Sergeant Cork (1963)

Crime · Drama

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

IMDb rating: 7.5 (157 votes)
Seasons: 6
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1963)

6.81 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 6.8

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Case of the Reluctant Widow	7.3	40
2	The Case of the Girl Upstairs	6.9	34
3	The Case of the Two Drowned Men	5.9	30
4	The Case of the Knotted Scarf	6.8	27
5	The Case of the Stagedoor Johnnie	6.3	24
6	The Case of the Respectable Suicide	7.2	26
7	The Case of the Slithy Tove	6.7	26
8	The Case of the Persistant Assassin	6.1	22
9	The Case of the Sleeping Coachman	7.2	26
10	The Case of the Soldier's Rifle	7.1	26
11	Case of the Public Paragon	7.2	30
12	The Case of Ella Barnes	7.0	29
13	The Case of the Gold Salesman	6.8	29

Season 2 (1963)

7.18 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 7.7

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Fenian Men	7.6	25
2	The Case of the Fourth Visitor	7.0	23
3	The Case of the Ormsby Diamonds	7.3	24
4	The Case of the Hangman's Noose	7.3	23
5	The Case of the Bristol Mail	7.3	25
6	The Case of the Silent Suffragette	6.5	25
7	The Case of the Self Made Man	6.7	24
8	The Case of the Stricken Surgeon	7.7	22

Season 3 (1964)

7.08 avg 13 episodes 7.3 → 7.1

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Two Poisons	7.3	23
2	The Case of the Six Suspects	7.0	23
3	The Case of Big Ben Lewis	7.2	22
4	The Case of the Amateur Spy	7.2	25
5	The Case of the Elegant Mistress	7.3	24
6	The Case of the Medicine Man	7.3	28
7	The Case of the Dumb Witness	6.6	18
8	The Case of the Monk's Hood Murder	6.9	19
9	The Case of the Penny Plains	6.8	19
10	The Case of the Hero's Return	7.3	18
11	The Case of the Great Pearl Robbery	6.8	21
12	The Case of the Killer's Mark	7.2	18
13	The Case of the Cynical Traitor	7.1	17

Season 4 (1964)

7.22 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 7.5

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Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Vengeful Garnet	7.8	19
2	The Case of the Wounded Warder	7.1	17
3	The Case of the African Murder	6.8	20
4	The Case of the Dutiful Murderer	7.3	25
5	The Case of the Pious Patriarch	6.8	20
6	The Case of the Merry Widower	7.5	7

Season 5 (1966)

6.63 avg 4 episodes 7.3 → 7.0

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of Albert Watson, V.C.	7.3	15
2	The Case of the Painted Boat	6.9	15
3	The Case of the Simple Savage	5.3	16
4	The Case of the Hooded Students	7.0	17

Season 6 (1966)

7.38 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 8.5

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Case of the Fellowship Murder	8.3	12
2	The Case of the Wayward Wife	7.4	11
3	The Case of the Missing Cabinet Maker	7.2	9
4	The Case of the Horseless Carriage	7.3	7
5	The Case of the Prominent Thespian	7.0	7
6	The Case of the Dutiful Bride	6.7	7
7	The Case of William Huckerby, Platelayer	6.9	8
8	The Case of the Notorious Nun	6.4	6
9	The Case of the Rogue Regiment	7.4	6
10	The Case of the Travelling Texan	6.0	9
11	The Case of a Lady's Good Name	7.4	6
12	The Case of the Vanishing Victim	7.8	7
13	The Case of the Threatened Rajah	7.0	6
14	The Case of the Devil's Daughter	7.4	8
15	The Case of the Unpopular Judge	8.1	8
16	The Case of the Strolling Players	7.0	8
17	The Case of the Chelford Changeling	8.0	8
18	The Case of the Silent Policeman	7.4	8
19	The Case of the French Mademoiselle	7.3	7
20	The Case of the Fallen Family	7.5	7
21	The Case of the Crystal Ball	8.3	8
22	The Case of the Silent Bell	8.5	9

Sergeant Cork (1963)

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