Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green was a British BBC-television series that ran from 1955 to 1976 and later series was on British television, after Z-Cars .

Started in 1955 and eventually with the end in 1976, Dixon of Dock Green was a popular series of which the domesticity later a trademark would be to measure the "realism" of police series such as Z-Cars and The Bill.The series was shot in a police station in the East End of London and concerned uniformed police officers were there working on routine tasks on low-level crime

The main character, agent George Dixon, played by Jack Warner, was an old-style British bobby (policeman).

In 2005, the series was revived for BBC radio, adapted by Sue Rodwell, with David Calder as George Dixon, David Tennant as Andy Crawford, and Charlie Brooks as Mary Dixon. A second series followed in 2006, withHamish Clark that Tennant replaced due to his Doctor Who-contract. ==Contributors to the series[ Edit] ==
 * Jack Warner ... PC George Dixon/... (432 episodes, 1955)
 * Peter Byrne ... Det. Sgt. Andy Crawford/... (424 episodes, 1955-1975)
 * Geoffrey Adams ... Det. Con. ' Vijay ' Lauderdale/... (298 episodes, 1958-1972)
 * Arthur Rigby ... Sgt. Flint (253 episodes, 1955-1965)
 * Jeanette Hutchinson ... Mary Crawford/... (212 episodes, 1956-1969)
 * Nicholas Donnelly ... Sgt. Johnny Wills/... (206 episodes, 1960-1976)
 * Moira Mannion ... WP Sgt. Grace Millard/... (142 episodes, 1956-1961)
 * Robert Arnold ... PC Swain/... (132 episodes, 1964-1971)
 * David Webster ... Cadet Jamie MacPherson/... (92 episodes, 1959-1962)
 * Graham Ashley ... PC Tommy Hughes/... (79 episodes, 1958-1974)
 * Robert Cawdron ... Det. Insp. Cherry/... (56 episodes, 1955-1965)
 * Anthony Parker ... PC Bob Penney (56 episodes, 1957-1959)
 * Anne Ridler ... WP Sgt. Chris Freeman (55 episodes, 1962-1964)
 * Jocelyn Rhodes ... WPC Kay Shaw/... (54 episodes, 1959-1971)
 * John Hughes ... PC John Jones (50 episodes, 1962-1964)
 * Anne Carroll ... WPC Shirley Palmer/... (50 episodes, 1963-1966)
 * Peter Thornton ... PC Burton/... (44 episodes, 1964-1976)
 * Hilda Fenemore ... Jennie Wren/... (43 episodes, 1955-1965)
 * Michael Osborne ... PC David Newton (42 episodes, 1970-1972)
 * January Miller ... WPC Alex Johns (39 episodes, 1962-1964)
 * Joe Dunlop ... Det. Con. Pearson/... (38 episodes, 1966-1975)