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| The Enigma Files | |
|---|---|
 Opening titles | |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Starring | Tom Adams Sharon Maughan Carole Nimmons Duggie Brown |
| Theme music composer | Anthony Isaac |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Production location | London |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 15 April 1980 |
The Enigma Files is a British television police procedural that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.
The series was a police procedural, written by Derek Ingrey, about a police officer who has been sidelined from regular duties and, having been placed in charge of a records and evidence unit, has begun to specialise in investigating unsolved crimes.
There are no known releases on video tape or DVD.
A tie-in book of the series, written by Christine Sparks, was published by the BBC in June 1980 ( ISBN 0563177705 / ISBN 978-0-563-17770-8).
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