Check out our gallery of delectable detectives and see if your favourite made our grade. \r\n
\r\nFirst up is Poirot, as played by David Suchet. Isn't he precious?<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Poirot-David-Suchet-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Poirot"},{"captionHeading":"Perry Mason, 1966 (Raymond Burr)","caption":"
Raymond Burr the quintessential lawyer, Perry Mason, will always been known as king of small screen lawyers. He was never less than enthralling as he delivered his cases for the defence inside the courtroom.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Raymond-Burr-Perry-Mason-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Raymond Burr"},{"captionHeading":"Murder She Wrote, 1984 (Angela Lansbury)","caption":"
Jessica Fletcher is Cabot Cove's answer to Sherlock Holmes. The crime writer constantly stumbles across crimes she feels obliged to solve. Usually thanks to some snippet of evidence that suddenly comes to her at opportune moments.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Murder-She-Wrote-Angela-Lansbury-Jessica-Fletcher-Apr09-Gallery-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher"},{"captionHeading":"Columbo, 1971 (Peter Falk)","caption":"
Scruffy, scatty Lt Columbo is painfully polite, with acute attention to detail, and he always gets his crim, normally on the smallest of details. He famously irritates suspects by smoking his smelly cigars. But what is his first name?<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Columbo-Peter-Falk-Apr09-Gallery-5.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Peter Falk as Columbo"},{"captionHeading":"Cagney & Lacey, 1982 (Tyne Daley & Sharon Gless)","caption":"
Career hungry Christine Cagney (Gless) and family oriented Mary Beth Lacey (Daly) were considered American drama’s first proper double female leads. Together they cracked crime and bickered in between, mostly in the police ladies’ loos..<\/p>","url":"2009/2/3/Feature-Now-Then-Feb09-Gallery-70.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Now & Then"},{"captionHeading":"Kojak, 1973 (Telly Savalas)","caption":"
Is Lt Theo Kojak more famous for his lack of follicle activity or his lollipop, which he began to suck apparently having given up smoking! The 70s cop’s famous catchphrase was ‘Who Loves ye, baby?’<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Telly-Savalas-Theo-Kojak-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Telly Savalas"},{"captionHeading":"Magnum, 1980 (Tom Selleck )","caption":"
Can you solve crime while hanging out by the beach in Hawaii, dressed in sunnies and khaki shorts cruising in a Ferarri, to all intents and purposes chilling out? Well that cute, dimpled smile and all that, errr hair obviously worked its magic for Thomas Magnum PI.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Magnum-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Magnum"},{"captionHeading":"Moonlighting, 1985 (Cybil Shepperd and Bruce Willis)","caption":"
That’s right Yipee Kay-Ay and jazz singing Cybil teamed up as a crime busting duo Madeline \"Maddie\" Hayes and David Addison of Blue Moon Detective Agency, in the 80's. Apart from a little sexually fuelled aggression towards each other, they didn’t fare too badly.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Moonlighting-Bruce-Willis-Cybil-Shepperd-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Moonlighting"},{"captionHeading":"Frost, 1992 (David Jason)","caption":"
DI Jack Frost, real name William Edward Frost is renowned for his constant clashes with his superiors but are often over looked because of his continued ability to produce results, and also his supposed heroism having been shot while on duty.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-A-Touch-of-Frost-David-Jason-Apr09-Gallery-1.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"David Jason as Jack Frost"},{"captionHeading":"Charlie’s Angels, 1976 (Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, and Jaclyn Smith)","caption":"
The sassy Kelly, Jill and Sabrina are female PIs for boss Charlie, who they’ve never meet. They simply received and execute their orders via Bosley – the go-between. Crims just don’t expect them to be ‘the law’.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Charlies-Angels-Apr09-Gallery-2.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Charlie's Angels"},{"captionHeading":"Bergerac, 1981 (John Nettles)","caption":"
The maverick and struggling alcoholic Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac lived and worked on Jersey. The island's tax haven status meant some wealthy crooks were in abundance.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Bergerac-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Bergerac"},{"captionHeading":"Cracker, 1983 (Robbie Coltrane)","caption":"
