Answer: Morse
Chief Inspector Morse, played by John Thaw, is set in Oxford and the lovely architecture of the city enhances the viewers enjoyment. His assistant is a Geordie called Lewis, who is very down to earth, which is a contrast to Morse who has his head in the clouds. Lewis, played by Kevin Whately, went on to have his own series.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby
John Nettles also starred in the British police drama 'Bergerac', which was broadcast on British television between 1981 and 1991. He played the part of Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac. The series was set on the island of Jersey.
He also appeared as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby in the Boxing day episode of the comedy duo 'French and Saunders'.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Three
Answer: Nick Berry
Actor Nick Berry also played Simon Wicks in the British soap 'EastEnders', from 1985 - 1990.
In 1992 he reached number 2 in the UK music charts, with the Buddy Holly song "Heartbeat", which is the theme tune of the programme.
The series is filmed in North Yorkshire, and set in Ashfordly and Aidensfield, which are both fictional locations
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
Answer: Jack Warner
'Dixon of Dock Green' was first shown on British Television in July 1955. Other programmes first shown on this month were, 'This Is Your life' and 'Crackerjack'.
Jack Warner first played George Dixon in the 1949 film 'The Blue Lamp', on which the television series was based.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: John Thaw
Actor John Thaw, most famous for his role as Inspector Morse, was born in 1942 in England and has played in a great number of TV and film productions. David Suchet is most famous for playing Agatha Christie's "Poirot", David Jason stars in "A Touch of Frost" and Warren Clarke is Dalziel in "Dalziel and Pascoe".
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: Glasgow
Mark McManus who played the tough Glaswegian cop 'Taggart' died in 1994 but, in traditional style, the show went on.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: Helen Mirren
In the first series, it is Jane Tennison's first time leading a murder enquiry and she is subjected to a lot of sexist attitudes. However, her colleagues come to appreciate and respect her. The series was devised and partly written by Lynda La Plante.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Terry Venables
There were 22 episodes in the series.
Nicholas Ball also played the part of Gary Ryan in 'Footballers' Wives, which was first aired on British television in 2002.
He also featured in the UK soap 'Eastenders' in 2007 as the character Terry Bates, an Eastend gangster.
Terry Venables was manager of England between 1993 and 1996. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur between 1966 and 1969, he was manager of this club between 1987 and 1991.
From Quiz: British Detective Dramas
Answer: Detective Chief Inspector
Mark McManus played Detective Chief Insepctor Jim Taggart. He sadly died on 6th June 1994.
Taggart's boss in the series was Superintendent Jack McVitie, played by Iain Anderson.
Harriet Buchanan played Taggart's wife, Jean, who was disabled and in a wheelchair.
There have been guest appearances by many famous names, including Jill Gascoigne, who starred in the police drama, 'The Gentle Touch', and Amanda Redman, who stars in another police series,'New Tricks'.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
Answer: Endeavour
Inspector Morse features in 13 novels written by Colin Dexter.
John Thaw played Morse and Kevin Whately played Detective Sergeant Lewis.
There were 31 episodes in the series.
Kevin Whately also stars in a spin off drama called 'Lewis'.
John Thaw sadly died on 21st February 2002.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries"
Although Elizabeth George is an American writer, she writes detective stories set in England. The first couple of seasons are based on her books, but when the BBC ran out of books, they started writing their own episodes. The other suggested answers are also based on books.
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: Chris Ellison
Chris Ellison also took the title role in the spin-off 'Burnside'. Steven Hartley played Superintendent Tom Chandler, Collin Tarrant was Inspector Andrew Monroe and Ben Roberts, Chief Inspector Derek Conway.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: Lancashire
'Hetty Wainthropp Investigates' was written by David Cook. A feature length episode based on the novel, 'Missing Persons', was first shown on British television in 1990.
Robert Wainthropp is played by Derek Benfield, who played Mr.Scrimshaw in 'The First of the Summer Wine', shown on British television between 1988 and 1999.
Hetty's lodger and assistant, Geoffrey Shawcross, is played by Dominic Monaghan who played Charlie Pace in the cult series,'Lost', which was first shown on British television in 2004.
From Quiz: British Detective Dramas
Answer: The Flying Squad
The title of the series came from the Cockney rhyming slang phrase for Flying Squad, which is "Sweeney Todd".
There were also 2 films based on the series, 'The Sweeney!', released in 1977 and 'Sweeney 2', which was released in 1978.
