Cribb
Cribb
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Cribb

7.5 / 10
1980
2 seasons
14 episodes
MysteryCrimeDrama

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.

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Cribb opening & closing theme tune (1980)

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  • Ep 1

    1.Waxwork

    13-04-198079m

    Cribb is called in when doubt emerges over the guilt of a murderess due to hang shortly.

  • Ep 2

    2.Swing, Swing Together

    20-04-198052m

    After a young woman discovers a body floating in the Thames, Cribb and Thackeray search for the killers—noting similarities to the recently published 'Three Men in a Boat'.

  • Ep 3

    3.Abracadaver

    20-04-198052m

    After a series of accidents to performers, Cribb and Thackeray enter the music hall scene where they uncover the existence of late-night secret performances for wealthy spectators.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Detective Wore Silk Drawers

    27-04-198051m

    When headless male corpses are found floating in the river, the common link is scarred hands, which points to participation in illegal bare-knuckle boxing.

  • Ep 5

    5.The Horizontal Witness

    04-05-198048m

    A key player in London's vice world is found dead in one of his own brothels. An unreliable witness with a score to settle claims to know the murderer but wants to make a deal with...

  • Ep 6

    6.Wobble to Death

    11-05-198051m

    The Pedestrian Championship of the World is taking place in London, and Cribb and Thackeray are on hand to prevent foul play between the various competitors.

  • Ep 7

    7.Something Old, Something New

    18-05-198051m

    When Cribb accompanies Thackeray to the countryside wedding of an old friend of his father to a much younger woman, he soon begins to suspect that the intentions of the bride and h...

  • Ep 8

    8.A Case of Spirts

    25-05-198053m

    Two robberies at the homes of medium patrons seem rather more than coincidence, and Cribb is called to investigate a death certainly not perpetrated by somebody from the spirit wor...

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