Examples:
Space:1999
Inspector Morse
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
Life On Mars
Danger UXB
Spooks (Known as MI-5 in the US)
That's merely scratching the surface.
Examples: Space:1999 Er yeah. Get the bad news out first? It took me three episodes to realize it wasn;t in SuperMarionation.
And most of your examples are so last millennium.
That's merely scratching the surface.
Just current crime shows alone
the 40s Foyle's War will they call the new season Foyle's PostWar?
the 60s George Gently
the 80s Ashes to Ashes Is Gene Hunt an imaginary character or not? (OK yes I am aware of the concept of fiction... but you know what I mean)
the 00s Midsomer Murders Pretty countryside, strange people, and a lot of death (It's not called Midsomer Murder), with One Sane Man trying to understand it.
New Tricks The only "cold case" show I watch: It's characters, not plot, which make a TV series - here the four leads have about 160 years acting experience between them.
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Inspector Morse
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Having worked around academia and having a “tenured” relative...
I love Inspector Morse.
Especially when I realized there was someone more cynical about academia!!!