a lot of Sweeney books.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51880FGWlOL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:31 (seven years ago) link
It must have been tough coming up with new ways to describe a car being driven through a pile of cardboard boxes.
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:32 (seven years ago) link
... but there's even more Professionals books.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41CHPg3L4dL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:33 (seven years ago) link
how about covers of records?
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRw6sWf-hdk/UPPV4vdF-sI/AAAAAAAAKa8/JFS_tfVT77g/s1600/Man+in+a+Suitcase+soundtrack+album+vinyl+record+mono+cover+artwork+Network+Albert+Elms+Ron+Grainer.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:33 (seven years ago) link
http://spyguysandgals.com/images/covers/King_Jason2.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:34 (seven years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/30/60/99/30609994b4e84bc35dc8b50c4f247393.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:35 (seven years ago) link
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― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:37 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f6/PrisonerPaperback.jpg/215px-PrisonerPaperback.jpg
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:37 (seven years ago) link
this appears to be the German translation of the novelization of "The Gentle Touch", not joking
http://www.mediagems.de/01filmtv/images/GTnovel.jpg
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:38 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41VG99FFD7L._SX283_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:39 (seven years ago) link
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― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:44 (seven years ago) link
Haven't found any Mose, The Bill or a Touch of Frost :-(
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― xyzzzz__, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:45 (seven years ago) link
Mo(r)se
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:46 (seven years ago) link
largely with Morse and Frost the books precede the TV shows, tho later on their might be some novelizations
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:47 (seven years ago) link
lol bank holiday spelling all over the place
i read a bunch of these as a teen, probably more than i actually watched the shows. definitely remember having The Chinese Detective out from the library.
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 09:48 (seven years ago) link
Are Japanese 7" singles allowed?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_RFfzlkNzX4/UzYFlDYziwI/AAAAAAAAAGc/HEYiWJEreAQ/s1600/Dept+S+Jap+45rpm+small.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:48 (seven years ago) link
Not really a novel as such, but w/e:http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6816/3582/320/Dixon%20of%20Dock%20Green.jpg
― get on (down) / to the funky (sound) / of (snoball), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:48 (seven years ago) link
This is Australian but was on British TV... well in Scotland anyway...
https://papundits.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/19-cake-hat-box1.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 09:51 (seven years ago) link
largely with Morse and Frost the books precede the TV shows, tho later on their might be some novelizations― Noodle Vague, Monday, May 30, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Noodle Vague, Monday, May 30, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh yes I forgot re: Morse
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:01 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
... nice photo of the gorgeous pouting John Nettles, my mum's favourite.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:16 (seven years ago) link
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Barlow
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
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The Gentle Touch
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:22 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:23 (seven years ago) link
Was just about to post that
― mario vargis loosa (wins), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:27 (seven years ago) link
Show was based on books tho
― mario vargis loosa (wins), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:28 (seven years ago) link
did not know about that disch novelisation of the prisoner!
slightly outside the police/detective realm, but...http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O69KO7N-TN4/UoOCyg9br8I/AAAAAAAAMNg/qLoTMpjVb9U/s1600/Mackintosh_Sandbaggers.jpg
― no lime tangier, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:33 (seven years ago) link
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/travelling-man-theme-granada-tv-series-ps-45-1984_8313296
Travelling Man theme
can't hotlink to it, but the front and back over of the novelisation are here:http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Travelling-Man-by-Peter-James-Star-paperback-in-stock-in-Australia-0352316063-/191571805619?hash=item2c9a91c5b3:m:mww1qdOqXp9CNLx1hsXJEkg
on the canal beat!
― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:43 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:47 (seven years ago) link
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― soref, Monday, 30 May 2016 10:48 (seven years ago) link
Duncan Browne? That's a familiar name.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:49 (seven years ago) link
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... don't remember this show at all.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 10:55 (seven years ago) link
The Collectors is a British television drama about Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in the fictional Dorset town of Wrelling.
