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.