TV series
Strangers
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.
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Synopsis
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.
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Cast
Don HendersonDS George Bulman
Dennis BlanchDS Derek Willis
Mark McManusDCS Jack Lambie
John RonaneDI David Singer
Frances TomeltyDC Linda Doran
David HargreavesDCI Rainbow
Michael ByrneSgt BriscoeCredits
- Created by
- Murray Smith
- Written by
- Murray Smith, Leslie Duxbury, Brian Finch, Edward Boyd, Bruce Crowther, C.P. Taylor, Stephen Wakelam, Ivor Marshall
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 32
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ITV1United Kingdom
Granada TelevisionUnited Kingdom