Dangerfield is a British drama series about a small town doctor / police surgeon, which ran for 6 series, between 1995 and 1999. Originally Nigel Le Vaillant played the central role, but this character later left the series, the focus switching to his replacement, played by Nigel Havers. The BBC decided to end the series in November 1999 when Nigel Havers announced his decision to quit. The BBC felt viewers would not find the series credible if the main character was changed for a second time. The show like a number of other BBC dramas of the 1980s and 1990s also featured a number of borderline fantasy episodes. These included "Tricks", "Angel" and "Haunted". The TV trailers for Dangerfield were heavily parodied by The Fast Show in which the character was called Monkfish and would appear as a tough uncompromising Doctor, Policeman, vet and even as an interior designer with titles mixed in with other BBC shows of the time.

Black police constable Nigel Spenser arrests suspect Makin in the early hours of the morning and then finds himself faced with a brutality charge. Paul Dangerfield is faced with an ethical dilemma when Spenser's superior, DI Ken Jackson,…
Paul's son Marty gets caught up in an accidental shooting which results in the death of local farmer Hilton. Matters are further complicated when Joanna misdiagnoses the Keen's colicky baby whose father, mentally ill Roger, is the man…
Paul Dangerfield promises to keep a deadly secret - for 24 hours. Stephen Millwood, an old patient of Paul's, is accused of committing arson to claim the insurance money to support his family. Arrested for murder and arson, Stephen tells…
The first of a two-part story. Paul Dangerfield is called to examine suspected rape victim Diane Foster. A man called David Walsh is pulled in on the charge and is represented by Paul's girlfriend, solicitor Kate Durrani. Soon the…
The second part of a two-part tale. Diane Foster, the suspected rape victim, has been attacked again and Dangerfield is called back to the hospital to re-examine her. DI Ken Jackson is convinced that David Walsh committed the crime and…
When it emerges that heart attack victim William Burford has videotaped a murder, Paul Dangerfield and Ken Jackson are faced with a complex moral dilemma. Deciding it best to protect the dead man's wife Lesley and their kids Claire and…
Love is the drug for dashing doctor and police surgeon Paul Dangerfield. Now he's almost come to terms with his wife Celia's death in a road crash, romance finally looks set to blossom with fellow GP Joanna Stevens, although Paul is…
When suspected drugs dealer Stephen Mason is found dead from a head wound after a night in a police cell, suspicion falls immediately on Ken Jackson, the officer who arrested him. Elsewhere, the police are called in to a domestic…
When a tree is uprooted in a storm, a skeleton is found and Terri Morgan has to use all her expertise to try and find out who he is. Housewife Linda Barton soon becomes the prime suspect although strangely, she seems more interested in…
Doctors Roz Parker and Joanna Stevens differ in opinion when they see travelling youngster Rich Collins come in with bruises. Believing Rich to have been abused by his obnoxious stepfather Gerry, DI Ken Jackson sets about trying to nail…
Doctors Joanna Stevens and Roz Parker wrestle with a moral dilemma involving the murder of businessman Geoff Hart, found burnt to a crisp in his car in dense woodland. Hart's daughter Susan confesses to Roz during surgery that she…
DI Ken Jackson's personal and professional worlds collide when a dark secret from his past comes to light. His colleague, DI Archie Bond, turns up at a police benefit boxing match with a young woman called Crystal and Ken is clearly…
A body is uncovered while Environmental Health remove barrels of toxic waste from the local quarry. The only clue to the victim's identity is the waterlogged patchwork quilt wrapped around the body. Watching the news, the victim's…
When the body of SAS officer Tom Sunderland is found in a shallow grave, DI Ken Jackson becomes caught up in a messy love triangle involving Sunderland's wife Lucy and his best friend, fellow army officer Sean Brook. As the dead man's…
Dangerfield becomes involved in the case of his long-time patient, businessman Patrick Hooper, when he leaves his wife Margaret to embark on a new relationship with attractive Caroline White. However, Hooper claims to Dangerfield that…
The first in a two-part storyline set in Norfolk. When the Dangerfields go on holiday to Norfolk, they get more than they bargained for when the peaceful rural atmosphere is shattered following the suspicious death of highly strung Susan…
The second of the two-part story following the Dangerfield family in Norfolk. As Paul Dangerfield uncovers more facts behind Susan Wood's death, he also realises that he's becoming very attracted to the beautiful Rachel Palmer. His…
Dangerfield finds himself in an awkward situation when his aid worker friend Mary Blanchard asks him to look after an illegal immigrant, young orphan Adriana, whose family were wiped out by a bomb in Bosnia. Agreeing to help out…
Paul finds his job under threat as he becomes involved in a political feud between Warwickshire's Chief Constable and the local council. Meanwhile, Paul's children leave him considering whether to let go of past worries.
