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Strangers

Strangers

1978–1982 · TV · 5 seasons · 32 episodes

The series ran 5 seasons across 32 episodes and has ended.

Synopsis

Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

Ratings

SourceRating
IMDb7.8/10
TMDB7.2/104 votes

Seasons

1Series 17 ep1978
2Series 25 ep1979
3Series 37 ep1980
4Series 46 ep1981
5Series 57 ep1982

Key crew

Cast

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Themes