Scotland Yard

A sober, procedural stroll through postwar London crime, narrated with dry authority and solved by patient police work rather than thrills.

Created by

Ken Hughes, Montgomery Tully

Starring

Russell Napier, Edward Malin, John Le Mesurier

Overview

Scotland Yard was perhaps the best-known series to emerge from Anglo-Amalgamated’s output of crime drama. Shot as cinema support features at the company’s Merton Park Studios in South Wimbledon, these half-hour thrillers – based on real-life cases from the vaults of London’s Metropolitan Police headquarters – were a successful regular feature in cinemas over nearly a decade from the early 1950s onwards. Like sister series Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard is introduced by celebrated writer and criminologist Edgar Lustgarten and presents case after intriguing case, with many solved onscreen by the redoubtable Inspector Duggan (played by Australian-born Russell Napier).

How it feels

Earnest, tense, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Crime, justice, mystery, deception

Content

Mild violence and gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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