A clairvoyant predicts a grizzly murder but what can Paul Dangerfield do about a crime which hasn't been committed yet? A seemingly routine suicide case leads police surgeon Paul Dangerfield into the world of the paranormal when the…
Al's keeping mum about an important piece of news but spills the beans when she announces she's pregnant! When a young boy with a serious medical condition is abducted, the police enlist Paul Dangerfield's help to save his life – even…
Paul's not in tune with son Marty after selling the family home and their feud erupts when it's time to move house. Marty thinks Paul's trying to block out the memories of his dead mother and feels hurt. But it's Paul's way of coming to…
Paul Dangerfield grief counsellor Liz Moss is doing her job very well, because Paul's feeling so good, he tries to chat her up at a party. But Liz gives Paul the cold shoulder before he's even had a chance to find out if she's single.…
Al Dangerfield goes in search of peace but discovers the countryside can be a brutal place when she runs into woodlander John Rust. He's trying to protect local wildlife from a gang of thugs who are setting animal traps and the police…
Just as Paul Dangerfield has given up all hope of a romance with Liz, fate draws them back together when she joins the practice as a counsellor. It may seem a bit contrived, but there's no way Paul's ever going to find a girlfriend…
A bogus medic changes his appearance so that her looks like Paul Dangerfield, then moves in on some of Paul's unsuspecting patients. Paul Dangerfield and his colleagues at the practice become concerned when patients report home visits by…
With stories of children who terrorise pensioners hitting the headlines on a regular basis, tonight's poignant and shocking tale has a very familiar ring to it. Defenceless William Ashurst falls victim to a gang of teeny tearaways who…
Paul Dangerfield only has eyes for one girl – his new granddaughter. Al goes into labour while her dad's trying to discover why a prisoner died in custody, and is helped to hospital by her brother Marty. Can Paul drop everything and…
Paul Dangerfield investigates a supposed cot death and deals with the baby's emotional mother. Dangerfield examines a cot death at a remote farmhouse and finds the baby died in mysterious circumstances. Events reveal that the mother…
During Dangerfield's examination of Jayne Sharman it transpires that she was raped six weeks earlier. By an apparent coincidence, one of Dr Robbins' patients, who is recovering from hepatitis, was also raped. Then Jayne is rushed to…
Not even motherhood has clamed young Al Dangerfield. She still thinks she knows best but, as usual, ends up regretting it. When she sees a young Serbian, Dejan, beaten on the street of Warwick, Al steps in to help him. A passionate…
Businessman Brian Taylor finds himself in the frame for murder when an attractive girl is found dead. Paul Dangerfield is working on the case, but Brian is a close pal so he has to tread a fine line between friendship and…
When Val Massey is involved in a car accident, she finds the other victim is a criminal who seizes the moment and flees from prison custody. Worried about Val, Dangerfield pays her a visit and finds the household being held hostage and…
A car is dragged from a river containing the body of Ben Stratton. Alice Stratton identifies her husband, but when Dagley and Diamond call on Alice for further questioning they find she has disappeared.
Nicola and Richard Gresham, are the parents of a young woman who's been murdered. With the help of their daughter's boyfriend, Adam, they help police to stage a reconstruction of her last movements. But, as often happens, the murderer…
A drunken teenager held in a cell collapses and is taken to hospital where he is assumed to have taken a drugs overdose. It later emerges he has meningitis and a desperate race ensues to find all the people who have been in contact with…
Dr Paige (Nigel Havers) makes his first appearance when on of his patients, a fading pop star with cancer, dies from a suspected overdose. The initial evidence points to suicide but Dangerfield believes someone ‘helped' the dead man on…
Get your hankies out and bid farewell to Paul Dangerfield, the pathologist. Al ties the knot and, Dr Jonathan Paige is now the main man. Dangerfield witnesses the happiest day of his daughter's life, unaware of the bombshell to come.…
Dr Jonathan Paige takes over from Paul Dangerfield as the police surgeon and meets new DI Gillian Cramer. A well-loved local farmer is found dead and the team look towards his stormy family life for an explanation… An army recruit,…
After a punch-up in a pub, debonair Dr Paige helps patch people up. One drinker is in a very bad state and what he has to say gives the doc even more cause for concern… A fight and a fire break out in a pub. One witness is brought…
Paige assesses a young man, Kevin Wilson, who has been brought to the police station for his own protection and discovers he is a schizophrenic and aggressive towards his mother. However, Mrs Wilson insists she can control her son and…
Paige's request to section a man who claims to have killed his allegedly adulterous wife comes up against pressure from the police, who want to question the suspect.
