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Charming and Quirky British Mystery Series
If you enjoy charming British mysteries, this one has a winsome detective with a kind face whose colleagues are always teasing him. They call him "Dangerous" for sport. They don't let him work on the "tough cases", but Dangerous manages to find his own difficult cases which he solves with sheer tenacity and aplomb.

He has an incompetent boss with a little drinking problem and socially glib and good-looking colleagues who don't seem to do much work but take the good cases for themselves. Dangerous has great facial expressions and is fairly witty when you don't expect him to be.

All-in-all a charming and quirky series that continues to enchant. Great to watch while on the treadmill. The time goes by quickly.

Wonderful series
This series is funny, poignant with real people who are just perfectly cast. Peter Davison is a unique actor that can make you laugh and cry. The series is about a very smart and persistant detective who is always underestimated. He is caring and humble and is usually taken advantage of but when he discovers it he is still a sweet upbeat real person. He is having problems with his wife, played by Emma Amos, a most wonderful actress who plays her part seriously and yet is funny when called for. All the other detectives are great as well, arrogant, condescending and jealous of "Dangerous". The Last Detective" is named such because he is the last detective that his boss wants to give a case to. The only character I didn't warm up to is his best friend who seems a little over the top but I think he is quite popular in England so maybe there's something lost in that translation. His character is Mod....weird name. Anyway, I love this series so much I am thinking of...

I Really enjoyed this British show
The Last Detective is a well-written character driven British detective show. I like the quiet stubbornness of the main character. They call him Dangerous, because he appears to a mild mannered non-violent man. However he is also a very good detective and always solves the crime. Dangerous also has a messy personal life and an odd friend that make the story interesting too.

The crimes are good mysteries that don't always have the obvious solution. Of course I've also been fond of Peter Davison since I first saw him as Doctor Who, so I enjoyed seeing him play this character.

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