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Anyone know if any of the Ian Rankin , John Rebus detective books have been filmed for television , the books are in a similar vein to Dalziel and Pascoe/ Morse /Insp. Lynley etc.
anyone not familiar with Ian Rankin and his John Rebus character and who enjoys a good crime fiction I urge you to give him a try .

my rankings for top TV detective

1, Morse
2, Dalziel
3, Jane Tennyson, Prime Suspect
4, Frost
5, Lynley
6, Adam Dalgliesh ( the bald guy, not Martin Shaw)
7, Hetty Waintripe (just for trying to spot the scenes shot around
Hyndburn/ Accrington & District. eg outside Palatine cafe in
Gt. Harwood.)

ok ....lets have your choices

maybe someone with better skills than me could set up a poll ;) ;)

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i have to say columbo:D
oh and hetty wainthrope, like you , i like to look where they are and see if i notice it;)
thats it really cant think

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Columbo, becase the true born and bred Yank cannot work a 'who dun it' out and needs to be told beforehand the perpertrator of the crime. Not a lot to be said for inbreeding the North ,South,East, and Western zones of the planet Earth.

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Ian rankin like most of the other writers mentioned here are very good read the first time, but begin to lack ideas and 'flog' the same plot spun a different way to compensate for lack of ideas, and become very predictable,if not downright boring.:cool:

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taggart ! wipes the floor with majority of those.. and what about Cracker ?....also quite good ..

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cracker, i just loved Robbie Coltrane

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I've read all the Rebus books, except the new one that came out this month. There was a TV programme made featuring the character called, surprisingly, Rebus.
I only saw about 5 minutes of it, but turned it off as soon as I saw the bloke playing Rebus. He was nothing like the book character, which ruined it completely for me.

I also think you're stretching it a bit to compare the Rebus novels to Morese, Insp. Lynley, etc. OK, so he's a policeman, but I think that's where it ends. ;)

See here for more information....
"Rebus" (2000)

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I used to like Sexton Blake

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Fabian of the yard... ,Jason King...but then i might be the only old codger to remember them:o

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Life on Mars
BBC - Drama - Life On Mars
I found this detective series absolutely riveting

PS a sequel on its way --yipee
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Life on Mars sequel jumps to '80s

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Morse
Frost
Jane Tennerson
Cracker
Life on Mars

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Unbeatable Morse! A respectable second Dalziel and Pascoe.
In the 70's I used to love Starsky and Hutch, remember watching Kojak too and then Cagney and Lacey.
Recently seen Rosemary and Thyme which I thought was a bit pathetic given that Felicity Kendal is generally such a good actress! Also on BBC prime they are re-running the old Miss Marple series - Kevin Whately (Sgt.Lewis in Morse) was a policeman in one of the episodes!
The top detective show on Italian TV is (unbelievably!) Murder She Wrote starring an Octogenarian Angela Lansbury -it has the highest ratings at prime time once a week! I quite like it, but with it not being on SKY I can't see it in English - the dubbed versions always lose such a lot of the original character.
Both Morse and Frost have terrible voices in the Italian versions...

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i loved watching miss marple ,

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Now you are talking. :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

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Me too, but there could only ever be one miss marple and that was Margaret Rutherford ,,,I will never forget her signiture tune either

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Brother Cadfael .... must be, he's a twelfth centuary Grissom.

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yep , good choice , had forgot all about him :)

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Jack Bauer!

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I HAD FOGOTTEN ABOUT HIM TOO, YES DEREK JACKOBI IS A GOOD CHOICE :)

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Inspector Clouseau.

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Oh yeah. That famous television detective.

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1) Morse
2) Dalziel and Pascoe
3) Sherlock Holmes ( with Jeremy Brett )

I watched that daft " who would solve your murder " thing on tv the other week and still can't comprehend how Columbo came top ?? The bloke obviously can't even find a dry cleaners for his mac let alone a murderer!
Makes me think they only picked him because he was still around for a quote whereas the late lamented John Thaw sadly isn't.

