Pie in the Sky makes you realise you don't need endless violence, drug related tragedies and serial killers to bring entertainment to your TV screen in the Crime genre
Food connoisseur the obese Henry Crabbe is desperate to retire from the police force and open his own restaurant. He manages to open the Pie in the Sky restaurant with his wife Margaret but the manipulative Asssistandt Chief Constable Freddy Fisher uses a dubious piece of evidence to blackmail Crabbe and retain his excellent detective skills for his own glorification. Henry still manages to run his restaurant successfully with the help of capable employees while becoming increasingly annoyed with Fisher's demands upon his time for his own purposes.
Many of the crimes Henry investigates appear minor and trivial, but there is always more buried beneath the surface and sometimes the consequences are more telling than they appear at first. Henry doesn't need to throw punches or instigate shoot-outs to solve the crimes that are directed his way and often it is just his intelligence and perceptiveness that navigate him to the answers. A special mention for Nigerian/British actress Bella Enahoro who plays his assistant during a number of the investigations. She nails the part by downplaying her role but always emerging as Henry's more than capable colleague. The always delightful Maggie Steed excels as Henry's wife Margaret and their partnership could make you reassess some of the flakey glamour couples the Hollywood production line pops out are forgettable and unrealistic.
Food connoisseur the obese Henry Crabbe is desperate to retire from the police force and open his own restaurant. He manages to open the Pie in the Sky restaurant with his wife Margaret but the manipulative Asssistandt Chief Constable Freddy Fisher uses a dubious piece of evidence to blackmail Crabbe and retain his excellent detective skills for his own glorification. Henry still manages to run his restaurant successfully with the help of capable employees while becoming increasingly annoyed with Fisher's demands upon his time for his own purposes.
Many of the crimes Henry investigates appear minor and trivial, but there is always more buried beneath the surface and sometimes the consequences are more telling than they appear at first. Henry doesn't need to throw punches or instigate shoot-outs to solve the crimes that are directed his way and often it is just his intelligence and perceptiveness that navigate him to the answers. A special mention for Nigerian/British actress Bella Enahoro who plays his assistant during a number of the investigations. She nails the part by downplaying her role but always emerging as Henry's more than capable colleague. The always delightful Maggie Steed excels as Henry's wife Margaret and their partnership could make you reassess some of the flakey glamour couples the Hollywood production line pops out are forgettable and unrealistic.