Riviera Police

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

Cast

Brian Spink as Inspector Legrand
Noel Trevarthen as Superintendent Barney Johnson
Frank Lieberman as Lieutenant Colonel Sorel
Geoffrey Frederick as Superintendent Adam Hunter

Reception

Early episodes outperformed Coronation Street 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."