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There are that many repeats of Columbo that he would come top.
Just goes to show that you shouldnt judge on the wrapping only. :p Besides that mac is as well known as Morses Jag Holmes and his deerstalker and pipe and the drinking that Dalziel does. ;)

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What about Foyles War would that count? Fabian and Sabre never heard of em. :o Maybe to young.

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I cant believe no one mentioned johnathon creek. Used to love that show but it aint been on in quite a while.

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WAS SABRE OF LONDON ,THE DETECTIVE WITH ONE ARM,,,(A REALY GOOD LOOKING BLOKE ,)WHO I CANT REMEMBER THE NAME OF

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He's famous and I've seen him on telly. :)

Does your derg bite ?

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So can those of us in the dark be enlightened please?

I found Fabian of the Yard on google but nothing on Sabre of London.

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I dont remember Sabre either :confused:---perhaps it was connected with American Werewolf in London :)

Ps found it now (when spelt right)
http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/SaberOfLondon.htm

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He Was The Most Handsome Man Around At That Time,,,even If He Did Only Have One Arm ....(SABRE)

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Found this thread via todays birthdays, and did a google. Got to say, don't remember Sabre at all, even though I'm probably the same age as you Willow. :)

I do remember Man In a Suitcase though. Richard Bradford...he was yummy...:)

Who was it said we shouldn't bring up old threads? ...... :eek:

Found a link anyway. :)

Mark Saber

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Detective Constable Andy Crawford.:D

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Dixon of Dock Green?

One episode of that sticks in my mind, where the kids went missing, and were later found in the river. or is my
memory playing tricks with me, lol. :)

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It's not a Quiz but your right:Dwell done

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hong kong fooey woud kick his backside :D

http://djph.files.wordpress.com/2007...ong_phooey.jpg

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Did ya know beni, that when Jack Warner died his coffin was carried by Police Officers...real ones?

Apparently he and the programme were held in very high regard back then.

wonder if it would be the same for someone on the Bill. :D

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Agreed... no contest...loved it..watched it with the kids lol! :D

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Not on telly.. but I reckon Garinda and Entwisi would have solved some crimes...they sort out what time you came on..whatever time you posted ...I call em the "Oxford two":D

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They may do as long as they get 42 days notice of the venue.:hehetable

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Saw Richard Bradford in a film not long ago cazzer, his hair is pure white now and he's built like a brick outhouse (for want of a better fraze) didn't realise who he was at first, just thought his face was familiar, only twigged on me when I watched the credits t the end, the film was a version of a Dean Koontz novel, The Servants of Twilight.

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Play.com (UK) : Rebus (6 Discs) : DVD - Free Delivery
6 DVDs Free P&P £10.99
My Mum liked No Hiding Place and my wife likes Midsomer Murders but I like Hetty Wainthrop, however I cannot stand her in that other programme.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Mysteries.jpg Anybody remember Father Dowling ,i think i watched every episode at least twice,,,,Sister Stephanie was played by Tracy Nelson,who was the daughter of pop singer Rickey Nelson

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[quote=steeljack;471011]Anyone know if any of the Ian Rankin , John Rebus detective books have been filmed for television , the books are in a similar vein to Dalziel and Pascoe/ Morse /Insp. Lynley etc.
anyone not familiar with Ian Rankin and his John Rebus character and who enjoys a good crime fiction I urge you to give him a try .

my rankings for top TV detective

1, Morse
2, Dalziel
3, Jane Tennyson, Prime Suspect
4, Frost
5, Lynley
6, Adam Dalgliesh ( the bald guy, not Martin Shaw)
7, Hetty Waintripe (just for trying to spot the scenes shot around
Hyndburn/ Accrington & District. eg outside Palatine cafe in
Gt. Harwood.)

ok ....lets have your choices

maybe someone with better skills than me could set up a poll ;)
My vote would go to Dalziel

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