Dr. Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald is the chain smoking, drunk, gambling unfaithful and uncompromising forensic psychologist who as the show suggests just keeps on cracking crimes…<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Cracker-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Cracker"},{"captionHeading":"Diagnosis Murder, 1993 (Dyke Van Dyke & son Barry Van Dyke)","caption":"
Dr Mark Sloan and real life and on screen son, detective Mark Sloan make a formidable duo who somehow manage to get drawn away from their daily careers and embroiled in yet another crime to solve, they rarely disappoint.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Diagnosis-Murder-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Diagnosis Murder"},{"captionHeading":"Inspector Gadget, 1983","caption":"
Animated crime is all the rage and the kids love the bumbling cartoon character. He and his numerous gadgets take on his nemesis Dr Claw in spite of his clumsiness. He’s helped in his quest by his niece Penny.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Inspector-Gadget-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Inspector Gadget"},{"captionHeading":"Quincy, 1976 (Jack Klugman)","caption":"
Quincy ME (Medical Examiner) spends his time investigating suspicious deaths via autopsy. Constantly butting heads with his boss and the police, this man seems to solve crimes single-handedly. The biggest mystery is his first name – apparently it begins with R!<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Quincy-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Quincy"},{"captionHeading":"Ashes To Ashes, 2008 (Philip Glenister & Keeley Hawes)","caption":"
Not the straightest cop on the force DCI Gene Hunt is a bit of a chauvinistic bullish bloke whose sidekick DI Alex Drake simply puts up with his non PC ways.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Ashes-to-Ashes-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Ashes to Ashes"},{"captionHeading":"Rockford Files, 1974 (James Garner)","caption":"
Jim (James) Scott Rockford worked out of his crumbling mobile home which doubled as an office, his rare if ever cases often yielded no income….The show’s theme tune hit the charts and stayed in the Billboard top 100 for 44 weeks!<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Roccford-Files-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Roccford Files"},{"captionHeading":"Scooby Doo, 1969 (voice of Don Messick)","caption":"
Nearly 40 years of animated adventures, that’s quite an innings for Shaggy (Norvile – yup!), Fred, Velma, Daphne and of course Scooby. Driving around in their mystery machine van, the quintet seems to stumble across bumbling criminals just begging to be uncovered.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-ScoobyDoo-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Scooby Doo"},{"captionHeading":"Starsky & Hutch, 1975 (David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser)","caption":"
David Starsky and Kenneth Hutch, occasionally graced with the presence of street snitch Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas) cracked Californian street crime, and attempted to avoid gruff police chief Cpt Dobey.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Starsky-Hutch-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Starsky& Hutch"},{"captionHeading":"Miss Marple, 1984 (Joan Hickson)","caption":"
The BBC's spinster detective Miss Jane Marple's adaptation won the admiration of the Queen, an ardent Agatha Christie fan. The elderly super sleuth's love of crime solving is famous for her tweed attire. Despite her years she's a sharp mind and understanding of human nature with some gemmed parallel from her life in the parochial villange St. Mary Mead in which she lives.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Miss-Marple-Joan-Hickson-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Jane Marple"},{"captionHeading":"Sherlock Holmes & Dr Watson, 1988 (Michael Caine & Ben Kingsley) 'Without A Clue'","caption":"
Novelist Arthur Conan Doyle created this 19th century London detective famous for his intellect and deductive reasoning when solving crimes, often accompanied by his close friend Dr Watson who on questioning deductions was simply greeted with the response: elementary my dear Watson. His fantastic pipe was ever present.<\/p>","url":"2009/4/2/Feature-TV-Detectives-Sherlock-Holmes-Michael-Caine-Apr09-Gallery.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Sherlock Holmes "},{"captionHeading":"Prime Suspect, 1991 (Helen Dame Mirren)","caption":"
DCI Jane Tennison finally finds her moment to lead a murder investigation when a colleague is laid out by a heart attack. The unfortunate circumstances allow her to prove her mettle to her male colleagues, and she grows into the role and trampling the prejudices of her male colleagues, but at her own personal expense.<\/p>","url":"2008/8/7/Feature-TV-Detectives-Prime-Suspect-Helen-Mirren-Aug-08.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"Prime Suspect - Helen Mirren "}];