| ROCKFORD | US detective drama which ran from 1974 until 1980: The _ Files (8) |
| TISWAS | ITV's Saturday children's show which ran from 1974 until 1981 (6) |
| YOU | _ And Me, preschool puppet show which ran from 1974 to 1992 (3) |
| WAR | Foyle's _, period detective drama which starred Michael Kitchen (3) |
| REBUS | Detective drama which has starred John Hannah and Ken Stott (5) |
| SUNSETSTRIP | '77 -- --', US detective drama series (6,5) |
| HOMICIDE | Police drama which ran from 1964 to 1977, Australia's longest-running drama series |
| SOMERSET | Cricket team that Ian Botham played for from 1974 until 1986 (8) |
| THEROYAL | ITV medical drama which ran from 2003 to 2011 (3,5) |
| MALLORCA | New BBC drama with Elen Rhys and Julian Looman, The _ Files (8) |
| ELEPHANT | Sir John Hurt film from 1980, The ------ -- Man (8) |
| XINGJIAN | Hanye zhong de xingchen (1980); the author's surname (8) |
| SPILLANE | Reasonable to accept tablet from US detective story writer Mickey (8) |
| DOLOMITE | Triumph saloon model produced from 1972 until 1980 (8) |
| SIXPENCE | Former British coin worth half a shilling, circulated until 1980 (8) |
| ABINGDON | Town now in Oxfordshire, where MG cars were built for fifty years until 1980 |
| CLOUSEAU | Nothing observed in outrageous clue, USA detective having no competence |
| FORENSIC | "___ Files": long-running true-crime series |
| BOAT | BBC period drama which ran from 1976 until 1981: When The _ Comes In (4) |
| MAD | Word that when followed by Men gives the title of a US period drama which ran from 2007 to 2015 (3) |
