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6.3/10 Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 First episode date 16 January 1978 Number of episodes 22 | 7.8/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 22 Final episode date 5 July 1979 Number of seasons 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Nicholas BallRoddy McMillanDesmond McNamaraPeter Bourke Cast Similar Hazel, Shoestring, Alas Smith and Jones, Bergerac, Minder |
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Hazell is a British television series that ran from 1978–1979, about a fictional private detective named James Hazell.
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Overview
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James Hazell was a cockney private detective character created by journalist and novelist Gordon Williams and footballer-turned-manager Terry Venables, who wrote under the joint pseudonym of P.B.Yuill. The first book, The Bornless Keeper, appeared in 1974, quickly followed by Hazell plays Solomon the same year.
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"Hazell plays Solomon" was the first episode of the TV series. The wise-cracking private detective was played by Nicholas Ball. Hazell was a smart parody of earlier film-noir detectives such as Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade, the casting of Ball in the title role made for a younger TV Hazell than the printed Hazell.
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A Thames Television Network Production, Hazell ran for 22 one-hour-long episodes (50 minutes without adverts). Its theme music was composed by Andy Mackay; the end credits incorporated the theme music with added lyrics, written by Judy Forrest and sung by Maggie Bell. An academic work, Hazell: The Making of a TV Series by Manuel Alvarado and Edward Buscombe (BFI Publishing) appeared in March 1978.
Cast
The main and most frequent cast members were:
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Episodes (by series)
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(*) = Although broadcast as listed, continuity involving the destruction of Hazell's original Triumph Stag car and its replacement with a Jaguar Mark 2, indicates that episode 7 should have been twelfth, and episode 12 should have been ninth (after "Hazell and the Happy Couple", when the Stag is attacked by an angry client).