Yellowthread Street (1990)

Directed by

Syd Macartney, Gerry Mill

Genre

police procedural

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 13 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of British and local detectives work cases in the Royal Hong Kong Police. The series follows their investigations and personal conflicts in a single season of episodes.

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What happens

Yellowthread Street is a British television police drama, first broadcast in 1990, that focuses on the work of a group of detectives in the Royal Hong Kong Police. Developed and produced by Ranald Graham, the series was loosely based on the novels by William Leonard Marshall. A single season of thirteen episodes was produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on ITV from January 13 to April 7, 1990. The series starred Ray Lonnen as principal character Alex Vale, with Bruce Payne, Robert Taylor, Doreen Chan, Tzi Ma, Mark McGann and Catherine Neilson also appearing as detectives in the series. The series was well received by viewers and critics alike, despite only lasting one season. However, the series also received negative press, with Matters Criminous stating that "The series chiefest goal seemed to have been to explore just how very badly a dramatisation can corrupt and befoul the ideas and characters of a book." The series was also celebrated for the use of state-of-the-art technology involved with the production, including becoming one of the first series on British television with stereo sound. The series has never been released on DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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