Above the Law: The Unofficial Guide to Star Cops

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Star Cops was a BBC detective drama series set in space. Creator and writer Chris Boucher had honed his science fiction skills on Doctor Who and Blake’s 7 and his detective skills on series such as Shoestring and Juliet Bravo. With Star Cops he created something new and ahead of its time, something which challenged the BBC’s capabilities in 1987.

With Moon Bases, anti-gravity sequences and space walks, Star Cops stretched the BBC’s resources to breaking point, ultimately ending after just nine episodes. But Star Cops lived on, becoming a cult show with loyal followers and even winning several awards.

Above the Law traces the journey of Star Cops from Boucher’s childhood radio influences and first submission to the BBC, through to its transition as a television drama and successful 2018 audio re-launch. Looking at both fact and fiction, script changes and production difficulties, writing, effects, editing and music, this book will take you back to the studios of Television Centre and the making of a cult classic.

The author’s profits from the sale of this book will be donated to Alzheimer’s Society.

Softcover: 156mm x 244 format; 324 pages in black and white, plus 16-page photo insert in black and white and colour.