Cribb(1980)
Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
- Created by:
- Peter Lovesey
- First aired:
- 1980-04-13
- Country:
- GB
- Network:
- ITV1
Episodes
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1. Mad Hatter's Holiday
1981-03-29 · 52m
After a severed hand is discovered, Cribb travels down to the seaside town of Brighton to discover the victim's identity, with the assistance of an eccentric holiday-maker with a tale of a missing woman.
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2. The Last Trumpet
1981-04-05 · 49m
A popular campaign is being waged to prevent the sale of Jumbo, London Zoo's most popular attraction to America. When the elderly animal-lover organising the protests is murdered, Cribb considers the various motives for killing her.
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3. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1981-04-12 · 51m
Jowett is very excited by the upcoming Golden Jubilee celebrations and is jealous when Cribb is selected by the Royal Household for a special mission—to investigate the background of the new nanny being selected for the Queen's granddaughter.
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4. The Choir That Wouldn't Sing
1981-04-19 · 48m
Cribb and Thackeray investigate the apparent suicide of a retired colonel, a member of a village choir. The detectives soon deduce that the Colonel's death was murder but their questions are met with a wall of silence from the locals.
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5. Murder Old Boy
1981-05-03 · 51m
Jowett returns to his old school for a small reunion. His suspicions are raised by an appeal for funds by an ex-classmate, who is subsequently murdered.
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6. Invitation to a Dynamite Party
1981-05-10 · 49m
Cribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.
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Cast
Alan Dobie
DS Daniel Cribb
William Simons
PC Edward Thackeray
- D
David Waller
CI Jowett
