Dempsey and Makepeace [SEP] narrative location
Dempsey and Makepeace
Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–86) is a British television crime drama made by LWT for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham. Lead roles were played by Michael Brandon (Dempsey) and Glynis Barber (Makepeace), who later married each other on 18 November 1989.
Premise.
The premise of "Dempsey and Makepeace" is the oddball pairing of two police detectives: an elegant British noblewoman, Sgt (Lady) Harriet Makepeace, and a streetwise working-class New Yorker, Lt James
of West Malling.
Squadrons and aircraft.
Squadrons and aircraft In popular culture.
Several films and TV programmes, including The Beatles' 1967 experimental film "Magical Mystery Tour", the 1972 television series "Pathfinders" and the 1982 television drama series "We'll Meet Again", used the airfield as a location during production.
Aerial sequences for an episode of the British police TV series Dempsey and Makepeace were filmed here in 1984, involving some spirited flying by a Topflite de Havilland Heron G-ANUO.