'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One Quiz | Television

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1. 'Dixon of Dock Green' was broadcast on British television between 1955 and 1976. Who played the title role of the policeman George Dixon?

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.

2. 'Inspector Morse' was shown on British television between 1987 and 2000. What is the first name of the character Morse?

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.

3. 'A Touch of Frost', starring David Jason, as Inspector Frost, was first shown on British TV in which year?

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.

4. 'The Bill' was first broadcast on British television in 1984. Which 'Spice Girl' featured as a guest in an episode in the series?

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.

5. There were seven seasons of 'Prime Suspect', broadcast on British TV between 1991 and 2006. Who plays the main character, Jane Tennison?

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.

6. 'New Tricks', a BBC 1 police drama series, about a team of retired police officers, led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, who investigate unsolved crimes, was first broadcast in 2003. Who sings the theme song to the series, 'It's Alright'?

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.

7. 'The Gentle Touch' was broadcast on British TV between 1980 and 1984. Who played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes?

Answer: Jill Gascoigne

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.

8. 'Foyles War' was first broadcast on British TV in 2000. It stars Michael Kitchen as Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle, and is set during the Second World War, in which coastal town?

Answer: Hastings

The series was written by Anthony Horowitz, who also wrote the crime drama 'Midsomer Murders'.

The series also stars Anthony Howell as Detective Sergeant Paul Milner and Honeysuckle Weeks as Samantha Stewart, who is Foyle's driver.

9. 'Dalziel and Pascoe' was first broadcast on British television in 1993, adapted from the book,'A Pinch Of Snuff', by Reginald Hill. Which British comedy duo starred in the initial 3 part serial of this police drama?

Answer: Gareth Hale and Norman Pace

The author, Reginald Hill, was not happy with the production, so the series with Hale and Pace remained a 'one off', until 1996.

The series features Warren Clarke as Chief Superintendent Andrew Dalziel and Colin Buchanan as Detective Sergeant Pascoe. DS Pascoe is later promoted to Detective Inspector.

10. 'Dempsey and Makepeace' was broadcast on British television between 1985 and 1986. Dempsey is a police officer in New York, whose partner is murdered in a drugs operation.Dempsey uncovers police corruption in the highest ranks and fearing he might be killed leaves New York for London,on the pretext that it's an exchange. Who is the father of the character Harriet Makepeace?

Answer: Lord Winfield

James Dempsey is a Police Lieutentant, played by Michael Brandon, and Harriet Makepeace, a Detective Sergeant is played by Glynis Barber. The couple actually married in 1989.

They work for SI 10, under the command of Detective Superintendent Gordon Spikings, played by Ray Smith, who sadly died on 15th December 1991.

Source: Author demurechicky

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'It's A Fair Cop' - Part One Quiz

This quiz is about an assortment of police dramas shown on British television.

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