

Season 1 • Episode 15
LatestWhen Nick Lewis returns from holiday he discovers his replacement D.S Dennis Kates has died in a car accident. According his wife, Kates was going solve a case that D.C.I Lewis had made a mistake on.
The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis is tasked with investigating unsolved crimes.
Acting
Tom Adams' quietly commanding presence anchors every scene.
Writing
Case-of-the-week structure that respects your intelligence.
Creator
Derek Ingrey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sharon Maughan later became the face of Gold Blend coffee ads in the UK — quite the career pivot from police paperwork.
The show captures pre-Thatcher Britain's collapsing public institutions, where detectives work with broken typewriters and actual patience.