Juliet Bravo
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Ian Kennedy Martin
Starring	Stephanie Turner Anna Carteret David Ellison Noel Collins David Hargreaves Tony Caunter Edward Peel C.J. Allen Mark Botham
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	88
Production
Producers	Geraint Morris Terence Williams
Cinematography	Alan Jonas
Editor	Sheila S. Tomlinson
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	BBC Studios
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	30 August 1980 (1980-8-30) – 21 December 1985 (1985-12-21)

Juliet Bravo is aBritish televisionpolice procedural drama series, first broadcast on 30 August 1980,^[1] that ran for six series and a total of 88 episodes onBBC1.^[2] The theme of the series concerned a female police inspector who took over control of a police station in the fictional town of Hartley inLancashire. The lead role of Inspector Jean Darblay was played byStephanie Turner in series 1 to 3, but in series 4 to 6 she was replaced byAnna Carteret for the role of Inspector Kate Longton. Carteret remained with the series until its conclusion in 1985.^[3]

The series was devised byIan Kennedy Martin, who had already enjoyed success with another police drama series,The Sweeney. Although the genre of police dramas was well-established on British television by 1980,Juliet Bravo andLondon Weekend Television'sThe Gentle Touch, which started a few months earlier, were the first series that saw female officers as lead characters, having to fight both crime and the prejudice of male colleagues.^[4] Kennedy Martin based the character of Jean Darblay on a real female police inspector, Wynne Darwin.^[5]

UKTV’sDrama channel reran all six series in 2018 and again in early 2019. The series had previously been repeated in its entirety on the cable and satellite channelUK Gold from the launch in 1992 until 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Studio scenes for the first two series were recorded atBBC Television Centre, Wood Lane in London. From the third series onward, studio scenes were recorded at the BBC'sPebble Mill Studios in Birmingham. Exterior scenes were filmed in theLancashire towns ofColne,Bacup,Accrington,Nelson,Burnley,Blackburn,Simonstone andRead. Other locations around eastLancashire, West Yorkshire such asTodmorden and theBlack Country (Tipton andDudley) were also used. The exterior of Hartley Police Station seen throughout the entire series run was in fact the real-life police station on Bank Street in the town of Bacup. When the station closed in 2011, a campaign was mounted by fans of the series to save it from demolition and turn it into a museum dedicated to the series' legacy.^[6] In 2012 it was purchased by a local developer and turned into 6 new flats.

All six series ofJuliet Bravo have been released on DVD by2|Entertain/Cinema Club. Series 1 was released on 12 September 2005.^[7] Series 2 was released on 14 November 2005.^[8] Series 3 was released on 20 February 2006.^[9] Series 4 was released on 22 May 2006.^[10] Series 5 was released on 14 August 2006.^[11] Series 6 remained unreleased for over two years after the release of Series 5, until a petition created by fans of the series was delivered to 2|Entertain, requesting the sixth and final series be released on DVD. Series 6 was eventually released on 29 September 2008.^[12] Series 1 & 2 have also both been released on Region 4 DVD in Australia.

Aside from the DVD releases, theBBC licensed three TV tie-in novelisations of the show. These were authored byMollie Hardwick. The first two were published byPan Books.Juliet Bravo 1 (1980) was a novelisation of the first series episodesShot Gun,Fraudulently Uttered,The Draughtsman,The Runner andFamily Unit.^[13]Juliet Bravo 2 (1980) was a novelisation of the first series episodesCages,The One Who Got Away,Relief andThe Anastasia Syndrome.^[14] A third novel was published byBBC Books.Calling Juliet Bravo: New Arrivals (1981) was a novelisation of the second series episodeNew Arrivals and the third series episodeCause For Complaint.^[15]

A script book, containing five TV scripts from the first series compiled by Alison Leake, was issued by Longman Imprint Books in February 1983.^[16] The theme tune was also released on 7-inch vinyl via BBC Records in 1980.^[17]

• Stephanie Turner as Inspector Jean Darblay (Series 1–3)
• Anna Carteret as Inspector Kate Longton (Series 4–6)
• David Ellison as Sergeant Joseph Beck
• Noel Collins as Sergeant George Parrish
• David Hargreaves as Tom Darblay (Series 1–3)
• Tony Caunter as DCI Jim Logan (Series 1–3)
• Edward Peel as DCI Mark Perrin (Series 4–6)
• Mark Drewry as PC Roland Bentley (Series 1)
• Gerard Kelly as PC David Gallagher (Series 2)
• David Straun as PC Martin Helmshore (Series 3)
• C.J. Allen as PC Brian Kelleher (Series 4–6)
• Mark Botham as PC Danny Sparks (Series 4–6)
• Tom Georgeson as John Holden (Series 4)

• John Ringham as Divisional Supt. Lake (Series 1)
• Geoffrey Larder as DS Dave Melchett (Series 1)
• Wendy Allnutt as Jennie Randall (Series 1)
• Martyn Hesford as PC Ian Skelton (Series 1–2)
• James Grout as Divisional Supt. Albert Hallam (Series 2)
• Lloyd McGuire as DS Bernie Duckworth (Series 2 & 4)
• David Gillies as PC Peter Sims (Series 3)
• Sebastian Abineri as DS Dick Maltby (Series 4–6)
• Julie Foulds as WPC Sheila Saunders (Series 6)

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A number of famous names, either of the time or of the future, appeared in the show. They included:David Ryall,Kevin Whately,Eric Richard,Jeff Rawle,Jean Boht,Patricia Hayes,Peter Jeffrey,Peter Martin,Brenda Fricker,David Daker,Andrew Burt,Frances White,Malcolm Terris,Joe Gladwin,Sara Sugarman,Tenniel Evans,Nadim Sawalha,Jack Smethurst,John Savident,William Gaunt,Colin Baker,Kenneth Waller,Rita May,Stephen Yardley,John Woodvine,Stephen McGann,Leslie Schofield,Alan Parnaby,Shirley Stelfox,Maggie Ollerenshaw,John Quarmby,Neil Morrissey,Del Henney,Iain Cuthbertson,Leslie Sands,Hilda Braid,Melanie Hill,John Challis,Paul Chapman,Simon Williams,Christopher Ettridge,George Irving,Bill Wallis,Carolyn Pickles,Jonathan Newth,Kenneth Cope,Sally Whittaker,Karl Howman,Diana Coupland,Martin Jarvis,Rosalind Ayres,Yvette Fielding,Bert Parnaby,Robert Glenister,Mona Hammond,Steve Hodson,Danny O'Dea andBernard Kay,Patsy Rowlands,Kenneth Farrington

• Down, Richard, and Christopher Perry (eds.). 1997.The British Television Drama Research Guide 1950–1997, second, revised edition. Ashton, Bristol: Kaleidoscope Publishing.
• Tibballs, Geoff. 1992.The Boxtree Encyclopedia of TV Detectives. London: Boxtree Limited.

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