# Please help identify this TV series. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936 "2018-01-19T01:37:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/1 "2018-01-19T01:37:02Z")
I recently (last 5 years or so) watched a series where, in the last episodes, the male protagonist (older and in law enforcement) buys a camper and goes off to live happily ever after with his lady friend. I thought it was A Touch of Frost; however I just watched the last episode today and that was not how it ended. It would not have been first run since I never I never was anything first run. Thank you for you help ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/2 "2018-01-19T02:03:28Z")
Was it definitely a British series? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/3 "2018-01-19T03:02:29Z")
> [@Sveltington](#): > > I recently (last 5 years or so) watched a series where, in the last episodes, the male protagonist (older and in law enforcement) buys a camper and goes off to live happily ever after with his lady friend. > > I thought it was A Touch of Frost; however I just watched the last episode today and that was not how it ended. > > It would not have been first run since I never I never was anything first run. > > Thank you for you help “Lewis” (the sequel series to Inspector Morse), perhaps? In the last episodes, Lewis was planning a long vacation in the undeveloped areas of NZ. ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/4 "2018-01-19T03:12:29Z")
I just double checked Lewis did not end with a camper. I do not think the couple in the series I am trying to recall knew each other as long as Lewis and Dr. Hobson did. I think it was a British show. West Wing and House of Cards are the only American series I can recall watching for years. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/5 "2018-01-19T04:19:51Z")
> [@Sveltington](#): > > I think it was a British show. West Wing and House of Cards are the only American series I can recall watching for years. Wait - you never watched the original British House of Cards? Well worth it. On Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/6 "2018-01-19T04:23:50Z")
Jonathon Creek? ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/7 "2018-01-19T06:52:42Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Wait - you never watched the original British House of Cards? Well worth it. On Netflix. I absolutely have watched the original British House of Cards. It was wonderful. I prefer it to the remake. Ian Richardson is one on my favorite actors. On a tangential note I seem to really appreciate actors last named Richardson; I also like Ralph. (I know they have both left the coil; but I still like them in my present tense.:D) ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/8 "2018-01-19T06:56:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Jonathon Creek? Reading the blurb on Wiki tells me I want to see this. I am however at the mercy of my local library (USA) and the size of my wallet. I do not have any streaming service on a regular basis. I do not have internet on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/9 "2018-01-19T07:12:56Z")
I haven’t seen it in a while. I have directv, and they have shown it on bbc/America and the ovation channel. ---
**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/10 "2018-01-19T07:26:24Z")
Sorry I should have also mentioned I do not have TV. No cable, no antenna, and no TV. I watch all DVDs on my computer. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-identify-this-tv-series/806936/11 "2018-01-19T08:32:45Z")
_Jonathan Creek_ did not have any camper scene. He’s been happily married in the last few episodes, stretching about seven or so years in broadcast time. No vacations in there anywhere.