| Description |
9 videodiscs (approximately 22 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| System Details |
DVD, 16:9 widescreen/4:3 full screen, Dolby Digital stereo/mono. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast by ITV1 between 2001 and 2005. |
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Based on and inspired by the novels of Leslie Thomas. |
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Includes bonus disc with Dangerous Davies: the last detective 1981 movie adaptation. |
| Performer |
Peter Davison, Sean Hughes. |
| Credits |
[Written] by Richard Harris. |
| Summary |
Underdog detective 'Dangerous' Davies toils at a small London police station, where his slicker colleagues taunt him and his boss calls him the last detective he would put on a big case. That makes it all the sweeter when he cracks the big ones anyway. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Series 1. The last detective (pilot) ; Dangerous by moonlight -- Disc 2. Series 1. Tricia ; Lofty -- Disc 3. Series 2. Christine ; The long bank holiday -- Disc 4. Series 2. Benefit to mankind ; Dangerous and the lonely hearts -- Disc 5. Series 3. Friends reunited ; Towpaths of glory -- Disc 6. Series 3. Three steps to Hendon ; Willesden Confidential -- Disc 7. Series 4. Once upon a time on the Westway ; Dangerous liaisons ; A funny thing happened on the way to Willesden -- Disc 8. Series 4. The man from Montevideo ; Dead peasant's society. |
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Bonus disc. Dangerous Davies : the last detective. |
| Note |
Special features: interview with Peter Davison, Leslie Thomas bio and booklist, photo galleries, and cast filmographies. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Davies, Dangerous (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Police -- England -- London -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery television programs.
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Television series.
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Television programs.
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Fiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Harris, Richard, 1934-
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Amos, Emma, 1964-
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Davison, Peter, 1951-
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Hughes, Sean, 1965-2017
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Thomas, Leslie, 1931-2014.
Dangerous Davies.
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Meridian Broadcasting.
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Granada Media (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Last detective (Television program)
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| Standard No. |
054961816095 |
| Music No. |
AMP-8160 Acorn Media (set) |
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