Peter Cregeen he worked on numerous popular television series, including: "The Troubleshooters" (1965); "King of the River" (1966); "Out of the Unknown" (1969; 1970); "The Onedin Line" (1971; 1976); "The Sandbaggers" (1978); "Colditz" (1972; 1974) and "Wings" (1977–1978). Cregeen has worked on various police dramas, including: "The Gentle Touch" (1980); "The Expert" (1969); "Softly Softly" (1969–1972); "Z-Cars" (1965); "Juliet Bravo" (1983), and the pilot to ITV's successful long-running drama, "The Bill", which was originally named "Woodentop" (1983). As original director, Cregeen was responsible for "The Bill"'s "distinctive and atmospheric feel", which he created by adopting a "fly-on-the-wall documentary style" with a single
City Central (TV series) everyday officer on the beat". Despite this, two new regular cast members, George Costigan and Connie Hyde, joined the series as DI Jack Carter and DS Janet Miller, respectively. Notably, the series has never been released on DVD, and despite a single re-run on UKTV Drama in 2003, has not been otherwise repeated on television since its original broadcast. City Central (TV series) City Central was a British television police procedural drama series, written and created by Tony Jordan, that first broadcast on BBC One on 4 April 1998. Described by the "Radio Times" as ""Z Cars" for the 1990s",