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Cribb

  • 1980 – 1981
  • Ended
  • Mystery · Crime · Drama
  • ~1h / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 8.0/10

Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.

Latest: Series 2 · 1981

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  1. E1. Mad Hatter's Holiday

    Mar 29, 1981 · 52m

    After a severed hand is discovered, Cribb travels down to the seaside town of Brighton to discover the victim's identity, with the assistance of an eccentric holiday-maker with a tale of a missing woman.

  2. E2. The Last Trumpet

    Apr 5, 1981 · 49m

    A popular campaign is being waged to prevent the sale of Jumbo, London Zoo's most popular attraction to America. When the elderly animal-lover organising the protests is murdered, Cribb considers the various motives for killing her.

  3. E3. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    Apr 12, 1981 · 51m

    Jowett is very excited by the upcoming Golden Jubilee celebrations and is jealous when Cribb is selected by the Royal Household for a special mission—to investigate the background of the new nanny being selected for the Queen's granddaughter.

  4. E4. The Choir That Wouldn't Sing

    Apr 19, 1981 · 48m

    Cribb and Thackeray investigate the apparent suicide of a retired colonel, a member of a village choir. The detectives soon deduce that the Colonel's death was murder but their questions are met with a wall of silence from the locals.

  5. E5. Murder Old Boy

    May 3, 1981 · 51m

    Jowett returns to his old school for a small reunion. His suspicions are raised by an appeal for funds by an ex-classmate, who is subsequently murdered.

  6. E6. Invitation to a Dynamite Party

    May 10, 1981 · 49m

    Cribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.

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