Underdog detective 'Dangerous' Davies toils at a small London police station, where his slicker colleagues taunt him and his boss calls him the last detective he would put on a big case. That makes it all the sweeter when he cracks the big ones anyway.

Title from container. Originally broadcast by ITV1 between 2001 and 2005. Based on and inspired by the novels of Leslie Thomas. Includes bonus disc with Dangerous Davies: the last detective 1981 movie adaptation. Special features: interview with Peter Davison, Leslie Thomas bio and booklist, photo galleries, and cast filmographies.

Disc 1. Series 1.The last detective (pilot) ; Dangerous by moonlight -- Disc 2. Series 1. Tricia ; Lofty -- Disc 3. Series 2. Christine ; The long bank holiday -- Disc 4. Series 2. Benefit to mankind ; Dangerous and the lonely hearts -- Disc 5. Series 3. Friends reunited ; Towpaths of glory -- Disc 6. Series 3. Three steps to Hendon ; Willesden Confidential -- Disc 7. Series 4. Once upon a time on the Westway ; Dangerous liaisons ; A funny thing happened on the way to Willesden -- Disc 8. Series 4. The man from Montevideo ; Dead peasant's society. Bonus disc. Dangerous Davies : the last detective.