The long-running show came to an end in 2010 after 27 years, but it's never really gone away
In a TV landscape overrun with samey police shows – grisly murders, grumpy detectives, moody settings – a drama based around day-to-day urban policing would be a breath of blue-lit fresh air. A bit likeHill Street Bluesbrought gritty realism and rounded characterisation to a genre stuck in policing’s past. It was strongly acted, tightly scripted and shot on location with hand-held cameras for an immersive documentary feel. Plots were gripping. Quality was incredibly consistent.
It became both a retirement home for ex-soap actors and a stop-off for A-list talent on the way up . “I met Idris Elba a few years ago,” Wingett recently told theAnd then, of course, came those characters who became so familiar, they felt like surrogate family members: Sgt Bob Cryer, Supt Jack Meadows, DC Tosh Lines, PC Viv Martella, DCI Frank Burnside and PC Reg Ollis.last year, primetime has missed a reliable, workplace-based ensemble drama.
Such solid serial dramas might be deeply unfashionable – they tend not to win Baftas or get gushing reviews – but they’re habit-forming TV. Effectively a soap opera in a squad car, they become a weekly or twice-weekly ritual. At a time when TV is obsessed with “yoof”, they attract older demographics and hook viewers into a channel. If they air at 8pm, the flashier show which follows at 9pm inherits their audience.
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