It is easy to make a show about a flashy, high profile police organization like NCIS or Hawaii Five-0, but what about the day to day dedication of the ordinary cop on the beat? Jack Webb gave us a taste of that world with Dragnet and Adam-12, but for a completely different take on the concept, we present The Adventures of PC 49.

Produced for the BBC, the series follows Police Constable Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby as an ordinary London “bobby” on the beat. With a combination of sleuthing and light comedy, the character became very popular in post-War Britain, spinning off into the comics and the big screen.