The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp The Blue Lamp is a 1950 British police drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as veteran PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as hardened criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that traditionally hung outside British police stations (and often still do). The film became the inspiration for the 1955–1976 TV series "Dixon of Dock Green", where Jack Warner continued to play PC Dixon until he was 80 years old (even though Dixon's murder is the central plot of the original film). The screenplay was written
The Guess Who replaced by Colin Wiebe, the singer in Randy Bachman's solo band. Wiebe was on loan until Derek Sharp replaced Dixon in the lineup; Dixon suffered traumatic brain injury, lost an eye and with significant titanium implants in his head, legs and right arm was unable to return. Drummer Brian Tichy (formerly of Foreigner and Whitesnake) filled in for Peterson in the summer of 2010 and again for some shows in 2013 and 2015. In September 2012, Stan Miczek (from Sass Jordan's band) came in briefly to fill in for Kale. As of 2016, the Guess Who line-up consisted of Derek