Dempsey & Makepeace (1984–86) is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace), who later married each other on 18 November 1989.
The premise of Dempsey & Makepeace is the oddball pairing of two police detectives: an elegant English noblewoman, Sgt (Lady) Harriet Makepeace, and a streetwise ...
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Dempsey & Makepeace (1984–86) is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. The leading roles were played by Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace), who later married each other on 18 November 1989.
The premise of Dempsey & Makepeace is the oddball pairing of two police detectives: an elegant English noblewoman, Sgt (Lady) Harriet Makepeace, and a streetwise working-class New Yorker, Lt James Dempsey, both working for an elite and armed unit of the London Metropolitan Police.
When his partner Joey dies in a botched drugs operation and he uncovers police corruption at the highest level, Dempsey is under threat of assassination. With the help of his colleagues, he hurriedly leaves New York for London, on the pretense of an undercover international police exchange programme.
Harriet "Harry" Makepeace is the daughter of Lord Winfield (Ralph Michael), who owns one of the Stately Homes of England....
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