''Riviera Police'' is a British television crime drama series that sees three international police officers, from England, Australia and Canada, seconded to the Prefect of

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with a local French officer. French Inspector Legrand appeared in all episodes (filmed in London studios) while the other three alternated between episodes, often filming on location in France.

Cast

* Brian Spink as Inspector Legrand *

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as Superintendent Barney Johnson * Frank Lieberman as Lieutenant Colonel Sorel * Geoffrey Frederick as Superintendent Adam Hunter

Reception

Early episodes outperformed ''

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'' becoming the countries most popular TV series. The producers were told to tone down some of the content or they would be moved to a later time slot. Milton Shulman of the Evening Standard was highly critical of the series. He wrote "Determined to cash in on the success of such sophisticated thrillers as Burke's Law, Riviera Police seems to be on every count merely a bumbling, pathetic copy from its colourless four detectives—some recruited from the Dominions to make them palatable in Australia or Canada—to the dire selection of cretinous plots chosen by its editor and producer, Jordan Lawrence."

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* {{IMDb title, id=0159909, title=Riviera Police 1960s British crime television series British detective television series 1960s British drama television series Black-and-white British television shows British English-language television shows