"55 Degrees North" (2004) TV series 2004-2005

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

6 July 2004 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A London detective moves to Newcastle after blowing the whistle on a corrupt colleague.

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Police Officer | Number In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Don Gilet	...	DS Dominic 'Nicky' Cole (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Dervla Kirwan	...	Claire Maxwell (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Andrew Dunn	...	Sgt. Rick Astel (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
George Harris	...	Errol Cole (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Mark Stobbart	...	PC Martin Clark (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Michael Hodgson	...	DS Frank Maguire (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Darren Morfitt	...	DS Patrick Yates (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Emma Cleasby	...	Sgt. Katherine Brookes (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Jaeden Burke	...	Matty Cole (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Jacqueline King	...	Georgina Hodge / ... (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Mark Lewis Jones	...	DI Russell Bing (8 episodes, 2005)
David Nellist	...	Mr. Humby / ... (7 episodes, 2004-2005)
Christian Rodska	...	DI Dennis Carter (6 episodes, 2004)
Brian Protheroe	...	James Wren (6 episodes, 2004)
Ian McLaughlin	...	Sgt. Clive Edwards / ... (6 episodes, 2004-2005)
Neil McCaul	...	Chief Supt Daniel Baxter / ... (6 episodes, 2004-2005)
Sam Williams	...	Mikey (6 episodes, 2005)

Also Known As:

The Night Detective (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min (14 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The characters in the show work for the fictional Tyneside police service. The real police service that serves Newcastle-upon-Tyne is Northumbria police.

Good, with a lot of possibility

OK so i read the last post about the series, and while i agree that this program has a lot of clichés in it that doesn't make it a bad program.

Now-a-days too many programs and films give you either an anti hero or a hero who is not clean cut, sometimes its nice to have a hero who does always win in the end.

What i see as the major selling point of the program is the overall story, DS Nicky Cole moves to newcastle after he informs on his senior officer in London on corruption charges, when he arrives (he moved police departments too so now he works in the newcastle police) he find out that his new senior office may have knowen his old one, and he is stuck on the night shift.

Nicky proceeds to solve all the crimes put before him, and get past many of the problems facing him (racisim - although thankfully this is a minor pert in the show, i don't like shows where the colored hero is always either facing large amounts of racist comments and deals with it proving everyone wrong, or where they continually feel the need to prove themselves and ever second line it 'its because i'm black' this show has just about the perfect balance there is tension with some of the newcastle 'locals' but Nicky seems to just take it in his stride, on episode he is very cool with a banana, just watch it and you'll see what i mean) such as tension with other officers and locals and never being given the chance to get moved to the day shift.

As this is only a 6 part story continuity is hard as they are trying to put a lot of story is to a short time, you have all the 'daily' stories, the over all 'big' storyline, the little tangets with the other characters and such like.

all in all i recommend you watch this, you may like it you may not, but at the end of the day its all about what you like isn't it!!