Old police shows

[georgegeorgia]

I had my day off from work last night and I sat down on the cold night to watch YouTube ( never watched TV now for years )

 

I came across A Touch of Frost 

I remembered this from 25 years ago on TV on a Friday night 

 

I saw THE Bill .....I remembered this from then too....it brought back memories of my younger years watching it religiously on a Tuesday and Saturday night on the ABC 

 

I saw Inspector Wexford and Inspector MORSE 

 

I watched these shows ALL night with my blanket and heater going remembering the past , remembering nostalgia, it's all gone sadly 

 

I stopped watching The Bill back in 2007 when REG was sacked 

I started to cry last night under my blanket as I remember all the sacked actors from The Bill and then....it ended after 4o years on TV 

 

Thankyou to inspector Frost as well 

[JAG]

Frost was brilliant.

 

David Jason had a remarkable range as an actor : Granville, Del Boy Trotter and Inspector Jack Frost.

 

Morse required one to really concentrate, but again was brilliantly written and acted!

[sqwakvfr]

I still watch old episodes of Lewis on YT.  Lewis starred Kevin Whatley and Laurence Fox. It aired from 2006 to 2015. I am a retired American police officer and it actually reflected what investigations were actually like. 

[Peabody]

Rockford Files. Love James Garner, Wallace Beery, and the hot women in star appearances!

[Lacessit]

I liked The Sweeney, with John Thaw, Dennis Waterman and Garfield Morgan. RIP all three.

[sqwakvfr]

22 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I liked The Sweeney, with John Thaw, Dennis Waterman and Garfield Morgan. RIP all three.

Is this the same Dennis Waterman that was on New Tricks?  I loved that show. 

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, sqwakvfr said:

Is this the same Dennis Waterman that was on New Tricks?  I loved that show. 

 

Yup, and Minder.

[BexMan]

I remember watching the Bill when it started. The one I really looked forward to every week though was Hill Street Blues. That show could make you laugh and almost cry in the same episode.

[Crossy]

Let's not forget Bergerac with John Nettles later of Midsomer Murders.

 

Anybody remember The Expert with Marius Goring??

 

How about The Chinese Detective with David Yip?

 

And, not a police show but a private investigator, Shoestring with Trevor Eve later in Waking the Dead.

 

And for the really ancient, Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) "evening all" and Z-Cars (many famous names) "Z victor one to BD".

 

Softly Softly a Z-Cars spin off with Barlow and Watt followed by Task Force!

 

[roo860]

18 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Let's not forget Bergerac with John Nettles later of Midsomer Murders.

 

Anybody remember The Expert with Marius Goring??

 

How about The Chinese Detective with David Yip?

 

And, not a police show but a private investigator, Shoestring with Trevor Eve later in Waking the Dead.

 

And for the really ancient, Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) "evening all" and Z-Cars (many famous names) "Z victor one to BD".

 

Softly Softly a Z-Cars spin off with Barlow and Watt followed by Task Force!

 

Wasn't Brian Blessed in Z Cars, I think they had Ford Zephyrs

[Crossy]

2 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Wasn't Brian Blessed in Z Cars, I think they had Ford Anglias!

 

Yup.

 

The cars were Ford Zephyr and Ford Zodiac, dad had an old police Zephyr-six as a mini-cab long long ago.

[roo860]

1 minute ago, Crossy said:

 

Yup.

 

The cars were Ford Zephyr and Ford Zodiac, dad had an old police Zephyr-six as a mini-cab long long ago.

Yes, I just corrected my post!!!!! That's why it was named Z Cars

[impulse]

Some of the oldies are classics.  Others didn't age so well, and it makes me cringe that I was a fan back then.  Mostly for the eye candy I told myself...

 

Mod Squad, anyone?  Miami Vice?  Adam 12?

 

[jas007]

Car 54?

 

The Highway Patrol?

 

Dragnet?

 

Sgt. Preston?

 

The Lone Ranger?

 

 

[Stocky]

25 minutes ago, Crossy said:

And for the really ancient, Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) "evening all" and Z-Cars (many famous names) "Z victor one to BD".

 

Softly Softly a Z-Cars spin off with Barlow and Watt followed by Task Force!

Yep, I go all the way back to Dixon of Dock Green.

 

For those seeking honest coppering without too much of the CSI stuff, can I recommend the New Zealand series "The Brokenwood Mysteries", now in its 11th series, a Kiwi Midsomer Murders

[jvs]

 

[quake]

Kojack, who loves you baby.

Hill street blues.

[georgegeorgia]

3 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

I still watch old episodes of Lewis on YT.  Lewis starred Kevin Whatley and Laurence Fox. It aired from 2006 to 2015. I am a retired American police officer and it actually reflected what investigations were actually like. 

Lewis? I think that was the black detective ?

 

Also they are now showing a Northern Ireland police drama I'm getting into ....I think called Blue Lights if anyone is interested 

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, jas007 said:

Car 54?

 

The Highway Patrol?

 

Dragnet?

 

Sgt. Preston?

 

The Lone Ranger?

 

 

I'm only interested in UK ones as it looks cold and rainy in those shows 

I think when I retire I may move to the Scottish Highlands 

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, Crossy said:

Let's not forget Bergerac with John Nettles later of Midsomer Murders.

 

Anybody remember The Expert with Marius Goring??

 

How about The Chinese Detective with David Yip?

 

And, not a police show but a private investigator, Shoestring with Trevor Eve later in Waking the Dead.

 

And for the really ancient, Dixon of Dock Green (Jack Warner) "evening all" and Z-Cars (many famous names) "Z victor one to BD".

 

Softly Softly a Z-Cars spin off with Barlow and Watt followed by Task Force!

 

Ahhhh yes ...Eddie Shoestring ,back in the early 1980's

I wonder if you can still get those episodes online ?

[NE1]

4 hours ago, JAG said:

David Jason had a remarkable range as an actor : Granville, Del Boy Trotter and Inspector Jack Frost.

 

 

and Pop Larkin

[newbee2022]

This is obviously the thread for grand granddads ?😂

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

2 hours ago, impulse said:

Some of the oldies are classics.  Others didn't age so well, and it makes me cringe that I was a fan back then.  Mostly for the eye candy I told myself...

 

Mod Squad, anyone?  Miami Vice?  Adam 12?

 

 

Also Dragnet with Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, for us U.S. folks, mainly from 1967-70

 

Then in later years, the much lauded Hill Street Blues (1981-87) starring Daniel Travanti, and The Shield series (2002-08), the latter starring Michael Chiklis.

 

 

 

 

[Lacessit]

3 hours ago, sqwakvfr said:

Is this the same Dennis Waterman that was on New Tricks?  I loved that show. 

He was much younger in The Sweeney.

[Nick Carter icp]

6 hours ago, JAG said:

Frost was brilliant.

 

David Jason had a remarkable range as an actor : Granville, Del Boy Trotter and Inspector Jack Frost.

 

   Porridge as well 

[FriscoKid]

Baretta

Starsky & Hutch

Columbo 

CHiPs

Soi 6 Bob

oh wait...

[Jim Blue]

Evening all .!

[FriscoKid]

The Wire! Done!

[chickenslegs]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Porridge as well 

I had to look that up. Yes, he was Blanco.

[GanDoonToonPet]

8 hours ago, JAG said:

David Jason had a remarkable range as an actor : Granville, Del Boy Trotter and Inspector Jack Frost.

 

He flourished after he was mentored by another great character actor. The late, great Ronnie Barker. You can really tell the difference when you look at some of David Jason's earlier efforts.

 

This one isn't even listed on his Wikipedia page 😂