"The Last Detective" (2003)TV series 2003-????

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

7 February 2003 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

"Dangerous Davies is a decent man in an indecent world, a man out of his time, and hopefully a perfect antidote for the more gritty, violent detective series."

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Remake | Ex Wife | Friend | Jealousy

Cast

Peter Davison	...	DC Davies / ... (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Sean Hughes	...	Mod / ... (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Rob Spendlove	...	DI Aspinall (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Emma Amos	...	Julie Davies (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Charles De'Ath	...	DS Pimlott (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Billy Geraghty	...	DC Barrett / ... (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Vineeta Rishi	...	WPC Kapoor (17 episodes, 2003-2007)
Elizabeth Bennett	...	Mrs. Dorothy Fulljames / ... (12 episodes, 2003-2007)
Michele Austin	...	WPC Cheryl (12 episodes, 2003-2005)
Colin MacLachlan	...	Sergeant Stone (12 episodes, 2003-2005)

Runtime:

UK:60 min (including commercials) (4 episodes) (season 1) | UK:90 min (including commercials) (4 episodes) (season 2) | UK:90 min (including commercials) (4 episodes) (season 3)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Company:

Meridian Broadcasting

Quotes:

[Mod Lewis has just joked that Dangerous Davies is starting to lose his hair]
Dangerous Davies: What do you call a row of rabbits marching backwards?
Mod Lewis: Dunno.
Dangerous Davies: A receding hare-line!

Movie Connections:

Remake of Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective (1981) (TV)

A TV crime series with a heart!

Ever since his "Dr. Who," ALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL, his appearances on Diana Rigg's MRS. BRADLEY MYSTERIES series, as well as his engaging CAMPION, I've admired Peter Davison, as an apparently quite likable fellow off-camera and a warm, excellent actor in front of the lens. Now, a bit older, he's returned, in top form in "The Last Detective" series. Though at bottom in the gritty Brit Police Force pecking order, a pariah to his burnt-out colleagues, he still manages to solve crimes none of them thinks worth the time. It's good news that THE LAST DETECTIVE has run for three seasons. Let's hope that there'll be many more, and that Seasons 2 and 3 will also soon be made available on DVD. So that we Statesiders can enjoy it. For I have little hope that we'll ever see them on PBS, at least not soon. Good show, Peter!