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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. 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. (en)
- Strangers is een Britse politieserie die tussen 1978 en 1982 in 32 afleveringen werd geproduceerd. Don Henderson is de excentrieke politieman DCI George Bulman, geholpen door DI David Singer (gespeeld door ) die samen optredend vanuit een politiepost in het noorden van Engeland de lokale misdaad proberen te bestrijden. (nl)
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| - The squad follow the trail of stolen coffins to uncover a smuggling ring. (en)
- Escorting a prisoner from Glasgow to London turns out to be anything but a routine assignment for the squad. (en)
- Bulman and Willis head to Edinburgh to investigate a blackmail racket. (en)
- Bulman and Willis are on the trail of a hitman before he reaches his target. (en)
- Bulman, now promoted to Detective Chief Inspector, feels frustrated with the office-bound nature of the job, but is soon challenged by an intriguing murder case. (en)
- Bulman is assigned to establish whether the suspicious practices of a uniform branch sergeant point to his being crooked. (en)
- Bulman and Willis investigate a crooked land developer. (en)
- After a prominent local journalist is murdered Doran goes undercover as a reporter on his old desk and Willis becomes a coroner's officer. (en)
- A tip-off leads Bulman, Willis and Bennett to an arms-dealing operation with a hired killer involved. (en)
- Bulman goes under cover with a gang to gather evidence on a number of robberies and finds himself involved in the perpetration of one of them, which, unbeknownst to him, Singer is pursuing. (en)
- With Rainbow growing increasingly frustrated at their unorthodox methods, Bulman, Willis and Doran are on a case involving illegally imported goods. Bulman's head is turned by a lady doctor who is involved in the case. (en)
- Bulman co-opts Briscoe into lodging with the Parkers, who are assisting him with his enquiries concerning a bank robbery. (en)
- The squad is called upon to investigate a highway robbery. (en)
- Bulman and Willis are on the trail of a man who attacked a youth in a hotel toilet, unaware that there are other parties interested in the case for other reasons. (en)
- The squad investigates the kidnapping of a prominent politician. (en)
- A convict who has a score to settle with Lambie escapes from prison. (en)
- Bulman disguises himself as a tramp to try to track down a drug smuggler at Liverpool's docks and finds himself caught in the crossfire of factions within the gang. (en)
- The squad becomes involved in a conflict between rival groups of mercenaries. (en)
- Bulman and Willis are assigned to bring a suspect to London for questioning, but things do not go smoothly. (en)
- The team come under the command of DCS Lambie and a new Inter City Squad based in London. They immediately become involved in investigating arms trafficking in the capital. (en)
- Arriving in Manchester to work on their new patch as strangers to the local underworld, Bulman and Willis investigate a jewel robbery. (en)
- A fraud investigation gets complicated when Bulman and Willis find that the Foreign Office has an interest in one of the individuals involved. (en)
- Bulman and Willis go under cover to flush out the person who murdered their colleague at a racetrack. (en)
- Bulman attempts to arrest a gangland ringleader, but finds himself being kidnapped. (en)
- A routine assignment to follow up muggings of a local postman leads Bulman and Willis to a much bigger case, much to Rainbow's annoyance. (en)
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