A middle aged Jack Warner began playing the role of his life, that of Police Constable (PC) George Dixon, in the 1950 Ealing film THE BLUE LAMP, sadly perishing in that film at the hands of a very nasty and young Dirk Bogarde.
Beginning in 1955, DIXON OF DOCK GREEN went on TV air for 432 episodes until its demise in 1976. Naturally, Warner aged with the series but never lost his good humor, warmth, and his portrayal of a copper with a family who treats the public as extended family, always within the bounds of respect and the law, implementing his impeccable approach with stickler-like care. As another viewer remarked, no bad or even remotely thoughtless language ever departed the lips of any of the staff at Dock Green police station, and least of all PC Dixon.
I am not British and did not live in the UK in the heyday of this series... but it still says a lot to me. 8/10.
Beginning in 1955, DIXON OF DOCK GREEN went on TV air for 432 episodes until its demise in 1976. Naturally, Warner aged with the series but never lost his good humor, warmth, and his portrayal of a copper with a family who treats the public as extended family, always within the bounds of respect and the law, implementing his impeccable approach with stickler-like care. As another viewer remarked, no bad or even remotely thoughtless language ever departed the lips of any of the staff at Dock Green police station, and least of all PC Dixon.
I am not British and did not live in the UK in the heyday of this series... but it still says a lot to me. 8/10.