{{Short description|British TV crime series (1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | alt = | alt_name = | genre = | creator = | developer = | writer = | director = | creative_director = | presenter = | starring = [[Brian Spink]]<br />[[Noel Trevarthen]]<br />[[Frank Lieberman]]<br />[[Geoffrey Frederick]] | judges = | voices = | narrator = | theme_music_composer = Laurie Johnson | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | num_series = 1 | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Jordan Lawrence | editor = John Zambardi | location = | cinematography = | camera = | runtime = 55 mins | company = | channel = | first_aired = {{start date|1965|8|02|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1965|10|27|df=y}} | related = }} '''''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.<ref>{{Citation | last= Amos | first= Bill | title= Between Giggle and Scream | url= | periodical= Liverpool Echo | date= 31 July 1965}}</ref> French Inspector Legrand appeared in all episodes (filmed in London studios) while the other three alternated between episodes, often filming on location in France.<ref>{{Citation | last= Gowers | first= Michael | title= Riviera Policeman | url= | periodical= Liverpool Echo | date= 18 September 1965}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= Gallagher | first= James | title= This Riviera policeman never sees Cannes | url= | periodical= Sunday Mercury | date= 15 August 1965}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | last= Eastaugh | first= Kenneth | title= Bullets and birds on the Riviera | url= | periodical= Daily Mirror | date= 2 August 1965}}</ref>
== 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.<ref>{{Citation | last= Davis | first= Clifford | title= 'Riviera Police' in a spot of bikini trouble | url= | periodical= Daily Mirror | date= 20 August 1965}}</ref>
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."<ref>{{Citation | last= Shulman | first= Milton | title= The bikini hour | url= https://my1960s.com/shulman/decadent-and-trashy-is-this-your-view-of-riviera-police/ | periodical= Evening Standard | date= 29 September 1965}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0159909|title=Riviera Police}}
[[Category:1960s British crime television series]] [[Category:British detective television series]] [[Category:1960s British drama television series]] [[Category:Black-and-white British television shows]] [[Category:English-language British television shows]]