55 Degrees North
2004-5 British TV crime series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the television drama. For the line of latitude, see 55th parallel north.
55 Degrees North is a BBC television drama series starring Don Gilet as DS Nicky Cole, a London detective relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after exposing police corruption. Dervla Kirwan co-stars as Claire Maxwell, an ambitious solicitor.
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Also known as | The Night Detective |
Genre | Police Procedural |
Created by | Timothy Prager |
Written by | Timothy Prager |
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Theme music composer | Nick Green & Tristin Norwell |
Opening theme | "55 Degrees North" (Theme) |
Composer | Nick Green & Tristin Norwell |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
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Production location | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production companies | BBC, Zenith North |
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Network | BBC One |
Release | 6 July 2004 (2004-07-06) ā 10 July 2005 (2005-07-10) |
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The first series was originally broadcast on BBC1 in 2004, with the second series following a year later. The programme was shown in the U.S. under its working title, The Night Detective. But it was axed in 2006, and production company Zenith North entered administrative receivership shortly thereafter; the programme's cancellation was described as a "heavy blow" for the company.[1] Both series were released together in a complete box set on 26 June 2006.