One of the longest running police series on British television between 1955and 1976, Dixon of Dock Green was also the best-loved. Starring the popularJack Warner in the role of Sergeant George Dixon, the series set the tone fortelevision police drama and paved the way for all that would follow. Filmedon set and on location around the fast disappearing dockland community ofLondon’s East End, the character of Dixon, with his friendly and informal‘Evening all’, o† ered viewers the kind of policeman you’d be tempted towelcome into your home for a cup of tea – even if you’d just robbed a bank.In these Š rst available colour episodes, the Dock Green police must deal withcases as diverse as a vanished policeman; a mysterious assailant of youngwomen; police protection of a witness to murder; a charming crookwith friends in the right places; the hidden world of spousalabuse; and the police shooting of an unarmed criminal.In a modern world of DNA and CCTV, much haschanged and much remains the sa