The Last Detective

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The Last Detective is a British crime drama television series based on Leslie Thomas’s novels, following the understated and often underestimated Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies as he solves cases in London.

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The Last Detective canonical 5
The Last Detective (2002 pilot) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British crime drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
adaptationOf Dangerous Davies novels ⓘ
basedOn novels by Leslie Thomas ⓘ
broadcastFormat serial drama ⓘ
broadcastOn ITV1 ⓘ
linked to: ITV
character Detective Inspector Aspinall ⓘ
Detective Sergeant Pimlott ⓘ
Julie Davies ⓘ
Mod Lewis ⓘ
‘Dangerous’ Davies ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
createdForTelevisionBy ITV Studios ⓘ
distribution ITV Studios Global Entertainment ⓘ
linked to: ITV Studios
episodeRuntime approximately 70–90 minutes ⓘ
filmingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstAired 2003 ⓘ
format live-action television ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
hasLiterarySourceAuthor Leslie Thomas ⓘ
hasPilotEpisode The Last Detective (2002 pilot) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Detective
hasPoliceForceDepicted Metropolitan Police Service ⓘ
lastAired 2007 ⓘ
leadActor Peter Davison ⓘ
leadCharacterNickname Dangerous ⓘ
leadCharacterRank Detective Constable ⓘ
mainCharacter ‘Dangerous’ Davies ⓘ
narrativeFocus character-driven investigations ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 17 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastAs ITV drama series ⓘ
originalNetwork ITV ⓘ
pilotAired 2002 ⓘ
portrays Emma Amos as Julie Davies ⓘ
Peter Davison as ‘Dangerous’ Davies ⓘ
linked to: Peter Davison

Rob Spendlove as Detective Inspector Aspinall ⓘ
Sean Hughes as Mod Lewis ⓘ
productionCompany Granada Television ⓘ
protagonistOccupation Detective Constable ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
stars Emma Amos ⓘ
Peter Davison ⓘ
Rob Spendlove ⓘ
Sean Hughes ⓘ
targetAudience adult viewers ⓘ
theme underestimated detective solving cases ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary London (early 2000s) ⓘ

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Dominique Caine → notableWork → The Last Detective ⓘ
Simon May → wroteMusicFor → The Last Detective ⓘ
Anne Reid → notableWork → The Last Detective ⓘ
Peter Davison → appearedIn → The Last Detective ⓘ
Nick Hurran → directed → The Last Detective ⓘ
The Last Detective → hasPilotEpisode → The Last Detective (2002 pilot) ⓘ
linked to: The Last Detective