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Star Cops

  • 1987
  • Ended
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime · Drama
  • ~50m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 6.2/10

Star Cops is a British science fiction TV series created by Chris Boucher, set in 2027 where the International Space Police Force (ISPF) maintains law and order in a newly colonized solar system, overseen by Commander Nathan Spring. Known for its hard science fiction approach and realistic portrayal of space travel, the series was canceled after one season due to poor ratings and production issues. Retrospectively, it has been critically reappraised.

Latest: Season 1 · 1987

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  1. E1. An Instinct for Murder

    Jul 6, 1987 · 50m

    With a body in the river and a series of spacesuit failures, Spring is unconvinced by the machine's verdict of accidental death. And instinct is telling him to pursue it even if it means laying his own life on the line.

  2. E2. Conversations With the Dead

    Jul 13, 1987 · 50m

    ""Lee Jones has been dealt with. You are next."" Somewhere out there is a killer. Can Nathan Spring, recently appointed head of the International Space Police Force, pre-empt his deadly messenger?

  3. E3. Intelligent Listening for Beginners

    Jul 20, 1987 · 50m

    There has been an explosion at the chemical plant, disaster in the Channel Tunnel and now there's a terrorist threat. The only clue is a couple of lines of obscure poetry. Can Spring and Theroux unravel the secret in time?

  4. E4. Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits

    Jul 27, 1987 · 50m

    Microbiologist Harvey Goodman has disappeared. It seems that the American space station RONALD REAGAN holds the answer, but pool-playing Commander Griffin is proving less than helpful. Diving deeper into a web of international double-dealing, Nathan smells a rat.

  5. E5. This Case to Be Opened In a Million Years

    Aug 3, 1987 · 50m

    Exactly what happened to make a nuclear waste dumper launch abort? Is the Mafia alive and kicking in 2027? Will Nathan manage to survive being charged with murder?

  6. E6. In Warm Blood

    Aug 10, 1987 · 50m

    'Knowledge is light.' 'Ignorance is darkness.' Science must succeed. Nathan knows that. But when it means the loss of innocent lives, the Star Cops swing into action.

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