Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo
File:Juliet BravoDVD.jpg Juliet Bravo Series 1 DVD release
Created by	Ian Kennedy Martin
Starring	Stephanie Turner Anna Carteret
Country of origin	UK
No. of episodes	88
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC
Release	August 30, 1980 – December 31, 1985

Juliet Bravo was a British television series which ran between 1980 and 1985. The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in a fictional town of Hartley in Lancashire. The name of the show is the inspector's radio call sign.

The role of Inspector Jean Darblay was played by Stephanie Turner between 1980 and 1982, and her replacement Inspector Kate Longton was played by Anna Carteret between 1983 and 1985.

Regular cast

• Stephanie Turner (Inspector Jean Darblay)
• Anna Carteret (Inspector Kate Longton)
• David Ellison (Sergeant Joseph Beck)
• Noel Collins (Sergeant George Parrish)
• C.J Allen (Police Constable Brian Kellehar)
• Mark Botham (Police Constable Danny Sparks)
• Edward Peel (Detective Chief Inspector Mark Perrin)
• Tony Caunter (Detective Chief Inspector Jim Logan)
• James Grout (Div. Supt. Albert Hallam)
• David Hargreaves (Tom Darblay)
• Tom Georgeson (John Holden)

Episode list

Episode	Title	Writer	Director	Guest stars
Series 1 (BBC1, August 30 to December 13 1980)
1	Shotgun	Ian Kennedy Martin	David Reynolds	Joanne Whalley, Tony Melody
2	Fraudulently Uttered	Ian Kennedy Martin	Derek Lister	Patricia Hayes, Ray Smith, Dicken Ashworth
3	The Draughtsman	Ian Kennedy Martin	Paul Ciappessoni	Del Henney, John Rowe
4	Coins	Ray Jenkins	Pennant Roberts	George A. Cooper, Deirdre Costello
5	Trouble At T’Mill	Brian Finch	Derek Lister	Alan Lake, Christine Hargreaves
6	The Runner	Ian Kennedy Martin	Pennant Roberts	Julian Briercliffe, Martin Matthews, Eileen Helsby
7	Coming Back	Tony Parker	Carol Wilks	Bernard Gallagher, Kevin Whately, Rachel Davies
8	Cages	Kenneth Clark	Jonathan Alwyn	David Ryall
9	Rage	John Foster	Tristan de Vere Cole	Judy Liebert, Christian Rodska
10	The One Who Got Away	Kenneth Clark	Carol Wilks	Geoffrey Hutchings, John Ringham, Shirley Stelfox
11	Expectations	Paula Milne	Peter Moffatt	Sara Sugarman, Jean Rimmer
12	Home Grown Or Imported?	Simon Masters	Pennant Roberts	John Judd, Ivor Danvers, Eric Richard
13	Family Unit	Ian Kennedy Martin	Jonathan Alwyn	Maggie Ollerenshaw, Rio Fanning
14	Oscar	Keith Dewhurst	Derek Lister	Sherrie Hewson, Paul Copley, Mary Maddox
15	The Anastasia Syndrome	Steven Morgan	Pennant Roberts	Michael Forrest, Hugh Martin, Vivienne Burgess
16	Relief	Ian Kennedy Martin	Jonathan Alwyn	Michael Stainton, Andrew Burt, John Ringham
Series 2 (BBC1, September 5 to December 5 1981)
1	New Arrivals	Ian Kennedy Martin	Derek Lister	Anthony Douse, Ann Curthoys
2	Arlene	Brian Finch	Les Chatfield	Amanda York, Patsy Rowlands, Paul Humpoletz
3	Party Fun	Ian Kennedy Martin	Leonard Lewis	Frank Middlemass, Ray Mort
4	Lies And Liars	Ray Jenkins	Jonathan Alwyn	Jean Boht
5	A Private Place	Colin Haydn Evans	Jonathan Alwyn	Arthur Hewlett, David Daker
6	Unpicking The Stitches	Simon Masters	Christopher Barry	Susanna Dawson
7	Clever Boy	William Humble	Leonard Lewis	Malcolm Terris, Frances White, Anthony Preston
