Jericho (UK TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Jericho


caption = (left to right) Lindsay, Troughton and McMenamin
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genre = Crime
creator = Stewart Harcourt
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developer = Granada Television
starring = Robert Lindsay,
David Troughton,
Ciarán McMenamin,
Lydia Leonard
composer = Dominik Scherrer
country = United Kingdom
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 4
list_episodes = Jericho (UK TV series)#List of episodes
executive_producer = Rebecca Eaton,
Damien Timmer,
Michele Buck,
producer = Cameron McAllister
supervising_producer = Danielle Brandon
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network = ITV
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first_run = 2005
first_aired = 16 October 2005
last_aired =
6 November 2005
related = Foyle's War
website =
imdb_id = 0437013
tv_com_id = 23098

"Jericho" is the title of an ITV British crime drama series which was transmitted in 2005. It was created and written by Stewart Harcourt. The series starred Robert Lindsay as Detective Inspector Michael Jericho who is loved by the public but is himself embarrassed by his hero status. The series was set in London in 1958.

The series was shown in the United States in 2006 as part of the PBS "Mystery!" series and by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2008.

Production and reception

The series was seen as an attempt to exploit ITV's success in period crime drama, best exemplified in "Foyle's War",Fact|date=November 2007 to replace "Inspector Morse" as a Sunday night crime-drama, and to rival the BBC's Sunday night dramas such as "Waking the Dead". [cite news | first=Jason | last=Deans | title=Detective drama lures Lindsay to ITV | url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,1084475,00.html | work=Media Guardian | date=14 November 2003 | accessdate=2007-11-16 ] [cite news | first=Owen | last=Gibson | title=ITV's big hope for Sunday nights | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/sep/14/business.broadcasting | work=Media Guardian | date=14 September 2005 | accessdate=2007-11-16 ] The first episode had 5.9 million viewers, but this was down to 4.7 million for the second episode, less than its BBC rival. [cite news | first=John | last=Plunkett | title=Jericho's audience comes tumbling down. | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/oct/24/overnights | work=The Guardian | date=24 October 2005 | accessdate=2007-11-16 ] Critical response was cautious, [cite news | first=Nancy | last=Banks-Smith | title=The weekend's TV | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv_and_radio/story/0,,1593716,00.html | work=The Guardian | date=17 October 2005 | accessdate=2007-11-16 ] but the series was not deemed a complete success and a second series was not commissioned.

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