Sergeant Cork
| Sergeant Cork | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Detective Period drama |
| Created by | Ted Willis |
| Starring | John Barrie William Gaunt Charles Morgan Freddie Fowler Edward Ogden Arnold Diamond John Richmond Barry Raymond Peter Sallis Donald Morley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 66 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jack Williams |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | ATV |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1963 – 1968 |
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which 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 "[e]xcellent 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.