BBC Radio 4, 10 March 2008
I have to say that I loved the radio
revival of Dixon of Dock Green (10 March), based on Ted Willis’s original
television scripts and rewritten by Sue Rodwell. The familiar theme music; the evocation of a society wherein everyone respects
the bobby on the beat; criminals who willingly give themselves up rather than trying to escape; and nuclear families passing
the time with chats over endless cups of tea. David Calder’s George Dixon did not attempt to supplant the memory of
Jack Warner in the role; rather his voice conjured up the image of the bobby on the beat, sustaining law and order in a fundamentally
logical world. David Tennant’s Andy Crawford proved an admirable foil. I shall certainly be listening to future episodes
in this six-part series.
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