Created by : Michael Gilbert.
First Appeared in print :Inspector Patrick Petrella is an Oxbridge educated detective. He's half Spanish and half English.
Philip Jackson
as PetrellaFirst radio appearance : 1999 on BBC Radio 4. Each story is self contained. The series ran on radio till 2001.
Partner/Sidekick : His Argentinian wife who teaches the tango in her classroom above a butcher's shop.
Arch Enemies : The low-life of London.
Setting/Location : He works at Patton Road Police station in South London, just after the Second World War. Often set around London's foggy docklands.
Tv connections : Philip Jackson has played Chief Inspector Japp in ITV's creation of Poirot.
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