Charlesworth (TV series)

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Charlesworth
GenrePolice procedural
Written by Berkely Mather
Directed by Terence Dudley
Starring Wensley Pithey
Tony Church
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes22
Production
ProducersTerence Dudley
John Warrington
Campbell Logan
Running time30 minutes
Production company BBC
Original release
Network BBC 1
Release4 April (1959-04-04) 
5 September 1959 (1959-09-05)
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Charlesworth is a British crime television series which first aired on BBC in 1959. [1] A police procedural, it starred Wensley Pithey as Detective Superintendent Charlesworth, with Tony Church as Detective Sergeant Spence. It followed on from the previous year's Charlesworth at Large .

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References

  1. Radio Times, Volume 143 p.19

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