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
George Dixon Academy Grade School in 1888, and began to include girls. In 2002, Headteacher Sir Robert Dowling was knighted for "services to special needs education". The school was re-modelled using funds from the Birmingham City Council's Building Schools for the Future Programme. In September 2012 the school converted to academy status and was renamed George Dixon Academy. The television character Dixon of Dock Green may have been named after George Dixon. The character first appeared in the film "The Blue Lamp" (1950), produced by a former pupil of the school, Michael Balcon. George Dixon Academy George Dixon Academy is a school in