Sergeant Cork

Sergeant Cork
Genre	Police drama
Created by	Ted Willis
Starring	John Barrie
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	66
Production
Producer(s)	Jack Williams
Running time	50 minutes
Production company(s)	ATV
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3 Monochrome
Audio format	Mono
Original release	1963 – 1968

Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ATV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has been credited as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series.

A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "[e]xcellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie.

At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.

Other actors appearing in two or more episodes included:

Network DVD has released the entire series on Region 2, PAL DVD in the UK. The second series was an exclusive two-disc set on their website which has since been re-released on 3 September 2012, the third set was also a four disc set and it's available through the Network website. Series 4 became widely available from both the Network website and other retailers on 6 August 2012. Series 5 was released on 19 November 2012, and Series 6 on 18 March 2013.

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