History Series / TheLastDetective

* CowboyCop: Dangerous' [[UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers DI]] is a washed-up, alcoholic [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]] type who misses the good old days of honorable {{London Gangster}}s and PoliceBrutality. He's also an interesting version of NobleBigotWithABadge though, as he's actually ''less'' prejudiced than Dangerous' fellow officers who are modern police and often defends Dangerous from their taunting.

* TheOtherDarrin: A non-human example. Dangerous's dog was a Newfoundland in Series 1, but a St. Bernard from Series 2 onward.

* DeadlyPrank: A non-lethal variation. In one episode, Dangerous sees his wife dancing with one of her boyfriends, and in a fit of pique, pulls the building's fire alarm to trigger the sprinklers, drenching them. In the resulting chaos, however, the boyfriend gets a nasty injury, which Dangerous feels guilty over.

* TheLastTitle: The title.

%%* IronicNickname: Detective Dangerous.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

* IronicNickname: Take a wild guess.

* OvertookTheSeries: By Series 3.

* LondonTown: Set in unpicturesque Willesden.

-->''"Dangerous" because he's not, and "[[TitleDrop The Last Detective]]" because he's the last detective they'd send on a case.''

* BloodIsSquickierInWater: A crime boss shot in his own swimming pool.

* DefectiveDetective: Dangerous' willingness to go after police corruption when he finds it leads to him being seen as one of these.

* IdenticalStranger: One episode has Dangerous investingating some gangsters, aided by an informant who looks a lot like Mod. Mod ends up getting badly beaten by the gangsters, who mistake him for the informant.

* SnuffFilm

* OvertookTheSeries

* DiesWideOpen: Deconstructed when a still, open-eyed woman is taken for dead, which turns DisposingOfTheBody into AccidentalMurder.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: DC Davies is genuinely a nice man who cares about the people who want police help, but he's still a copper.

* DeadpanSnarker: There's a strong undercurrent of snark beneath the niceness

* ActorAllusion: Greta the German manager from "Lofty" is probably more familiar as Grete Grotowska, the girlfriend of Stephen Daker (Davison) in ''Series/AVeryPeculiarPractice''.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/GeorgiaMoffett, star Creator/PeterDavison's daughter, had a guest role in the Series 4 episode "Once Upon A Time In The Westway". The producers wanted [[{{Squick}} her character to flirt with his]], but one or both of them (wisely) refused.

* ButtMonkey: Dangerous

There had previously been a MadeForTVMovie called ''Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective'' starring Bernard Cribbins.

British mystery series starring PeterDavison as [[UsefulNotes/BritishCoppers Detective Constable (DC)]] "Dangerous" Davies; based upon the novels and characters of Leslie Thomas. Davies is a gentle, somewhat old-fashioned officer who clashes with his JerkAss colleagues, and is a rare example of a ButtMonkey protagonist, facing a separation with his wife and various incidents of ill-luck along with his colleagues' taunting. Despite this, he is a clever detective and always solves the case, often aided by his genius slacker friend Mod.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/GeorgiaMoffett, star PeterDavison's daughter, had a guest role in the Series 4 episode "Once Upon A Time In The Westway". The producers wanted [[{{Squick}} her character to flirt with his]], but one or both of them (wisely) refused.

* RealLifeRelative: GeorgiaMoffett, star PeterDavison's daughter, had a guest role in the Series 4 episode "Once Upon A Time In The Westway". The producers wanted [[{{Squick}} her character to flirt with his]], but one or both of them (wisely) refused.

British mystery series starring PeterDavison as [[BritishCoppers Detective Constable (DC)]] "Dangerous" Davies; based upon the novels and characters of Leslie Thomas. Davies is a gentle, somewhat old-fashioned officer who clashes with his JerkAss colleagues, and is a rare example of a ButtMonkey protagonist, facing a separation with his wife and various incidents of ill-luck along with his colleagues' taunting. Despite this, he is a clever detective and always solves the case, often aided by his genius slacker friend Mod.

* CowboyCop: Dangerous' [[BritishCoppers DI]] is a washed-up, alcoholic [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Gene Hunt]] type who misses the good old days of honorable {{London Gangster}}s and PoliceBrutality. He's also an interesting version of NobleBigotWithABadge though, as he's actually ''less'' prejudiced than Dangerous' fellow officers who are modern police and often defends Dangerous from their taunting.

* CowboyCop: Dangerous' [[BritishCoppers DI]] is a washed-up, alcoholic [[LifeOnMars Gene Hunt]] type who misses the good old days of honorable {{London Gangster}}s and PoliceBrutality. He's also an interesting version of NobleBigotWithABadge though, as he's actually ''less'' prejudiced than Dangerous' fellow officers who are modern police and often defends Dangerous from their taunting.

* ActorAllusion: Greta the German manager from "Lofty" is probably more familiar as Grete Grotowska, the girlfriend of Stephen Daker (Davison) in ''AVeryPeculiarPractice''.