Strangers | |
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Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Murray Smith |
Starring | |
Composer | Mike Moran |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 32 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
Production | |
Executive producer | Richard Everitt |
Producer | Mervyn Watson |
Cinematography | Mike Thomson Mike Popley |
Editor | David Rees |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Granada Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 5 June 1978 20 October 1982 | –
Related | |
The XYY Man Bulman | |
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Strangers is a British television crime drama series, principally written and created by Murray Smith, and first broadcast on ITV on 5 June 1978. The series, featuring the characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman (Don Henderson) and his assistant Detective Constable Derek Willis (Dennis Blanch), was a spin-off from the 1976 TV series The XYY Man, adapted from the novels of Kenneth Royce.[1] The series was first suggested by Granada Television executives, who in 1977, outlined their plan to devise a new series to feature the regular characters of Bulman and Willis.[2]
"... I was sent here to be a stranger in town, a face they didn't recognise ..." - George Bulman
The series began life as a fairly standard police drama, with Bulman positioned as its eccentric lead. The series' premise centred around a group of police officers, including Bulman and Willis, known as 'Unit 23', who are brought together from different parts of the country to Manchester to infiltrate areas and investigate crimes that familiar local detectives could not.[3] Five series were broadcast, with the final episode airing on 20 October 1982.
All five series of Strangers were released on DVD via the Network imprint as a complete box-set on 19 October 2009.[4]
Following the series, a further spin-off, simply entitled Bulman, ran for two series on ITV. It follows Bulman, again played by Don Henderson, as he retires from the police and becomes a private detective.