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Call Me Mister (1986)

Call Me Mister poster
Genre
crime, drama
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 10 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Australian former police officer inherits a large estate in England after his father dies. He decides to use his police skills to work as a private detective instead of living off the inheritance.

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What happens

Call Me Mister is a British television drama series, created by Robert Banks Stewart who had previously developed Shoestring and Bergerac for the BBC. One series of ten episodes was broadcast between 5 September and 7 November 1986. The series starred Steve Bisley as Jack Bartholomew, an Australian former police officer who returns to England after his father dies, having inherited his substantial estate. Uncomfortable with his new found status, Bartholomew prefers to use his police skills working as a private detective. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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