TELLY ADDICTS
COP SHOWS
BOOK AND DVD SET
A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT SOME OF THE BEST LOVED COP SHOWS SEEN ON BRITISH TV
Factory Sealed
PAL REGION FREE
(This DVD will only work in the USA if you have a Multi Region DVD player)
MINDER CLASSICS: EPISODES 1-4 DVD
RE-LIVE THIS BRITISH TV INSTITUTION WITH THE FIRST EVER 4 EPISODES TO
BE BROADCAST ON ITV IN 1979.
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K LAUNDERETTE
TERRY IS CAUGHT INSIDE A LAUNDRETTE WHILE IT IS BEING ROBBED. AS
THE POLICE GATHER OUTSIDE ARTHUR TRIES TO MAKE SOME MONEY BY
SELLING TERRY’S LIFE STORY TO THE PRESS.
BURY MY HALF AT WALTHAM GREEN
GEORGE, AN EX BANK ROBBER IS RELEASED FROM PRISON. ARTHUR GETS
TERRY TO MIND HIM UNTIL THE WHEREABOUTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF
HIDDEN CASH IS FOUND. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, ARTHUR FORGOT TO TELL
TERRY THAT GEORGE IS A DECOY LAYING A FALSE TRAIL.
THE SMALLER THEY ARE
SCOTCH HARRY ARRIVES FROM THE AIRPORT WHERE HE HAS STRUCK LUCKY
BY STEALING A SUITCASE FULL OF BANKNOTES BUT UNKNOWN TO HIM
THEY ARE FORGED. ARTHUR HIDES HIM UNTIL HE CAN COME TO SOME
AGREEMENT WITH THE RIGHTFUL OWNER.
A TETHERED GOAT
TERRY AGREES TO GUARD A MIDDLE EASTERN COMMODITY BROKER.
ARTHUR SETS OUT TO BENEFIT FROM THIS BUT HE AND TERRY GET MORE
THAN THEY BARGAINED FOR.
TELLY ADDICT: COP SHOWS LITTLE BOOK
COP SHOWS HAVE HAD A PLACE IN BROADCASTING HISTORY SINCE
THE EARLY DAYS OF TELEVISION PRODUCTION.
TELLY ADDICT: COP SHOWS HIGHLIGHTS MORE THAN 50 POPULAR
SHOWS THAT HAVE GIVEN PLEASURE TO TELEVISION AUDIENCES
SINCE THE BIRTH OF THE MEDIUM. THE VARIETY OF SHOWS RANGES
FROM GRITTY URBAN DRAMAS LIKE THE BILL AND THE SWEENEY
TO LIGHT-HEARTED SPOOFS SUCH AS THE OUTRAGEOUS POLICE
SQUAD!, WITH EVERYTHING FROM 24, A TOUCH OF FROST, TJ HOOKER,
CHARLIE’S ANGELS, HAWAII 5-0, INSPECTOR MORSE, THE SAINT AND
Z CARS IN BETWEEN.
STARS SUCH AS SYLVESTER STALLONE, DENNIS FARINA, SAMUEL
JACKSON AND TOM SELLECK LAUNCHED THEIR CAREERS IN COP
SHOWS, WHILE MANY LIKE DAVID JASON, JOHN THAW, KIEFER
SUTHERLAND AND DIANA RIGG CEMENTED THEIR REPUTATIONS AS
THE FINEST ACTORS OF THEIR GENERATION HAVING BEEN CAST IN THE
MOST ICONIC TELEVISION DRAMAS OF THE LAST 60 YEARS.