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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.  Nicholas Ball stars in his best-known role as a tough, charismatic private detective in this hit Thames series, first aired in the late 1970s and created by journalist and novelist Gordon Williams, and future England coach Terry Venables. Hazell paid homage to classic film noir while boasting rounded characterisations, sparkling Cockney dialogue and highly credible action scenes, all set in the kind of seedy London locations that would be revisited in Minder - the series created by screenwriter Leon Griffiths following his work on Hazell; other high-profile writers here include Trevor Preston (The Sweeney) and author Richard Harris (A Touch of Frost). Following the curtailment of his police career after an injury and subsequent slide into alcoholism, the newly reformed James Hazell sets himself up as a private eye. Utterly ruthless when he needs to be, Hazell is also blessed with a breezy charm, effortless style, robust sense of humour and the ability to think on his feet - vital when tackling blackmail, missing persons cases, organised crime and the drugs trade... or dour Scottish CID adversary 'Choc' Minty (played to perfection by Roddy McMillan). Desmond McNamara stars as Hazell's cousin and assistant Tel, with Barbara Young as landlady and sometime employer Dot - one of British TV's first regular gay characters; a memorably raunchy theme, composed by Roxy Music's Andy Mackay, provided a Top 40 hit for blues/rock singer Maggie Bell. This set contains all 22 episode from both series. Actors Nicholas Ball, Charles Gray, Desmond Llewelyn & Lynda Bellingham Certificate 12 years and over Year 1979 Screen Fullscreen 1.33:1 Languages English Duration 18 hours and 20 minutes (approx)

The complete series 1 and 2 of the ITV crime drama series set against the gritty backdrop of 1970s London, starring Nicholas Ball as struggling private detective James Hazell. Series 1 episodes are: 'Hazell Plays Solomon'; 'Hazell Pays a Debt'; 'Hazell and the Walking Blur'; 'Hazell Settles the Accounts'; 'Hazell Meets the First Eleven'; 'Hazell and the Rubber Heel Brigade'; 'Hazell Goes to the Dogs'; 'Hazell and the Weekend Man'; 'Hazell Works for Nothing' and 'Hazell and the Maltese Vulture.' Series 2 episodes are: 'Hazel and the Baker Street Sleuth'; 'Hazell and the Deptford Virgin'; 'Hazell Bangs the Drum'; 'Hazell Gets the Boot'; 'Hazell Gets the Bird'; 'Hazell and the Big Sleep'; 'Hazell and the Suffolk Ghost'; 'Hazell and Hyde'; 'Hazell and the Happy Couple'; 'Hazell Gets the Part'; 'Hazell and the Greasy Gunners' and 'Hazell and the Public Enemy'.