Perhaps because it is in the shadow of it’s other Elton – Atkinson collaboration, Blackadder, The Thin Blue Line has remained on of the most under-rated BBC programs.
Set in a small town, Gasforth, police station, this is the story of a stodgy old inspector as he tries to run the station in an ever changing world. His character is mild mannered and old fashioned, as opposed to the in-house CID, headed by boisterous detective inspector Grim.