When the body of an artist is found by an art critic, the dead woman's agent, Beth Saunders, is taken to the station for questioning. Meanwhile, Dr Jonathan Paige is forming a friendship with Beth, which does not go unnoticed by DI…
Local composer and cellist Brian James, a patient known to the practice, becomes the prime suspect when his young female neighbour is found strangled. Meanwhile, the pressures of work are starting to take their toll on Shaaban.
Paige's son, Charlie, arrives back for the weekend a day early at the police station, after being involved in a brawl outside a bowling alley. Meanwhile, David, a friend of Charlie's, is struggling to keep hold of his farm, while…
Anna Harris a mum of a teenage girl in a vegetative state, calls Dr Jonathan Paige to examine her. But from there unfolds an uncharacteristically spiritual storyline, involving healing, angels and stigmata. Paige is called out when two…
Despite the best intentions, the caring approach isn't always appreciated. Dr Paige is called out to a nasty accident scene where he tends a woman who's fallen off a ladder. She dies while receiving treatment and her husband Dave is…
A gruesome discovery by the local publican's daughter reveals a tangled web of secrets and lies for Dr Paige and DI Cramer. Seems there's a serial blackmailer at work in leafy Warwickshire. All seems well in the village of Thornton…
Violent events at a supposedly ‘safe-house' where a lone gunman has infiltrated, leaves one police officer dead as he attempts to kill a protected witness. He then blasts DI Gillian Cramer but can Dr Jonathan Paige save her? Dr Paige…
Continues from the last episode, in which DC Joe Christian was killed and DI Gillian Cramer was shot and wounded. While Gillian hovers between life and death, Dr Paige tries hard to look pleased when his girlfriend Beth tells him she's…

Dr Jonathan Paige and Sgt Diamond are nearby when a gas explosion happens in the middle of Warwickshire. They're on their war to see Inspector Gillian Cramer pick up an award for bravery. After being shot she's back on duty but tender…
Romance is in the air when Dr Jonathan Paige clocks an attractive football supporter during a pub match. The release from prison of Stuart McAire, the man responsible for kidnapping Rhona Bishop seven years previously, coincides with a…
Ellie Edmunds is involved in a car accident in which a boy is injured, and is confined in a cell after being found to be over the limit. Paige and Cramer are called in, and Cramer has to restrain Ellie, who launches a formal complaint…
When teenager Jade Prior goes missing, Jade's mum suspects her new stepson Lee knows more than he's saying.
Dr Jonathan Paige faces an accusation of sexual assault while attempting to discover from two youths the truth about a night out which landed them both in hospital.
Dr Jonathan Paige is called out to examine a young immigrant farm worker, Elena, who has been arrested during a raid by immigration officers. Paige discovers the cause of Elena's agony – she is about to give birth.
While looking into the death of Paul Campbell, DI Cramer's ex-husband – an officer with a nearby force under investigation – asks her to put in a good word for him with the investigating officer. When Cramer learns that her…
Dr Jonathan Paige finds himself caught up in a conflict of interests during a murder trial when the accused reveals that Paige was once his GP. DC Monk is surprised by the sudden appearance of a girl he met on holiday.
Dr Jonathan Paige tries to comfort the husband of Margaret Dudgen after she falls to her death from a bedroom window. But all the widower can talk about is a mysterious woman who was stabbed to death and is supposed to haunt the house.…
Dr Jonathan Paige is taken hostage when a hit man's plan to kill a prisoner in the hospital goes wrong.
An expelled pupil stalks his ex-teacher, whom he accuses of driving the car that killed his friend, Naomi. Dr Jonathan Paige and DI Gillian Cramer's relationship falters when Cramer gets cold feet – and Paige forces her to make a…
Dr Jonathan Paige and DI Gillian Cramer celebrate their last nights of freedom before the wedding. But when a boy is found tied up in the nearby woods, Paige notices a face from the past and remembers an unsolved case involving a child…
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