Jericho (2005)

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  • DRAMA & SOAPS
  • 2h
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Robert Lindsay stars as dogged detective Jericho in this 50s-set drama

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Series 1

1. A Pair of Ragged Claws

London, 1958 Chief Inspector Michael Jericho of Scotland Yard is called to investigate a murder in. A young black man was shot on his way home from work. Tension builds between the black and white communities and it's about to hit fever pitch.

2. The Killing of Johnny Swan

Johnny Swan is the star of British athletics and a national hero. He lives the high life and is the darling of the press. Johnny marries Lizzie Way, a showgirl at The Picador. The next morning Johnny and Lizzie are found dead in their hotel room.

3. To Murder and Create

Sadie Swettenham a flirty brunette seduces Detective Inspector Michael Jericho, and puts his job in jeopardy. She is a mother-of-two who is being investigated following the murder of two men, both of whom had signed up to a dating agency.

4. The Hollow Men

The brutal murder of a young courting couple in Battersea Park sparks an inquiry into a crime which has all the hallmarks of the notorious butcher killings in London in the 1920s. The victims are Diana Hunter and boyfriend Marcus Hare.