Sergeant Cork — Season 1, Episode 1: Case of the Reluctant Widow

Episode synopsis

If it was murder, who was responsible? The dead man's wife, Julie? The young cafe assistant, Clive? Sergeant Cork, one of the pioneers of the newly formed C.I.D., applies his unique methods of detection to the case.

About Sergeant Cork

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The Case of the Girl Upstairs
• E3The Case of the Two Drowned Men
• E4The Case of the Knotted Scarf
• E5The Case of the Stagedoor Johnnie
• E6The Case of the Respectable Suicide
• E7The Case of the Slithy Tove
• E8The Case of the Persistant Assassin
• E9The Case of the Sleeping Coachman
• E10The Case of the Soldier's Rifle
• E11Case of the Public Paragon
• E12The Case of Ella Barnes
• E13The Case of the Gold Salesmen