"Juliet Bravo" (1980) TV series 1980-1985

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Creator:

Ian Kennedy Martin

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

Release Date:

30 August 1980 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Newly-promoted Inspector Jean Darblay takes charge of the police station in the fictional Lancashire town of Hartley...

Cast

David Ellison	...	Sgt. Joseph Beck / ... (88 episodes, 1980-1985)
Noel Collins	...	Sgt. George Parrish / ... (87 episodes, 1980-1985)
Stephanie Turner	...	Inspector Jean Darblay (44 episodes, 1980-1982)
Anna Carteret	...	Inspector Kate Longton (44 episodes, 1983-1985)
Mark Botham	...	PC Danny Sparks (44 episodes, 1983-1985)
C.J. Allen	...	PC Brian Kelleher (42 episodes, 1983-1985)

Runtime:

50 min (88 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Filming Locations:

Bacup Police Station, Bank Street, Bacup, Lancashire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The character of Jean Darblay, the first woman inspector in a small-town Lancashire police station, was based on the experiences of Wynne Darwin, a real-life woman inspector in the Lancashire force.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Stuff: Whistling Calculus for Tax Purposes (#2.5)" (1989)

Truly dreadful .....

This TV series was churned out by the BBC in the early eighties. It centered around a female inspector, two sergeants and various constables set in the fictitious northern town of Hartley. Everything about this series was depressing, the story lines, the characters and the general drearyness of the landscape. I had to watch this as a child because my mother was addicted to it but why it went on so long nobody really knows. You only find it now on some of the more obscure satellite stations. For old times sake I did actually view one the other day and yes it was just as grim as it had always been. This series took over from Z Cars as the BBC police series. That wasn't very good either ......