''The Enigma Files'' is a
British television
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police procedural
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that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.
Plot summary
The series was a
police procedural
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, written by Derek Ingrey, about a police officer who has been sidelined from regular duties and, having been placed in charge of a records and evidence unit, has begun to specialise in investigating unsolved crimes.
Regular cast and characters
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Tom Adams as Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis
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Sharon Maughan
Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress.
Early life
Sharon Mughan grew up in Kirkby, Lancashire, with her four siblings. She later changed her surname to "Maughan".
Career
Upon graduating from RADA, Maughan gained ...
as Kate Burton, the unit administrator (first eight episodes only)
*Carole Nimmons as Sue Maxwell, the unit administrator (last seven episodes only)
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Duggie Brown
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Stage work
During the early 1960s, Brown was a guitarist/vocalist in ...
as Phil Strong, a laboratory technician
Video release
There are no known releases on Video Tape or DVD.
Other media
A tie-in book of the series, written by Christine Sparks, was published by the BBC in June 1980 ( / ).
See also
The investigation of "
Cold Cases
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" became a theme for several detective dramas and reality series some two decades later, including:
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Cold Squad
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'', CAN /
CTV, 1998
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Cold Case Files
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'', USA /
A&E, 1999 (true cases)
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Waking the Dead'', UK /
BBC One
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, 2000
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New Tricks
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'', UK /
BBC One
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, 2003
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Cold Case
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'', USA /
CBS
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, 2003
*''
Solved'', USA /
ID, 2008 (true cases)
* ''
Zettai Reido
is a Japanese police procedural television drama. The first season, subtitled , was set in a fictional version of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department division that specializes in investigating cold cases, which is based on an actual division ...
'', Japan /
Fuji Television
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, 2010
* ''
Cold Justice
''Cold Justice'' is an investigative true crime series originally broadcast on TNT and currently on Oxygen. The series, produced by Dick Wolf, follows former Harris County, Texas prosecutor Kelly Siegler and a team of investigators as they reopen ...
'', USA /
TNT
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, 2013 (true cases)
* ''
To Catch a Killer
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Plot
As he investigates ...
'', CAN /
OWN
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, 2014 (true cases)
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Signal
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'', South Korea /
TVN TVN may refer to:
* TVN (Australian TV channel), a former horse racing channel
* Televisión Nacional de Chile, a public broadcaster
* TVN (Indonesia), a former television station; predecessor of Rajawali Televisi
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, 2016
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Signal
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'', Japan /
Fuji TV
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network Sys ...
, 2018
References
External links
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BBC television dramas
1980s British police procedural television series
1980 British television series debuts
1980 British television series endings
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