Strangers

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.

Cast

Don Henderson DS George Bulman Dennis Blanch DS Derek Willis Fiona Mollison DC Vanessa Bennett

Mark McManus DCS Jack Lambie

John Ronane DS David Singer Thorley Walters Bill Dugdale Frances Tomelty DC Linda Doran David Hargreaves DCI Rainbow

William Tarmey Taxi Driver

Troy Foster DS Charlie Baker

Jo Beadle WPC West

James Copeland Willie Mauchlin

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