As a crime/thriller lover , there are probably too many to mention , but off the top of my head....Inspectors Morse and Frost , and the very dishy Elliot Stabler from Law and Order SVU

Recall as a kid enjoying CHiPs of a Saturday teatime!

Ooo yes, I'd forgot about CHIPS I also liked the guy from No Hiding Place , but that was way before your time

Hill Street Blues

 

 

Let's be careful out there 

barretta

Andy Dalziel

I have fond memories of Hill Street Blues (and also Brookside) from those early days of C4.

 

Throw Peter Boyd in.

Ancient - Sweeny (didn't always win)

 

Older - professionals

 

Lately - misnomer, frost

 

Timeless - miss Marple/poirot

 

 

 

 

 

Yep...loved Misnomer mesel   

 

 

The greatest TV detective ever? No question...

 

 

I like Mac from CSI NY

Ironside! Why has no-one mentioned him?! 

 

Trust me, i know what i'm doing

Nope  

 

 

 

 

 

Who's that donks? 

Dunno Xochs  

 

Just some feckin random off The feckin Bridge!!     

Petrochelli

Morse (obv!!)

Sweeny

Ah. OK. Still got to finish that one off and I'll have to start from the beginning again when I do. 

Dan of the Yard is my favourite TV cop.

The Bridge was a good fairground ride   

 

My fave it was so it was written  

 

So we can only select from shows that have now ended ?

Nope. Didn't read that in the rules. It's just that I'm so old!!

 

Who would you choose EC?

 

Ah, I see I was taking the "were" from the thread title.

 

Given that I don't watch many of the more contemporary shows. I will go for Dixon of Dock Green.

 

A decent man - his sidekick, Andy

 

Maigret 

Morse 

Frost

Taggart *the proper one, not the crap now*

 

John Hannah in McCallum and Rebus 

The fabulous Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect and Gillian Anderson in The Fall was excellent too 

Cannon 

Too many to mention but I'll list a few anyway.

Cagney & Lacey

Starsky & Hutch

Morse

Lewis (and lovely Hathaway)

Frost

Boyd from Waking The Dead

Rebus

Red Metcalfe (Messiah)

Dalziel & Pascoe

Luther

 

 

 

 

I sooooo wanted to mention Starsky and Hutch too Yogi 

I loved Cags and Lac too. Babysitting my nephew on a Saturday night. Auntie and uncle out, Yogurts in the fridge, plus other stuff and nephew in bed. Nothing better than pulling the chair out of the corner suite and further up to the telly with feet on the pouffe' watching 

Lol

Is that Sledgehammer?