Detective Chief Inspector Michael Jericho of Scotland Yard is a respected, uncompromising and forward thinking detective investigating high-profile murders in 1950s London.
Cast:David Troughton , Robert Lindsay , Ciarán McMenamin , Nicholas Jones , Lydia Leonard , Lee Ross , Kellie Bright , Eve Matheson , Aurélie Bargème , Brendan Coyle , Zoe Colton , Aran Bell , Andrew Thorpe , Peter Bowles , Grant Davis , Jane Horrocks , William Ash , Philip Rham
Jericho investigates the brutal murder of a young Jamaican in Notting Hill, and soon identifies it as a racial killing - but his work is interrupted when a wealthy businessman is kidnapped. But all is not as it seems - Sir Nicholas Wellesley has not been staying at his club or visiting his usual haunts.
A year after Johnny Swan wins an important race against a Soviet runner, he and his three friends are caught up in a rematch and murder.
When a thermonuclear scientist turns up strangled with cheese-wire, lipstick on his cheek, and a sheet of newspaper stuffed into his mouth, Jericho and his team aren't sure if this is a political assassination, or a crime passionnel.
Jericho investigates the murders of couples who attended a showing of "Bridge on the River Kwai", while a fog has descended on the city. The press thinks that it's the work of "The Butcher", a murderer who has been on the loose since the 20s.