55 Degrees North

55 Degrees North
Also known as	The Night Detective
Genre	Police Procedural
Created by	Timothy Prager
Written by	Timothy Prager
Directed by	Andy de Emmony Brian Kelly Roberto Bangura Jon Sen Pip Broughton Susan Tully
Starring	Don Gilet Dervla Kirwan Andrew Dunn Emma Cleasby Darren Morfitt Christian Rodska Mark Lewis Jones
Theme music composer	Nick Green & Tristin Norwell
Opening theme	"55 Degrees North" (Theme)
Composer	Nick Green & Tristin Norwell
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Executive producers	Barbara McKissack Adrian Bate
Producers	Jo Wright Jacinta Peel
Production location	Newcastle upon Tyne
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	BBC, Zenith North
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	6 July 2004 (2004-07-06) – 10 July 2005 (2005-07-10)
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55 Degrees North is a BBC television drama series starring Don Gilet as DS Nicky Cole, a London detective relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne after exposing police corruption. Dervla Kirwan co-stars as Claire Maxwell, an ambitious solicitor.

The first series was originally broadcast on BBC1 in 2004, with the second series following a year later. The programme was shown in the U.S. under its working title, The Night Detective. But it was axed in 2006, and production company Zenith North entered administrative receivership shortly thereafter; the programme's cancellation was described as a "heavy blow" for the company.^[1] Both series were released together in a complete box set on 26 June 2006.