Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestCribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.
Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
Acting
Alan Dobie's weary, wry Cribb is criminally underrated.
Production
Authentic Victorian grime, not the polished BBC version.
Writing
Witty dialogue that respects your intelligence.
Creator
Peter Lovesey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Lovesey wrote eight Cribb novels before the series; producers skipped book one because the murder victim was a baby.
The show pioneered the 'police procedural' format in British TV, predating Inspector Morse by five years — and Cribb's working-class grit deliberately contrasted with aristocratic sleuths like Lord Peter Wimsey.
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