The Enigma Files

The Enigma Files
Opening titles
GenrePolice procedural
StarringTom Adams
Sharon Maughan
Carole Nimmons
Duggie Brown
Theme music composerAnthony Isaac
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes15
Production
Production locationLondon
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release15 April 1980 (1980-04-15)

The Enigma Files is a British television police procedural that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.

Plot summary

The series was a police procedural, 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

  • Tom Adams as Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis
  • Sharon Maughan as Kate Burton, the unit administrator (first eight episodes only)
  • Carole Nimmons as Sue Maxwell, the unit administrator (last seven episodes only)
  • Duggie Brown 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 (ISBN 0563177705 / ISBN 978-0-563-17770-8).

See also

The investigation of "Cold Cases" became a theme for several detective dramas and reality series some two decades later, including:

References


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