detective drama
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1970s
Longstreet (1971)
Byte-Sized Overview Longstreet is a 1971 ABC crime drama with a neat hook and a rather less neat world: insurance…
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1970s
Baretta (1975)
Byte-Sized Overview Baretta is a 1970s American crime drama about Detective Tony Baretta, a plainclothes cop who dresses down, talks…
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1990s
Wycliffe (1994)
Byte-Sized Overview Wycliffe is a Cornish crime drama with a properly old-school ITV confidence about it: provincial, methodical and just…
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1970s
The Rockford Files (1974)
Byte-Sized Overview The Rockford Files is a private-eye drama with a built-in dislike of heroic posturing and a very healthy…
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1950s
Richard Diamond: Private Detective (1957)
Byte-Sized Overview Richard Diamond: Private Detective is a crisp, low-key slice of 1950s crime television built around a New York…
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1970s
Van der Valk (1972)
Byte-Sized Overview Van der Valk is a mid-seventies British detective series set in Amsterdam, where the canals are picturesque, the…
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1950s
Boston Blackie (1951)
Byte-Sized Overview Boston Blackie is a syndicated American crime-adventure series from the early television era, based on Jack Boyle’s long-running…
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1980s
Bergerac (1981)
Byte-Sized Overview Bergerac is a Jersey-set detective drama built around Jim Bergerac, a wounded, stubbornly decent investigator with a taste…
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1980s
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985)
Byte-Sized Overview Dempsey and Makepeace is a glossy, punchy British crime action series that throws together two people who would…
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1960s
Mannix (1967)
Byte-Sized Overview Mannix is a Los Angeles private-eye series with a very specific 1960s idea of what “modern” looks like:…
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1950s
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Byte-Sized Overview 77 Sunset Strip is the glossy, wisecracking private-eye drama that helped define the TV detective boom of the…
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