Sergeant Cork (1963)
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.
- Ted Willis
Country: GB
Language: En
Runtime: 60
Season 6:
When a fortune-teller solves one crime, Cork feels there is no choice but to take her warning of an impending robbery seriously.
Cork and Marriott investigate a string of warehouse robberies, but find that the local police have arrested a suspect - one of their own officers.