8	Aunt Sally	John Foster	Les Chatfield	Margery Mason, Alan Bennion
9	Gorgeous	Keith Dewhurst	Leonard Lewis	Derek Newark, Betty Alberge
10	Whispers	Tony Parker	Leonard Lewis	Jeremy Nicholas, Elizabeth Power
11	Barriers	Ian Kennedy Martin	Jonathan Alwyn	Jack Watson, Bill Dean, James Garbutt
12	Journeys	Ian Kennedy Martin	Ben Rea	Geoffrey Bayldon, Joby Blanshard
13	Catching Up	John Foster	Ken Hannam	John Forgeham, Brenda Fricker, Paul Angelis
14	The Third Man	Ian Kennedy Martin	Derek Lister	Nadim Sawalha
Series 3 (BBC1, September 4 to December 4 1982)
1	Betrayals	Nick McCarthy	Robert Tronson	Frank Mills, Edward Kelsey
2	Heat	John Fraser	Paul Ciappessoni	Terrence Hardiman
3	Amenities	William Humble	Peter Moffatt	Richard Hampton
4	Amateur Night	Brian Finch	David Maloney	John Savident, Graham Seed, Diana Davies
5	A Breach Of The Peace	Robert Holmes	Paul Ciappessoni	Alan Lake, Bernard Horsfall, Jack Smethurst, Mela White
6	Family Ties	Simon Masters	David Maloney	Bernard Kay, Philip Donaghy
7	Nothing To Report	Henry Livings	Robert Tronson	David Daker, John Junkin, Jean Boht, Harold Goodwin
8	You Can Go Home Again	Allan Prior	Peter Moffatt	Glyn Owen, Mary Wimbush, Juliet Cadzow
9	Past Lives	Tony Parker	Oliver Horsbrugh	Tenniel Evans, Jeremy Nicholas, Sue Wallace
10	Cause For Complaint	Tony Charles	Christopher Barry	Peter Jeffrey, Mike Savage
11	Hartley’s Midnight Cowboy	Bill Lyons	Diarmuid Lawrence	Al Ashton, Heather Tobias
12	The Intruder	James Doran	Sarah Hellings	Colin Baker, Colin Rix
13	Misunderstandings	Valerie Georgeson	Diarmuid Lawrence	Marlene Sidaway, Betty Alberge
14	Where There’s Muck…	Chris Boucher	Sarah Hellings	Del Henney, Harold Innocent, Kenneth Waller
Series 4 (BBC1, September 3 to December 3 1983)
1	Teamwork	Ian Kennedy Martin	Peter Cregeen	Dermot Crowley, Shirley Stelfox
2	Teacher’s Pet	Wally K. Daly	Leonard Lewis
3	Retribution	Ewart Alexander	Leonard Lewis	John Woodvine, William Gaunt, Daphne Oxenford
4	Solvent Solution	Wally K. Daly	Sarah Hellings
5	Who’s Your Friend?	Tony Charles	Marc Miller	Kenneth Cope
6	Mates	Julia Jones	Peter Cregeen	John Quarmby, Ken Sharrock, Maggie Ollerenshaw
7	Bad Seed	John Foster	Marc Miller	Richard Kay, Jayne Ashbourne, Ann Penfold
8	Doors	Tony Parker	Leonard Lewis	Elizabeth Mickery
9	Guilt	William Humble	Geraint Morris	John Line, Rachel Davies
10	John The Lad	Tony Parker	Leonard Lewis	David Milner, Elizabeth Mickery, Jo Rowbottom
11	Who Says The War Is Over?	Douglas Watkinson	Marc Miller	Leslie Sands, Peter Childs
12	Off Duty	William Humble	Leonard Lewis	James Garbutt, Diana Coupland, Jean Boht, Gawn Grainger
13	Simple Simon	John Foster	Marc Miller	Stephen McGann
14	Backtrack	William Humble	Leonard Lewis	John Stratton, David Collings
Series 5 (BBC1, September 1 to December 1 1984)
1	Attack	Ewart Alexander	Marc Miller	Stephen Yardley
2	There’s None So Blind	Tony Charles	Michael Custance	Leslie Schofield, Anne Dyson
3	The Day That The Circus Left Town	Tony Parker	Michael Custance	Fanny Carby, Rita May
4	Getting Away With It	Don Webb	Adrian Shergold	Del Henney, Victoria Fairbrother, Irene Sutcliffe
5	No Peace	William Humble	Adrian Shergold	Neil Morrissey, Richard Ireson
6	Strike The Father	John Foster	Graeme Harper	Philip Lewis, Adam Kotz, Rosalind Bailey
