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Hunters Walk
Hunters Walk – devised by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis – was about crime on a smaller – but no less dramatic – scale, and featured a police force in the fictional Midlands town of Broadstone (the series was actually filmed in Rushden, Northants). Sharing several similarities with the classic 1950s police drama, in particular a small-town settingband storylines encompassing the more human aspects of police work, Hunters Walk offered a contrasting alternative to the 1970s more hard-hitting, action-led urban crime dramas. The small, idiosyncratic team of officers faced a typically broad spectrum of cases, from neighbours’ disputes and hooliganism to suspected murder.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 13 episodes (June 4, 1973)
- Season 2 — 13 episodes (April 22, 1974)
- Season 3 — 13 episodes (June 1, 1976)
Cast
- Ewan Hooper as Det. Sgt. Smith
- Davyd Harries as Sgt. Ken Ridgeway
- Duncan Preston as PC Fred Pooley
- Charles Rea as PC Harry Coombes
- David Simeon as Det. Con. Mickey Finn
- Ruth Madoc as Betty Smith
Details
- Created by
- Ted Willis
- First aired
- June 4, 1973
- Episodes
- 39
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Network
- ITV1
- Status
- Ended
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