Guest appearances were made on the show by British favourites, Morecambe and Wise, as well as other stars, including Diana Dors and George Cole.
Dennis Waterman who played George Carter went on to star with George Cole in the series 'Minder', which was shown on British television between 1979 and 1994.
John Thaw starred in the police drama 'Inspector Morse', which was shown on British television between 1987 and 2000.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
Answer: 1992
This television show is produced by Yorkshire Television and also stars Bruce Alexander as Superintendent Norman Mullet.
The character is known as Jack Frost, however his real name is William Edward Frost.
Most of the outdoor scenes of the series are filmed in West Yorkshire.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: "Bergerac"
This series was broadcasted between 1981 and 1991 and was set on the island of Jersey. The show wasn't very realistic, because there were so many murders on the island that there would be no one left after a couple of series!
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: 'Dixon of Dock Green'
Jack Warner played George Dixon, first in the 1949 Ealing film 'The Blue Lamp' followed by the TV series 'Dixon of Dock Green' from 1955-76.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: Ruth Rendell
Chief Inspector Wexford appeared in twenty four of Ruth Rendell's novels, and on television George Baker played him in the series 'The Ruth Rendell Mysteries'. Reg Wexford was a family man with a wife called Dora and two daughters, Sheila and Sylvia.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Radio West
Trevor Eve also stars in the police drama, 'Waking the Dead', which was first shown on British television in 2000.
Michael Medwin played the part of Don Satchley, the boss of Radio West. He produced the film 'If...', in 1968, which won a Palme D'Or at the Cannes film festival.
From Quiz: British Detective Dramas
Answer: Softly, Softly
Stratford Johns played Detective Chief Inspector Charles Barlow and Frank Windsor played Detective Sergeant John Watt, in 'Z-Cars'.
'Softly, Softly' starred these two characters, and was broadcast on British television between 1966 and 1969. Detective Sergeant John Watt was promoted to Detective Inspector in the series. The series had a name change in 1969 to,'Softly, Softly: Taskforce', and it ran until 1976.
'Z-Cars' also featured John Thaw as the character DC Eliot in 1963-1964, and actor Leonard Rossiter as DI Bamber in 1963.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
Answer: Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton featured in an episode called 'Missionary Work', as a troubled teenager. This episode was shown on 23.2.93.
Daniel Radcliffe and Keira Knightley have also made guest appearances in the show.
The show stemmed from a one off drama called 'Woodentop', which was shown in 1983. Thames Television subsequently commissioned 'The Bill' series, which was aired the following year.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: Superintendent Mullett
Because Frost didn't always did things "by the book", he and Mullett never really got along. Frost became very good in avoiding Mullett when he was called to his office again.
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: The Metropolitan Police
Jimmy Nail, star of 'Spender' also played the lunatic cowboy builder Oz in 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' in the 1980s. He created and starred in 'Crocodile Shoes', 1994.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: Oxford
Inspector Thursday, played by Roger Allam, appeared in the series 'Endeavour' which told the story of the young Morse, played by Shaun Evans, when he first joined the police in Oxford. His mysterious first name was revealed at the end of the 'Morse' run to have been Endeavour. Thursday was Morse's boss and mentor.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Val McDermid
Only the first two books are actually based on Val McDermid novels, the rest being written by other people.
Hermione Norris starred as Detective Inspector Carol Jordan in series one to three. She was replaced in series three by Simone Lahbib as Detective Inspector Alex Fielding.
Robson Green has also appeared in many British television dramas including, 'Soldier,Soldier' and 'Casualty'.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Three
Answer: Helen Mirren
This series was written by Lynda la Plante. When the series was first shown, Jane Tennison was a Detective Chief Inspector, in the final episode in which she retired, she was a Detective Chief Superintendent.
Jane Tennison had a problem with alcohol, it affected her work, and she went to AA meetings in the last episode of the series, when she finally admitted to having a drink problem.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: Martin Shaw
"Judge John Deed" is a great show, which begins where normal detective series end: at the trial. Simon Chandler does play in "JJD", but he plays Sir Ian Rochester(John's rival), Trevor Eve plays in "Waking the Dead", and Ken Stott is the main character in "Messiah".
