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| 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:30pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
50 Detective And Crime Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And ‘80s. These are 50+ detective and crime shows that were shown on Nigerian television in the 1970s and ‘80s. They contain police procedural series, spy shows and even a few super hero series. One thing that stands out about this list is that it contains some of the most iconic theme songs in television history. 1) The Professionals (CI5) Bodie & Doyle There was no doubt in my mind that this would be the first series that I would post. This song! This amazing music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55gpif0a0P8 2) Starsky And Hutch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqajVHN7hfc 3) Dan August https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufW4nlVXOeM 4) Vega$ Dan Tanna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2MDA39gRg 3 Likes |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:31pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
5) Hawai 5-0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR8RHBXjMlE 6) I Spy My mum got me hooked on this. Bill Cosby and Robert Culp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW8gS1dNS_M 7) The Persuaders My favourite James Bond and one of my favourite American actors team up. Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilder (Tony Curtis) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySELQT4dljU 8 ) The Saint And it’s Roger Moore again as The Saint (Simon Templar) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phvZf6EHac4 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:31pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
9) Return Of The Saint Ian Ogilvy is The Saint (Simon Templar) Jaguar XJS is ST1 Gosh! I love this intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc-8991Q9jA 10) Charlie’s Angels Sabrina (Kate Jackson), Jill (Farrah Fawcett) and Kelly (Jaclyn Smith). I had a huge crush on Farrah Fawcett and I wasn’t happy when she left, but I was thrilled when she appeared in a few episodes after her departure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVtVru9KXao 11) SWAT Another absolutely fantastic theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFijg_Tnn7M 12) Miami Vice Starring Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, James Edward Olmos and Ferrari Testarossa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLL1VTO5vbc 1 Like 2 Shares |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:32pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
13) A Team What an intro. Mr T. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVonyVSQoM 14) Dempsey and Makepeace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA6S7taUvgE 15) Moonlighting It’s very hard to define this series. They run a detective agency, so it must be a detective show, but there’s so much laughter that it must be a comedy show, but then there’s David (Bruce Willis) and Maddie (Cybill Shepherd), so it must be a romantic show. Well it’s all of the above and more. It even has a beautiful theme song by Al Jarreau. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v9Ysgql9so 16) Jemima Shore Investigates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Saqc4pEJs 3 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:33pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
17) Juliet Bravo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2FhucKlaho 18) The Avengers John Steed and Emma Peel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgEqMsfDGnQ 19) The New Avengers John Steed, Mike Gambit and Purdey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrsRJh9DhNM 20) SPACS This was a Nigerian action, detective and police procedural show. 3 Likes |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:33pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
21) Third Eye This was one of the best detective series on the NTA. Olu Jacobs was a police detective (Idafe) who had a very special little helper that assisted him in unravelling the most difficult cases. His very intelligent little daughter, Uzie Idafe (Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson) would always provide a different perspective that would assist him in catching criminals (she often did this unknowingly). The only flaw in this show was that the NTA continued to portray Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson as a Home Science pupil even when she had moved on to QC. The show started in 1989 when she was in primary 5 at Home Science Ikoyi and ended in 1994 when she was in form 4 at Queens College, but the NTA continued to portray her as a primary school kid throughout the show’s run. Here’s Yomi Adeyemi-Wilson all grown up.  22) The Turning Wheel Jab Adu (Modu) owns Modu Enterprises. One way or the other he keeps getting entangled in the rising crime rate in Nigeria. It could be his friend’s son that was arrested for possession of cocaine or some other crime that has caught his attention. As an upright and patriotic citizen, he tries to get at the root cause of the crime. This he does with the aid of his friend, Inspector Ben Alamu (later played by Enebeli Elebuwa). Modu’s clerk is Femi Jarrett (who acted with Jab Adu in Adio Family) and his messenger is the great Ihria Enakhimo. I watched The Turning Wheel in 1986, 87 and 88 on NTA and OGTV. This is one of the benefits of NTA’s 40th anniversary, the Turning Wheel is now on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_K5a1tWFKE 23) The Invisible Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2MpzKb-o6M 24) Man In A Suitcase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVvWF6OxDDk 2 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:48pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
25) Monty Nash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5qURxojL8o 26) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) The detective and the ghost. Randall to Hopkirk, “Why don't you just stay dead like anyone else?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPrFgU-h0g 27) Minder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffiuyKrQU84 28) Jake And The Fat Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy4qi7GQhD0 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:48pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
29) Van der Valk Man! Do I love this song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0O-2oAvNTo 30) Kojak “Who loves ya baby” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4yf0g2EAAY 31) Hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc-Ccs9WNBM 32) Airwolf The iconic Apache helicopter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULfmowbNlK0 |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:49pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
33) Knightrider Timbaland and Magoo and Busta Rhymes covered this song. The Hoff and KIT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNyXYPhnUIs 34) 6 Million Dollar Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGO57y4td-c 35) Bionic Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wd6IuVya4M 36) Man From Atlantis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r94CDD6E8fI |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:51pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
