Dixon of Dock Green Blue Lamp" Dixon has a wife named Em (Gladys Henson). It is mentioned that their only son, Bert, was killed in the Second World War—hence Dixon adopts a paternal aspect towards PC Andy Mitchell (Jimmy Hanley), a young policeman on his first day. Dixon comes across a raid and is shot. The rest of the film focuses on catching the perpetrator, a thug named Tom Riley (played by Dirk Bogarde). This gears up hugely once Dixon, who was said to be rallying in hospital, unexpectedly and suddenly dies, and Mitchell embarks on a perilous quest to find and bring Tom
Dixon of Dock Green includes the following special features:- In 2005, the series was revived for BBC Radio, adapted by Sue Rodwell, with David Calder as George Dixon, David Tennant as Andy Crawford, and Charlie Brooks as Mary Dixon: A second series followed in 2006, with Hamish Clark replacing Tennant owing to the latter's "Doctor Who" recording commitments: "The Black and Blue Lamp" by Arthur Ellis was screened in the BBC2 "Screenplay" series of drama plays on 7 September 1988. In the play – which begins with a montage of key scenes from "The Blue Lamp" – Tom Riley (Sean Chapman) and PC Hughes