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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman

ABC Radio series, ca. 1951.

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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
  9. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
  9. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke
  10. Inspector Morse / Colin Dexter
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
  9. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke
  10. Inspector Morse / Colin Dexter
  11. Detective Inspector Alec Hardy / Chris Chibnall (“Broadchurch”)
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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov
  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
  9. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke
  10. Inspector Morse / Colin Dexter
  11. Detective Inspector Alec Hardy / Chris Chibnall (“Broadchurch”)
  12. Charles Parker / Dorothy Sayers

from the Lord Peter Wimsey books

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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell

  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo

  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin

  4. Claire Quilty / Vladimir Nabokov

  5. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie

  6. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

  7. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman

  8. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin

  9. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke

  10. Inspector Morse / Colin Dexter

  11. Detective Inspector Alec Hardy / Chris Chibnall (“Broadchurch”)
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  12. Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison/Performed Helen Mirren/written Lynda La Plante (“Prime Suspect”)

ETA: Wait, what? #4 Claire Quilty? He was a playwright perv not a detective. There is one in Lolita, though, but not worth citing.

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I’ll wait ruling on judges. Either 13 is up (requiring a cx to simulpost numbering, and I’m up to bat, and will fix this list, or I’m #12.

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Fictional Inspectors and their creators

  1. Inspector Wexford / Ruth Rendell
  2. Inspector Javert / Victor Hugo
  3. Inspector Clouseau/ Blake Edwards and Maurice Richlin
  4. Inspector Japp / Agatha Christie
  5. Inspector Lestrade / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  6. Hearthstone of the Death Squad / Robert Tallman
  7. Inspector Gadget / Jean Chalopin
  8. Inspector Boobie / kid’s joke
  9. Inspector Morse / Colin Dexter
  10. Detective Inspector Alec Hardy / Chris Chibnall (“Broadchurch”)
  11. Charles Parker / Dorothy Sayers
  12. Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison/Performed Helen Mirren/written Lynda La Plante (“Prime Suspect”)

Corrected the list. Number 13 is up for grabs.

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Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not)

  1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours
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  • Fuck. Misread my own instructions *
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Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not)

  1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours
  2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man
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Here’s an entry to round out the previous category
13. Adam Dalgliesh / P.D. James (he’s an inspector in the 1st book in her series and then is promoted to Superintendent and Commander

Fictional conductors or bandleaders (best if named; characters otherwise featured why not)

  1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours
  2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man
  3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition

I loved this film when it came out in the 80s. Now I find both Amy Irving and Richard Dreyfuss just too annoying.

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  1. Sir Alfred de Carter /Rex Harrison/ Unfaithfully Yours
  2. Professor Harold Hill / Robert Preston / The Music Man
  3. Adam Erskine / Sam Wanamaker / The Competition
  4. Glenn Holland / Patrick Duncan / Mr. Holland’s Opus