37) Wonder Woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2JdJhAL94 38) Bigfoot And Wildboy This was part of a double feature with Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMGXF5e7530 39) Call Me Mister There’s a bit of controversy over this. Was this show first shown on Nigerian TV in 1989 or 1990? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp372V_VKsA 40) Callan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDvr6lvFuME 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:51pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
41) Bergerac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b3FLCpu8bk 42) Special Branch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIhTSkVKlM8 43) Mission: Impossible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwpXUn2dF5c 44) Rumpole of the Bailey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IM4LE6J1g0 |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:51pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
45) CHiPs Punch and Baker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc-hGEzjHEg 46) Famous Five Sing with me Where ever there's adventure to be found, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zjoN6-ddQ 47) Tom Grattan’s War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpgii72iZt0 48) Flying Kiwi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bMZuYL1EY |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 5:53pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
49) The Bloodhound Gang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IiBYJCd-Rw 50) The Littlest Hobo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGKSjiw0HQ Bonus) Mathnet (I’m not entirely sure if this was shown in the 1980s or 1990s) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C_1okhAu5o Bonus 2) Sledgehammer (I think this was also in the 1990s, but I’m not sure) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYKU7mbv74 6 Likes |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by metroid(m): 7:10pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
OP we also watched The Protectors Colombo The Sweeney Banacek 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by Amirullaha(m): 7:56pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
They never born me that time o |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by free2ryhme: 7:59pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
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| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by uche77zero(m): 8:00pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
it is offical I don old 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by tbaba1234: 8:00pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
naptu2: I loved this show.. Can't find any episode online.. |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by kwessiStewie2(m): 8:03pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
No inspector Bediako? 1 Like 1 Share |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by Nobody: 8:05pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Did not get to see most of those shows as an 80's kid....as the parents regarded them as 'dirty shows' HOWEVER.....as an adult, I did get to watch the Sweeney, the Professionals, The Saint, and a few other classics while doing a PG course abroad....so did not miss out. I did watch 'Third Eye' though. And while I did not watch Van der Walk....I remember the music...also used to advertise KLM airlines back in the day.... 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by Nobody: 8:06pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
naptu2: lol op you be be grandaddy oo i'm a 90's kid, so i was patiently waiting in one corner till i saw sledge hammer, lol i loved that show to bits, i even had my toy gun i'd spin and while saying his signature line "trust me i know what i'm doing" 7 Likes 2 Shares |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by uameh: 8:07pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Nice one |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by xynerise: 8:08pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Derrick Highway to Heaven Sledge Hammer Super Force 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by john650(m): 8:09pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
This is quite interesting and is a throw back for the seventies and eighties kids. But you left out The Mod Squad. How could you? Ha ha. It's well all the same. |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by ourema(f): 8:11pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Dan Tanna in The Vegas my favorite. Watching it in old Black and white TV way back was very interesting |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by Nobody: 8:12pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
naptu2: 1.Mathnet and Sledgehammer are both 80'S shows. 2./Mathnet was a segment of the 1980's US educational pro gramme 'Square One' brought to you by the same guys who produced '321 Contact' and 'Sesame Street' 3.I used to own a Slegdehammer DVD....sadly I misplaced it while moving house a few years ago. 4.The Bloodhound Gang was also, like Mathnet, a segment of 321 Contact. Got released on VHS...had a childhood friend who had the thing...used to be jealous  3 Likes |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 8:12pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
tbaba1234: NTA is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary and as part of the celebration, they are showing some of their classic shows and uploading them to YouTube immediately after. The two shows that I'm eagerly waiting for are Third Eye and Second Chance. I've been checking YouTube for those two shows every hour since yesterday. Another show that I would like to see is Magana Jarice and they are going to show it on Sunday, so I expect that it should be on YouTube by Monday. |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by LORDLARGE(m): 8:13pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Ttrrffyyghuuh: no be only you bro, it was only Sledgehammer that I could pick From the list lol 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by AishaBuhari: 8:13pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
naptu2:The professional used to be one of my favorite movies back then as a kid |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by 1wolex85: 8:14pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
It's naptu2 again!!! 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by naptu2: 8:18pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Cromcruach91: I know that those shows were made in the 1980s, but I'm refering to when they were shown on Nigerian TV stations (I actually watched some of those shows before they were shown on Nigerian TV). 1 Like |
| Re: 50 Detective Shows That Were Shown On Nigerian Television In The 1970s And '80s by tojos(m): 8:25pm On Mar 03, 2018 |
Guy  you really swept me away with this piece. You literally took me back to the good old days when I was in primary school. I love this and I'll appreciate if you could add more that would include:Get Smart (70's) The Man called Slow (70's) The Sweeney (80's) Sandoka . (70's)Dr Who.. (70's) My old-school mates, where y'all at? Come and add yours. 2 Likes |
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