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''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC television series about daily life at a London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. The central character was a mature and sympathetic police constable, George Dixon, played by Jack Warner in all of the 432 episodes, from 1955 to 1976. Dixon was the embodiment of a typical 'bobby' who would be familiar with the area and its residents in which he patrolled and often lived there himself. The series contrasted sharply with later programmes such as ''Z-Cars'', which reflected a more aggressive policing culture; however its popularity cannot be underestimated, retaining a faithful following throughout its run and being voted second most popular programme on British TV in 1961. ==Jack Warner== If Dixon was well-known to the public, the actor Jack Warner was even better known. Born Horace John Waters in London in 1895, Warner had been a comedian in radio and in his early film career. Starting in the early 1940s, he broadened his range to include dramatic roles, becoming a warmly human character actor in the process. But as well as playing in films with dramatic themes, such as ''The Blue Lamp'', Warner - hugely popular by this time - continued to play in comedies such as the successful Huggett family programmes on BBC Radio and films made between 1948 and 1953. Jack Warner's success as PC Dixon was popular amongst various police forces. He was made an honorary member of both the Margate and Ramsgate Police Forces in the 1950s. Warner said of Dixon of Dock Green: "It has been a very good meal ticket for twenty-one years - although the taxman has never been far behind."〔Daily Mirror, Wednesday, April 14 1976〕 In his autobiography, ''Jack of All Trades'',〔Jack Warner's autobiography (published 21 April 1975), p. 84, ISBN 978-0491019521〕 Warner tells of a visit by the Queen to the studios where the series was made, where she commented "that she thought Dixon of Dock Green had become part of the British way of life". Jack Warner died of pneumonia in May 1981, aged 85. The regard with which Warner's portrayal of this fictional policeman was held was seen at the actor's funeral at Margate Crematorium on Monday 1 June 1981. Six Margate Constables stood as guards-of-honour outside the chapel, where hundreds of fans gathered to pay their last respects. Among the mourners were officers from the Kensington District, where Mr. Warner lived while in London, and Paddington Green, where the "Dixon" series was based. Delegations of policemen attended (some coming from as far away as Wales and Newcastle) including a sixteen-man representation from the Metropolitan Police, led by Deputy Assistant Commissioner George Rushbrook and Commander John Atkins. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dixon of Dock Green」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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