The Last Detective: Series 4

Things are looking up for Britain's most bumbling but beloved detective. Sure, Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies (Peter Davison, Doctor Who, At Home with the Braithwaites, All Creatures Great and Small) still gets the least promising cases in the Willesden constabulary. But his wife, Julie, has taken him back. And he has five new murder cases to bumble through. Where will clues point him as he sorts out Jimmy Vincent's fatally revealing memoir, the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, Bunny Hopper's onstage death in a bingo hall, Tony Hill's ill-advised assumed identity, and the deadly secret Lodge of Divine Serenity? Each case rewards you with gentle humor and captivating intrigue.

Once Upon a Time on the Westway - After a daring, £6 million diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. Soon, however, Jimmy winds up floating facedown in his pool, just after submitting a devastating tell-all memoir to a publisher.

Dangerous' Liaisons - When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man-everyone, that is, except Davies, who uncovers a homemade snuff film among the dead man's family movies.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Willesden - Bunny Hopper-half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules-dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim of poison. True to his nickname, Bunny had apparently led a very active love life, leaving no dearth of suspects for Dangerous to investigate.

The Man from Montevideo - Someone dispatched limo owner Tony Hill by slashing him with a jagged champagne bottle, a tragic end for the former ex-pat recently back from Uruguay to rebuild his life. But delving into Hill's past, Dangerous learns of an assumed identity and a £2 million motive for murder.

Dead Peasant's Society - A dead man found behind the wheel of his car on a soccer pitch leads Davies to the Lodge of Divine Serenity, an exclusive all-male organization with a secret membership list. Dangerous suspects that the club's business involves more than mere community benevolence.

Directed by Pip Broughton, Ferdinand Fairax, Nick Hurran, Gavin Millar
Written by Michael Aitkens, Richard Harris, Leslie Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Tim Vaughan, Ed McCardie, Russell Lewis
Produced by Deirdre Keir, Nick Hurran, Robbie Sandison
Executive Produced by Tim Vaughan, Michele Buck
Cinematography by Derek Suter, Chris O'Dell, James Aspinall, Kevin Rudge

Davison didn't renew his contract as the Fifth Doctor Who because he feared being typecast as a 750-year-old Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey.