Juliet bravo

[beccabear67]

We've been watching this one, one episode per night, and up to the first few for series 3 right now. There were a couple of remarkably strange episodes that were hilarious (to me at least)... one had a bonkers family where the little girl steals laundry for a lodger and the father is totally mental about having to marry his sister-in-law because his wife went off him. The other nutty one had a guy named Crasho who ultimately does himself in crashing into a wall and there were a couple other panto type characters besides him.

I like the semi-disco theme music too.

Did they have a lot of particularly small cars in Lancashire in the early '80s? Every other vehicle looks like a mini or even a toy including the police cars (not at all like the ones shown in each opening).

[George 1978]

How many people used to assume that the name of the protagonist in the series was literally called Juliet Bravo? I know that some people used to. The very first episode was transmitted on my birthday back in 1980.

The interesting thing was that Juliet Bravo had a bigger profile as a TV series than The Gentle Touch did, probably because it was a BBC series, but just like Z Cars, the series was set in the north west. Even though both series were launched in 1980 and featured female police officers in the title role, although Gentle had a four month start over Bravo in that year.

[beccabear67]

How many people used to assume that the name of the protagonist in the series was literally called Juliet Bravo? I know that some people used to. The very first episode was transmitted on my birthday back in 1980.

The interesting thing was that Juliet Bravo had a bigger profile as a TV series than The Gentle Touch did, probably because it was a BBC series, but just like Z Cars, the series was set in the north west. Even though both series were launched in 1980 and featured female police officers in the title role, although Gentle had a four month start over Bravo in that year.

Hello George!

We tried The Gentle Touch but gave up on it only a few episodes in, too melodramatic and sensationalistic. I think it also lacked the two sergeants (Joe and George) which Juliet Bravo had...their commentary at times adds a lighter touch, ironically lacking in the 'Gentle' series. Now at mid series 5 and going to go the full distance to series 6.