26. Yellowthread Street

This Hong Kong-set series was one of the top-rated shows of 1990.
Going out on ITV in the first quarter of the year this 13-part cop
show was a big hit with audiences including an 18-year-old Andy but
it passed Martin by completely. But how does it stand up some 30
years later? Starring Bruce Payne, Ray Lonnen, Robert Taylor,
Doreen Chan and Tzi Ma, Yellowthread Street was based on the
successful novels by the same name by William Marshall and produced
by Ranald Graham who had also created Dempsey and Makepeace. To say
Andy is dismayed by how much either his memory has cheated or how
badly the series seems to have aged is something of an
understatement, While Martin coming to it anew is rightly puzzled
that Andy ever held it in high regard. Watching 3 episodes, all
available on YouTube, a DVD release never having materialised, Andy
& Martin consider where Yorkshire Television's answer to Miami
Vice went so badly wrong. Next Time: The Zoo Gang