The Last Detective (2005)
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
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Episode 1 - Christine
Release Date: 13 Feb. 2004Dangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while drunk in a locked room.
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Episode 2 - The Long Bank Holiday
Release Date: 20 Feb. 2004A spate of computer thefts from government offices, a possible suicide under the wheels of a high-speed train, an absconded lifer on the loose, and a grisly trove of human bones in a garden all conspire to keep Davies on the job during a long Easter weekend.
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Episode 3 - Benefit to Mankind
Release Date: 27 Feb. 2004With a history of depression, a bloodstream full of booze, and a high-pressure job in medical research, Henry Winton seems like an open-and-shut suicide case after his body turns up in the canal. But the more Davies looks at SwanMed, the less he likes--particularly when Winton's pretty young coworker goes missing.
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Episode 4 - Dangerous and the Lonely Hearts
Release Date: 5 Mar. 2004Brought to the station after nicking some sweets, a waifish Eastern European girl refuses to give even her name. What starts out as a simple case of shoplifting turns into apparent murder, however, after Davies finds the girl's mother strangled. The trail leads to some surprising suspects from a video matchmaking service.