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Sergeant Cork

Name: Sergeant Cork
Genre: Drama
Released: 1963-06-29
Rating: 7.2
Cast: William Gaunt, John Barrie

Drama~60 min

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

ITV1

Countries

First aired

1963-06-29

Last aired

1967-10-07

Language

Rating

7.2 / 10

Episode release dates

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Synopsis and details

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.