7	Lost And Found	Tony Charles	Paul Ciappessoni	Iain Cuthbertson, Patrick Durkin
8	Workforce	Tony Parker	Paul Ciappessoni	Jeremy Nicholas, Alan Lake, Barbara Keogh
9	Hallowe’en	Ewart Alexander	Marc Miller	Tony Anholt, Thelma Whiteley
10	Alibi	Wally K Daly	Graeme Harper
11	Abuse	Susan Pleat	Jan Sargeant	Linda Polan
12	Ducks In A Row	Don Webb	Marc Miller	Ken Sharrock, Melanie Hill, Hilda Braid, Maggie McCarthy
13	Resolution	Don Webb	Marc Miller	Melanie Hill, Helena Little, Roland Oliver, Maggie McCarthy
14	Flowers Tomorrow	Wally K Daly	Jan Sargeant
Series 6 (BBC1, September 7 to December 31 1985
1	Hostage To Fortune	Don Webb	Andrew Morgan	Simon Williams, Carolyn Pickles, John Challis
2	Scab	Ewart Alexander	Colin Cant	Geoffrey Hinsliff, Leslie Schofield
3	Chasing The Dragon	John Foster	Frank W. Smith	Karen Archer, Jonathan Newth, Sally Whittaker
4	Talk To Me	Tony Charles	Michael Owen Morris	Mark Wing-Davey, Paul Copley
5	Friends And Neighbours	William Humble	Michael Owen Morris	Rosalind Ayres, Martin Jarvis, Hilary Mason
6	The Cut	Don Webb	Graeme Harper	Karl Howman
7	Keys	Tony Charles	Ron Jones	Kevin Lloyd
8	Flesh And Blood	Don Webb	Ron Jones	John Stratton, Yvette Fielding, Janet McTeer
9	Unlawful Arrest	Ewart Alexander	Andrew Morgan	Mona Hammond, David Daker
10	Inspection	Tony Charles	Graeme Harper	Robert Glenister, Nicholas Courtney, Alec Linstead
11	We Are The People	Don Webb	Frank W Smith	John Ronane, Helena Little, Daphne Oxenford
12	Turbulence	Tony Parker	Colin Cant	Malcolm Stoddard, Brian Osborne
13	Girl Talk	Wally K Daly	Roderick Graham
14	Jobs For The Boys	Ian Kennedy Martin	Roderick Graham
15	In A Man’s World	Tony Charles	Colin Cant	Bernard Kay, William Simons
16	Reasons For Leaving	Ian Kennedy Martin	Colin Cant	John Rowe, Peter Childs

Trivia

• Exterior scenes filmed in the Lancashire towns of Bacup and Burnley, and in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. Other locations around east Lancashire and West Yorkshire were also used.

• Bacup police station was only ever used as an external view, the interior is fictional and studio based. When leaving the police station to go on mobile patrol, the vehicles were driven from the front of the police station, to the left, which in reality, leaves them driving into a wall and shuttered warehouse.

• The existing and currently operation Bacup police station is likely to be sold soon as alternate accomodation for the police is currently being saught.

• In the Big Finish Doctor Who audio drama Deadline, Juliet Bravo has become a cult phenomenon in a world where Doctor Who never caught on.

• In 1989, Anna Carteret reprised her role as Kate Longton in Alexei Sayle's Stuff (episode 5, series 2). Viewers were fooled into believing that the first few minutes of the programme was a real Juliet Bravo episode, the illusion being broken only when one of her male colleagues appears not to "know what a woman is".

DVD Release

Juliet Bravo is being released on DVD by 2 Entertain/Cinema Club. The first five series are currently available, but the sixth has been permanently deleted owing to irresolvable copyright issues.

External links

• Juliet Bravo at IMDb
• Juliet Bravo on TV Tome
• Action TV
• British Film Institute Screen Online