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw played Ray Doyle, Lewis Collins was Bodie and Gordon Jackson played George Cowley - all in 'The Professionals' and starred as Chief Constable Alan Cade in 'The Chief'. Martin lives in a house in a Norfolk village once owned by an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: The Second World War
Inspector Christopher Foyle was an older detective who kept crime at bay in the Hastings area during the Second World War. He was played by Michael Kitchen and his driver was played by Honeysuckle Weeks. Foyle was a widower whose only son was in the RAF and this added a dimension to the stories.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Dennis Waterman
The series stars Amanda Redman as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, and also stars Dennis Waterman as former Detective Sergeant,Gerry Standing. James Bolam plays the character Jack Halford, a retired Detective Chief Superintendent and Alun Armstrong is cast as retired Detective Inspector,Brian Lane.
Dennis Waterman also played a Detective Sergeant called George Carter, in 'The Sweeney', a crime drama shown on British Television between 1975 and 1978.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: "Cold Feet"
"Cold Feet" was a mixture of comedy and drama, but ended a while ago. Fortunately, James Nesbitt came back on the screen as cool copper Tommy Murphy.
From Quiz: British Detectives
Answer: Terry Venables
Terry Venables, better known as a footballer and Manager also recorded a version of 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For' in 1974 but it failed to make the charts. He got his nickname El Tel during his time as Manager of the Barcelona football team 1984-7.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: Brenda Blethyn
The series is simply called 'Vera' and Vera Stanhope lives only for her work. Sometimes she finds it difficult to understand that other members of the force wish to have private lives. 'Vera' is set in the north east of England and much of the action takes place in dour and gloomy venues.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: Belgian
The series has had guest appearances by many, including Stephanie Cole, Frances de la Tour and David Soul.
Hugh Fraser plays the part of Poirot's sidekick, Captain Arthur Hastings.
Hugh Fraser was also cast in the drama 'Sharp' as the Duke of Wellington. This was broadcast on British television between 1994 and 2006.
Philip Jackson stars as Chief Inspector James Japp, who also appeared in two episodes of the police drama, 'A Touch of Frost', in 1999 and 2005, playing the character DS Sharpe.
From Quiz: British Detective Dramas
Answer: Victoria Smurfit
Victoria Smurfit also played Orla O'Connell, in the drama "Ballykissangel", which was shown on British television between 1996 and 2001.
The series 'Trial and Retribution', was created by Lynda la Plante, who also created the police drama, 'Prime Suspect'.
The series also stars David Hayman as Detective Chief Superintendent Michael Walker, and Dorian Lough as Detective Sergeant David Satchel. Dorian Lough also played the character Ray Taylor in the British soap 'EastEnders' in 2004/2005.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
Answer: Jill Gascoine
This series was set at Seven Dials police station in London. Maggie Forbes is a Detective Inpsector whose husband, a Police Constable, was murdered in the first episode.
'The Gentle Touch', was the first UK police drama which featured a female as the lead actor. 'Juliet Bravo', followed some 4 months later and starred Stephanie Turner as Inspector Jean Darblay.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One
Answer: 'Morse Code'
One of the most popular actors on British TV, John Thaw died in 2002. He starred in 'The Sweeney' with Dennis Waterman and played the title role in 'Kavanagh QC' plus many other to his credit.
From Quiz: The Good Guys
Answer: No one, he has many different assistants
Jack Frost is assisted by many different young officers and their different personalities and how they interact with Frost is part of the interest of the show. Frost likes to use unconventional methods which keeps him at odds with authority in the shape of Superintendent Norman Mullett. Frost is played by David Jason and Mullett by Bruce Alexander. If you like David Jason, I have a quiz on line called 'David Jason on Television', perhaps you might like to try that.
From Quiz: British Television Detectives
Answer: 12th
The character Cadfael, was born in Wales. He is a Benedictine monk at Shrewsbury Abbey in the county of Shropshire. The stories are set in the mid 12th century, between about 1135 and 1145.
The series is based on the novels by Edith Pargeter, who wrote them using the pen name Ellis Peters.
From Quiz: British Detective Dramas
Answer: Criminal Psychologist
The character Eddie Fitzgerald, is an overweight alcoholic, who is also unfaithful to his wife, Judith, (played by Barbara Flynn).
In the series he assists the police in solving serious crime.
Actor Ricky Tomlinson, who also starred in 'Brookside' and 'The Royle Family', plays DCI Charlie Wise.
In the 2006 special called 'Nine Eleven', "Fitz" is visiting the UK from Australia, where he now lives, to attend his daughter Katy's wedding.
Friction is caused within his family, when the police ask him for help following the murder of an American comedian.
From Quiz: 'It's A Fair Cop' - Part Two
