Adapted from Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb novels and set in Victorian London around the time of the Jack the Ripper murders in 1888, Alan Dobie starred as the tough Detective Sergeant who worked for the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department, determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Swing, Swing Together | 1980-04-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Abracadaver | 1980-04-20 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Detective Wore Silk Drawers | 1980-04-27 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Horizontal Witness | 1980-05-04 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Wobble to Death | 1980-05-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Something Old, Something New | 1980-05-18 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | A Case of Spirts | 1980-05-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Mad Hatter's Holiday | 1981-03-29 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | The Last Trumpet | 1981-04-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | 1981-04-12 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | The Choir That Wouldn't Sing | 1981-04-19 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Murder Old Boy? | 1981-05-03 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Invitation to a Dynamite Party | 1981-05-10 | 60 min |
