Editing Police procedural (section)

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* ''[[Fabian of the Yard]]'', (1954–55) – possibly the first police drama to be made for British TV, this series, based on the memoirs of real-life Scotland Yard detective Robert Fabian, had a lot in common with ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]''. Just as ''Dragnet'' had been the first network drama series with continuing characters to be shot on film, so ''Fabian of the Yard'' was one of the first British series to be filmed. Both shows featured voice-over narration by the main character; both fictionalized stories derived from real-life cases; and both ended with an epilogue that revealed the ultimate fate of the criminals. On ''Fabian'', this took the form of a medium-shot of Bruce Seton, who played Fabian in the series, seated at a desk. The shot slowly dissolved into one of the real-life Fabian in the same pose at the same desk. At that point, the actual Fabian stood up and told the audience what happened to the criminal he'd caught in the real-life case that had just been dramatized.
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', (1955–76) – [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]] reprised the role of [[Constable]] George Dixon, the uniformed beat cop he had played in ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'', despite the fact that the Dixon character had been tragically murdered in that film. During the course of this somewhat gentle series, Warner's character became, for many, the living embodiment of what every British "bobby" was supposed to be. As the series progressed, Dixon went through several promotions, eventually winding up as the [[Station Sergeant]] at his local division. By the final season, with Warner now over 80, Dixon retired and the focus shifted to the younger officers he'd trained up over the years.
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'', (1957–67) – Produced with the cooperation of Scotland Yard, this long-running series featured Raymond Francis as high-ranking Met detective Tom Lockhart. During its run, the series went through several title changes. When it began in 1957, it was known as ''Murder Bag'', referring to the [[murder bag|bag of investigative tools]] that [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]] Lockhart carried with him whenever he was called to a case. In 1959, with Lockhart promoted to [[Chief Superintendent]], it became ''Crime Sheet''. Later in 1959, the series was given its final and best-remembered title, ''No Hiding Place'', which lasted until the series ended in 1967.
* ''[[Z-Cars]]'', (1962–78) – a police drama about two teams of uniformed constables ([[Brian Blessed]], [[Joseph Brady (actor)|Joseph Brady]], [[James Ellis (actor)|James Ellis]], and [[Jeremy Kemp]]) assigned to "Crime Patrol" duties in a pair of powerful [[Ford Zephyr]]s, under the supervision of Detective Sergeant John Watt ([[Frank Windsor]]) and Detective [[Chief Inspector]] Charlie Barlow ([[Stratford Johns]]). A franker, and often less flattering portrait of police work than audience were used to seeing on ''Dixon of Dock Green'', the show was an immediate hit, its popularity generating spin-offs like ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'' (1966–76), ''[[Barlow at Large]]'' (1971–75), and ''[[Second Verdict]]'' (1976).
* ''[[Gideon's Way]]'', (1965–66) – a crime series produced during 1964/65 and based on the novels by [[John Creasey]] (as J. J. Marric). The series was made at Elstree in twin production with [[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]] TV series. It starred Liverpudlian [[John Gregson]] in the title role as Commander George [[George Gideon|Gideon of Scotland Yard]], with [[Alexander Davion]] as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, [[Reginald Jessup]] as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre (nicknamed Lemmy), [[Ian Rossiter]] as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and [[Basil Dignam]] as Commissioner Scott-Marle.
* ''[[New Scotland Yard (TV series)|New Scotland Yard]]'', (1972–74) – a police drama series produced by [[London Weekend Television]] (LWT) for the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network between 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the [[Criminal Investigations Department]] (CID) in the [[Metropolitan Police]] force headquarters at [[New Scotland Yard]], as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.
* ''[[The Sweeney]]'', (1975–78) – a drama series focusing on the [[Flying Squad]] of the [[Metropolitan Police]] and their twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week job of catching some of the most dangerous and violent criminals in London. The [[television program]] featured [[Detective Inspector]] Jack Regan ([[John Thaw]]) and other tough-talking hard-drinking members of his elite unit, both on and off duty. With its high level of violence, location filming, bold frankness, and well written scripts, ''The Sweeney'' revolutionized the genre. The series was so phenomenally popular that two feature-length movies, ''Sweeney!'' (1976) and ''Sweeney 2'' (1978) were released to theatres during the show's original broadcast run.
