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King and Castle
1985 British TV series or programme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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King and Castle is a British television crime drama series, made by Thames Television and screened on ITV, that first broadcast on 20 August 1985.[1] The series stars Derek Martin as Ronald King, a Detective Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police, who is obliged to leave the force when he is investigated by the anti-corruption squad. His first venture outside of the police involves setting up his own Debt Collection Agency, known as 'The Manor', where he partners with mild-mannered martial arts expert David Castle (Nigel Planer).
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Created by Ian Kennedy Martin,[2] who had previously devised The Sweeney for Thames, along with Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective for the BBC, King and Castle started out as an episode of Thames' Storyboard, a series of stand-alone dramas intended as potential pilots for series.[3] Described as a combination of the rough-and-tumble of The Sweeney[4] with the knowing wit of Minder,[5] two series of six episodes each followed in 1986 and 1988. In 1986, a paperback tie-in novel was also released to accompany the first series.[6]
The complete series of King and Castle, including the Storyboard pilot, was released on DVD via Network in April 2011 and July 2012 respectively.
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Cast
- Derek Martin as Ronald King
- Nigel Planer as David Castle
- Mary Healey as Miss Willmott
- Andrew Cruickshank Mr. Hodinett
- Laura Davenport as Deidre Aitken (1986)
- Rowena Roberts as Hilary McLean (1988)
- Paul Brooke as Edward Hallday-Mostyn (1986)
- Shirley Stelfox as Betty (1988)
- Lucy Speed as Susie (1988)
Episodes
Pilot (1985)
Series 1 (1986)
Series 2 (1988)
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