''Crime Buster'' is a 1968 UK

crime drama Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

television series made by

Associated Television ATV Network Limited, originally Associated TeleVision (ATV), was a British broadcaster, part of the ITV (TV network), ITV (Independent Television) network. It provided a service to London at weekends from 1955 to 1968, to the Midlands on week ...

. The series starred

Mark Eden Douglas John Malin (14 February 1928 – 1 January 2021), known professionally as Mark Eden, was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the villainous Alan Bradley in ''Coronation Street'' from 1986 to 1989. Early life Mark ...

as Ray Saxon, a newspaper columnist with the ''Sunday Globe'' and a former champion cyclist, who investigates and exposes sports racketeers. Other regulars on the series included

Ray Mort Joseph Raymond "Ray" Mort (10 January 1926 - 4 July 1994) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles as Ray in the sitcom ''Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt'', and Ern in the trilogy of television plays for ''Play for Today'' that included ' ...

as Jimmy Vine and

Sonia Graham Sonia Graham (born Sonia Mary Biddlecombe; 22 August 1929 – 18 February 2018) was an English actress whose career spanned over 40 years. She appeared in several British television series. Biography She trained at the Guildhall School of Mus ...

as Madge Raynor. The series only ran for one season with a total of 13 episodes which aired from August 8, 1968 through October 31, 1968. Occasionally the program would feature real athletes and other sports figures like broadcaster John Rickman in episodes.

References

External links

Crime Buster at IMDB
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