*''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', (1980–84) – a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.
*''[[Juliet Bravo]]'', (1980–85) – a British television series, which ran on BBC1. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire.
* ''[[Taggart (series)|Taggart]]'' (1983–2010)
* ''[[The Bill]]'', (1984–2010) – a drama series focusing on both the uniformed and plain-clothes police officers working out of a fictional inner-London police station. The original conception of this series was as purely procedural, with an almost fly-on-the-wall approach that survived to an extent throughout.
* The ''[[Prime Suspect (UK TV series)|Prime Suspect]]'' series, (1991–2006) – featuring [[Helen Mirren]] as Detective Chief Inspector (later Chief Superintendent) Jane Tennison, which focused on the police investigations and on Tennison's conflicts with her fellow officers as a prominent female detective in a heavily male-dominated work environment, as well as her personal problems concerning her family and after-work life.
* ''[[Cracker (UK TV series)|Cracker]]'' (1993–95) – hard-hitting drama series following dysfunctional criminal psychologist Dr Edward "Fitz" Fitzgerald, played by [[Robbie Coltrane]]
* ''[[McCallum (TV series)|McCallum]]'' (1995–98)
* ''[[Hamish Macbeth (TV series)|Hamish Macbeth]]'' (1995–97) – police drama-comedy set in the west coast Highlands of Scotland, starring [[Robert Carlyle]]
* ''[[The Cops (British TV series)|The Cops]]'' (1998–2000) – perhaps the most realistic police drama series yet seen on British TV, noted for its documentary-style camerawork and uncompromising portrayal of the police force.
* ''[[Heartbeat (UK TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' (1992–2010) is made by [[Yorkshire Television]] at [[The Leeds Studios]] for broadcast on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. It lasted 18 series. Set in 1960s [[Yorkshire]], in the fictional town of Ashfordly and the nearby village of Aidensfield in the [[North Riding of Yorkshire]], the motorcycle-riding Aidensfield village bobby was originally played by [[Nick Berry]].
* ''[[Rebus (2000 TV series)|Rebus]]'' (2000–2007)
* ''[[Inspector George Gently]]'' (2007–2017) is an adaptation of [[Alan Hunter (author)|Alan Hunter's]] George Gently series of novels. Starring [[Martin Shaw]] as Gently, and set in the 1960s, it is a combination of police procedural and period drama. It was produced by [[Company Pictures]] for [[BBC One]].
* ''[[Law & Order: UK]]'' (2009–2014) is an adaptation of the [[Law & Order (franchise)|''Law & Order'' franchise]] for the British market. The programme is financed by [[Kudos Film and Television]], Wolf Films (a company owned by [[Dick Wolf]], the creator of the franchise) and [[NBC Universal]] and airs on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. The show is adapted from scripts and episodes of the original [[Law & Order|American ''Law & Order'']].
* ''[[Suspects (TV series)|Suspects]]'' (2014–present) is an East London-based police procedural shot in a stripped-back documentary style using improvised dialogue,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a549763/suspects-channel-5s-stripped-back-cop-drama-its-electrifying.html |title=Suspects – Channel 5's stripped back cop drama: "It's electrifying". |work=Digital Spy |first=Morgan |last=Jeffery |date=10 February 2014 |access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> and follows DS Jack Weston ([[Damien Molony]]), DC Charlie Steele ([[Claire-Hope Ashitey]]) and their superior DI Martha Bellamy ([[Fay Ripley]]) as they investigate various crimes.
* ''[[No Offence]]'' (2015–present) is a [[Manchester]]-based police procedural created by [[Paul Abbott]]. The show follows a team of detectives from Friday Street police station, a division of the Manchester Metropolitan Police (a fictionalised version of [[Greater Manchester Police]]), and stars [[Joanna Scanlan]] as Detective Inspector Viv Deering.
* ''[[The Mallorca Files]]'' (2019–present) is set on the Spanish island of [[Mallorca]], starring [[Elen Rhys]] and {{ill|Julian Looman|de||nl}} as English and German detectives investigating crimes for the island's police force.