Sounds riveting.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71DoXp7BTNL.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 11:03 (seven years ago) link
http://assets.rootsvinylguide.com/pictures/travelling-man-theme-granada-tv-series-ps-45-1984_8313296Travelling Man themecan't hotlink to it, but the front and back over of the novelisation are here:http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Travelling-Man-by-Peter-James-Star-paperback-in-stock-in-Australia-0352316063-/191571805619?hash=item2c9a91c5b3:m:mww1qdOqXp9CNLx1hsXJEkgon the canal beat!― soref, Monday, May 30, 2016 6:43 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― soref, Monday, May 30, 2016 6:43 AM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This thread is fascinating, soref.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D1tXbmwYFs
― how's life, Monday, 30 May 2016 11:31 (seven years ago) link
Seems the books preceded the series tbh
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 11:59 (seven years ago) link
the series will have ultimately outpaced them by a long way
i have a secret affection for Heartbeat tbh
― Noodle Vague, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:01 (seven years ago) link
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:04 (seven years ago) link
Of course...
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:05 (seven years ago) link
Another series set in he exciting world of Her Majety's Custom & Excise!
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:09 (seven years ago) link
More from Tom McGregor,
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― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:12 (seven years ago) link
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― ǂbait (seandalai), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
iirc Target was famous for getting episodes pulled for being too violent, questions in the House etc.
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― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 30 May 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
Slightly off topic but I have a question about a british police drama I just can't place. Two actors I would recognize but can't remember the names of either. One man, one woman, almost at all times screaming at each other, scarlet with rage, but of course also solving all sorts of crime cases together.
― abcfsk, Monday, 30 May 2016 12:30 (seven years ago) link
'Between the Lines' was a fucking great show, rewatched recently and it held up well
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
Thomas Disch wrote the novelization of The Prisoner! Would like to read that. Danger Man was briefly shown in the States as Secret Agent Only remember the theme song, delivered by Johnny Rivers: "Se-cret, Aaaa-junt main, Se-cret, Aaaa-gent main, they've gi-hi-ven you a num-bah, and taken aWAY yo' name!" One of his classics. Saw The Chinese Detective, but again, only remember the theme (taut blue foreboding sax). Cracker and Prime Suspect were great; haven't seen the others (yet).
― dow, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:00 (seven years ago) link
more fully:
There is a man who leads a life of danger.To everyone he meets he stays a strangah-er-er.And every move he makesAnother LIFE he takes.Some say he won't live to see to-MAH-o-row.
Se-cret, Aaaa-junt main, Se-cret, Aaaa-junt main, they've gi-hi-ven you a num-bah, and taken aWAY yo' name!"
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 1 June 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
Thomas Disch wrote the novelization of The Prisoner! Would like to read that.
Be careful what you wish for. It's a great book, but it's a continuation/here we go again from the original series.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 2 June 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
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... and there's more.
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Thursday, 2 June 2016 22:35 (seven years ago) link
Bizarrely, as can be seen in the preceding post, some of the original images itt have been replaced by new ones! Hate to disappoint people but Billy Bunter In Brazil is NOT based on a British police/detective drama.
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 11:43 (three years ago) link
There's a lot of Dempsey & Makepeace novels.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51vua+VjKYL.SX316.SY316.jpg
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
... and there's even an annual.
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... and an activity book"
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― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 11:56 (three years ago) link
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― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 11 June 2020 12:51 (three years ago) link
https://66.media.tumblr.com/eef6f8cb906085904f9287b1dcff0255/tumblr_pmkz5w8eiE1rhloas_400.jpg
― Dan Worsley, Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
Fox? Don't know that one.
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
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― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
i remember Fox being on but not sure if i ever saw it
god you'd watch Peter Vaughan in anything tho wouldn't you? just an incredible presence
definitely watched Out, i mean Tom Bell is pretty great himself
― comparing me to Harold Shipman is unfair (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:09 (three years ago) link
Yes, "Out" was on somewhere recently, possibly Talking Pictures. Brian Cox is an especially horrible gangster in it.
― Subverted by buggery (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 June 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link