Freeview has just reshown the "Pilot" episode of this series which included many of the "whos who" of UK TV from the day. The amazing thing, to observe 1st is that Davies (The Last Detective) is the "lowest" of a team of 4, but the other 3 dont have anything to do with him, leaving him to work on his own all the time. The PILOT starts with looking into one of the criminal brigade but turns into finding the body of someone missing for over 20 years. Slow and methodical he does achieve it. However, sadly, the lasting impression is of a team of cops for whom work is a very very dirty word - at the time this was made, I worked with folk who took the same view about office work!
Review of The Last Detective
