'DETECTIVE' (1964) S2 EP 2 "Dover and the Deadly Poison Pen Letters "

If you enjoyed this video, please LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE, leave a comment. IF YOU CAN, please donate at: paypal.me/ArchiveMedia. EPISODE DESCRIPTION: "Det. Chief Insp. Dover is fat, lazy and useless. Dame Alice Stote-Weedon asks Scotland Yard to help with a campaign poison pen letters they send Dover. When Mrs Tompkins is murdered, Dover is finally forced investigate..." DIRECTED BY: Moira Armstrong WRITTEN BY: Joyce Porter ADAPTED BY: James MacTaggart Starring: Paul Dawkins AS Detective Chief Inspector Dover Tenniel Evans AS Arthur Tompkins James Cosmo AS Detective Sergeant MacGregor Erik Chitty AS Dr. Hawnt Lisa Daniely AS Louise de Gascoigne Denise Coffey AS Poppy Gullimore Hilda Fenemore AS Mrs. Poltensky Ruth Kettlewell AS Dame Alice Stote-Weedon Patsy Smart AS Miss Tilley Rita Webb AS Freda Gomersall George Tovey AS Charlie Chettle Shelagh Wilcocks AS Mrs. Quince(as Sheelah Wilcocks) Charles Hill AS Bert Quince Ballard Berkeley AS Assistant Commissioner Michael Rose AS Deputy Commander Lee Chambers AS Eleanor Joan Paton AS Miss Thickett ORIGINALLY BROADCAST: 4TH MAY 1968 DIRECTED BY: Moira Armstrong WRITTEN BY: Joyce Porter (ORIGINAL STORY) James MacTaggart (ADAPTED BY) 'Detective' is a British mystery anthology television series adapted from stories by numerous prominent crime fiction writers, with each episode focusing on a particular detective character. Of the eighteen episodes from the first series twelve are currently known to exist; nine episodes from series two survive; while only one episode from the third series remains in the archive. Each episode of the first series was introduced by Rupert Davies, in-character as Inspector Maigret, reprising his role from the eponymous BBC series that had aired from 1960 to 1963. Several episodes functioned as Backdoor pilots for potential future series. Of the 45 episodes, only three such shows were produced as a result: Cluff (1964–65) starring Leslie Sands, Thorndyke (1964) starring Peter Copley, and Sherlock Holmes (1965–68) starring Douglas Wilmer, and later, Peter Cushing. Detective ran for 45 episodes over three series Several of the detectives featured have never reappeared in a television adaptation, making their appearance in the series even more significant to the Golden Age devotee. It also saw some lesser known – though no less interesting – sleuths, for example R. C. Woodthorpe’s Sir Luke Frinsby, Ethel Lina White’s Miss Pye and Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace’s Ruth Kelstern. 'Detective' was successful and sold abroad, including to Australia. Three stories were chosen from the first season to be expanded into full series – 'Cluff' (already available on this channel) 'Thorndyke' and 'Sherlock Holmes'. Detective – Series One (duration 18 x 50 mins) FIRST SERIES BROADCAST: March 30th to July 27th 1964 at 21.25 on BBC Television The first series was produced by David Goddard with Max Marquis, John Gould and Anthony Read acting as Script Editors. Archive Status: Six episodes are currently missing from the archives from the original eighteen.