“Look, I’ll be honest with you, this whole Caribbean thing, I mean, I’m sure it’s very nice, but uh… well, it’s not really my idea of, uh… yeah. So, as soon as I’ve solved this case, and I’ve got my luggage, I’m on the next plane home. I can’t think why they sent me.” – DI Richard Poole (Ben Miller), confiding in Sgt. Lily Thompson (Lenora Crichlow), DEATH IN PARADISE (“Arriving In Paradise”)
Police Procedural
Wednesday Trivia Question
Who starred in the US version of PRIME SUSPECT?
PRIME SUSPECT was a critically-acclaimed drama series that aired across seven series from 1991 to 2006. Created by Lynda La Plante, the show was a police procedural in which the lead character was a a female DCI confronting institutionalized sexism within the force. Helen Mirren starred as DCI Jane Tennison, a role that made her a household name for many in the US after the series ran on PBS on MYSTERY (and later MASTERPIECE).
As any regular viewer of commercial television knows, a successful program on British telly is bound to be considered for an American adaptation. Sometimes the show doesn’t make it pass the initial discussion or pilot stage (RED DWARF, BEANE’S OF BOSTON, THE IT CROWD), sometimes it becomes as successful, if not more so, than its British counterpart (ALL IN THE FAMILY, GHOSTS, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?). Quite often, the show can make it to series but end after one season (or less) because the same magic wasn’t quite there (GRACEPOINT, AMANDA’S BY THE SEA, LIFE ON MARS).
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“Coded messages, murder – right up my street. It’s not a bad way to start the day.” – Inspector Endeavour Morse (John Thaw), INSPECTOR MORSE
Wednesday Trivia Question
The agents of ODD SQUAD all have names that begin with what letter of the alphabet?
ODD SQUAD is a Canadian-American live action children’s educational series that premiered in 2014. Airing on PBS Kids in the US, ODD SQUAD follows the adventures of a investigative group devoted to solving strange happenings using reason and math. The series, a general satire of police procedurals and spy fiction, uses child actors in main roles as agents for the titular squad. These agents often combat villains with unusual powers or motives, such as Puppetmaster who turns people into puppets or Noisemaker who wants to fill the world with odd noises.
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