Series · 1980
Cribb

The series
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.
Episodes
Season 2 · 6 episodes · 1981
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Episode 129 Mar 198152m
Mad Hatter's Holiday
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.
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Episode 25 Apr 198149m
The Last Trumpet
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.
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Episode 312 Apr 198151m
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
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 granddaught…
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Episode 419 Apr 198148m
The Choir That Wouldn't Sing
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.
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Episode 53 May 198151m
Murder Old Boy
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.
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Episode 610 May 198149m
Invitation to a Dynamite Party
Cribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.

