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Cagney and Lacey (TV Series)Cagney and Lacey (TV Series) (1982)
Feat. Sharon Gless, Tyne Daly
Women’s Lib. makes headway into New York’s crime fighting ranks in this sturdy eighties policier propelled by two staunch female detectives in a…
T.J. Hooker (TV Series)T.J. Hooker (TV Series) (1982-1986)
Feat. William Shatner, Heather Locklear, Adrian Zmed
Former STAR TREK–ker Shatner made a recovery to television fame for this affable cop drama, playing a tough but compassionate veteran who…
Bergerac (TV Series)Bergerac (TV Series) (1981)
Feat. John Nettles, Terence Alexander
Classic of its kind. Roguish Bergerac races around Jersey trying to thwart jewel thieves, terrorists, murderers and general no gooders. Great fun,…
Hill Street Blues (TV Series)Hill Street Blues (TV Series) (1981) Recommended
Feat. Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Conrad, Veronica Hamel
Steven Bochco's progressive eighties policier found dramatic substance and acclaim in its realistic and ethnically diverse portrayal of the lives of…
Gentle Touch, The (TV Series)Gentle Touch, The (TV Series) (1980) Recommended
Feat. Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe
Ground–breaking police drama featuring Britain's first female TV detective fighting crime and the demands of being a solo mother. Jill Gascoine…
Juliet Bravo (TV Series)Juliet Bravo (TV Series) (1980)
Feat. Stephanie Turner, David Ellison, Noel Collins
Massively popular – although rather dated – UK police series focused on a female police officer who takes charge of a fictional…
Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) Law And Order (TV Mini-Series) (1978) Recommended
Dir. Les Blair
Feat. Peter Dean, Derek Martin
Discerning Brit crime series focusing on three men involved in a bungled armed robbery – the Criminal, the Inspector and the Lawyer and played…
Murder Most English (TV Series)Murder Most English (TV Series) (The Flaxborough Chronicles) (1977)
Feat. Anton Rodgers, Christopher Timothy
Based on the Colin Watson mysteries, this Ever–so–English detective series follows two English detectives as they solve particularly…
Starsky and Hutch (TV Series)Starsky and Hutch (TV Series) (1976)
Dir. George McCowan, Don Weis
Feat. David Soul, Paul Michael Glaser
The quintessential leather–jacketed, mirror–shaded 70s TV show presented a cool cop pose, with violent, all–American morals.
Barney Miller (TV Series)Barney Miller (TV Series) (1975)
Feat. Hal Linden, Barbara Barrie, Abe Vigoda
This offbeat '70s sitcom about the drudgery and ordinary absurdity of everyday police work remains a cult favourite among TV aficionados and…

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