Dempsey and Makepeace Episode Rating Graph
Jan 1985 - Nov 1986
Jan 1985 - Nov 1986
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S1 Ep10
8.1
15th Mar 1985
Makepeace has been asked by her best friend, Sarah Hackett, to be the matron of honour at Sarah's wedding. Makepeace accepts. Makepeace is giving Sarah a lift to the railway station. Sarah is off to Harrod's with her father, Sir Lionel Hackett, who turns out to be a judge. Sarah is murdered while she is on the train. Makepeace is devestated when she is informed. Sir Lionel, however, takes the law into his own hands. Makepeace gives Sir Lionel a photo-fit of a man who was seen at the railway station where Makepeace had taken Sarah. Sir Lionel assumed that he was the killer and goes in search of him. But, what Sir Lionel doesn't know is that he is looking for the wrong man.
S1 Ep8
8.0
1st Mar 1985
Jailbird Charlie Wilson wants to speak to Gordon Spikings alone concerning an urgent matter. But he shuts up tight after his little boy is kidnapped in the park. Meanwhile Spikings finds himself subject to a bombed briefcase while traveling by tube.
S3 Ep7
7.6
11th Oct 1986
A murderer who is obsessed with Makepeace threatens to kill his hostage within 24 hours if Makepeace will not meet with him.
S3 Ep3
7.6
13th Sep 1986
When Dempsey is framed by another cop for something he didn't do, Makepeace risks her career to prove his innocence.
S3 Ep1
7.5
30th Aug 1986
Dempsey goes undercover and infiltrates a gang after discovering a link between the London underworld and the New York police department.
S2 Ep9
7.4
26th Oct 1985
Once again, Dempsey and Makepeace are witness to a fellow policeman being shot. In this case it's one of Makepeace's former partners, Tom Bishop, who's dying words involve millions in cash and 'the man in the red coat'.
S2 Ep5
7.4
28th Sep 1985
Dempsey and Makepeace investigate a jewel thief who has masterminded a series of robberies but his life is also under threat by his underworld rivals.
S3 Ep2
7.4
6th Sep 1986
While working undercover, Dempsey comes across a former nemesis from New York City.
S2 Ep2
7.4
7th Sep 1985
Makepeace poses as reporter Debby Smith to get close to hoodlum 'Marocco' Jack and ends up saving his life from a rival gang. Dempsey joins Marocco's gang by posing as an American driver called Andy Sallapuccio, whom they need to pull off two simultaneous jewel heists. Meanwhile Spikings is facing complaints from upstairs that might lead to SI 10 being shut down.
S3 Ep9
6.6
25th Oct 1986
Dempsey and Makepeace are targeted into a deadly trap which involves both jewels and bank robbers who set the trap, to even the sides Dempsey get help from a boxer who Dempsey sent to jail to help him out.
S1 Ep5
6.7
8th Feb 1985
Frank Price is sprung out of jail, only to be killed by his accomplices. Spikings suspects Price's boss Jack Lang, but when Lang's granddaughter Debbie is kidnapped it seems like someone else is trying to instigate a gang war. Meanwhile, Dempsey is more interested in wooing fellow American Angie Hughes.
S1 Ep2
6.7
18th Jan 1985
A heavy duty transit van carrying half a million pounds in used notes is high jacked, drivers and all, and SI 10 is tasked with finding it. Meanwhile, Spikings has his hands full trying to get Dempsey to part with his gun, as it is illegal for police officers in England to carry one.
S1 Ep1
6.8
11th Jan 1985
This feature-length episode starts with a gun being held by Leiutenant James Dempsey of the New York Police Department. He is sitting in his apartment waiting for his partner, Joey, to call. Dempsey's phones rings. It is Joey calling to tell Dempsey of their latest stakeout. They go to the docks where they suspect a drugs drop-off will take place. All of a sudden, Dempsey's CO (Commanding Officer), Coltrane, turns up at the docks in his car. Another man at the docks stands up with a bag. The man at first heads towards Coltrane's car, but then walks towards Dempsey and Joey. Dempsey realises that he is going to be set up. Joey and Coltrane were going to set Dempsey up, but Dempsey reached for his gun and shot the man approaching him. joey grabbed Dempsey from behind, while Coltrane made his getaway. Dempsey pushed Joey to the floor, turned round and shot Joey, who died. Back at the station, Dempsey and his associate, O'Grady, are having an argument about Dempsey's situation. Dempsey wa
S2 Ep6
6.8
5th Oct 1985
An antique dealer is murdered and priceless Egyptian artefacts are stolen. While the crooks try to find a buyer, Dempsey and Makepeace go undercover and find several parties looking to get their hands on the artefacts.
S3 Ep8
6.8
18th Oct 1986
When an old girlfriend of Dempsey's shows up it causes problems as Dempsey is in pursuit of a cocaine dealer.
S3 Ep4
6.8
20th Sep 1986
While investigating a death of a boxers, Dempsey and Makepeace discover a counterfeit money laundering scheme.
S2 Ep1
7.0
31st Aug 1985
While trying to stop a extremist group who are trying to overthrow the British government by flooding the country with counterfeit money, Dempsey and Makepeace try everything in there power to stop them.
S2 Ep3
7.0
14th Sep 1985
Dempsey is stalked by a homicidal woman who obsesses over him, and who hates Makepeace for being with him.
S1 Ep1
6.8
11th Jan 1985
This feature-length episode starts with a gun being held by Leiutenant James Dempsey of the New York Police Department. He is sitting in his apartment waiting for his partner, Joey, to call. Dempsey's phones rings. It is Joey calling to tell Dempsey of their latest stakeout. They go to the docks where they suspect a drugs drop-off will take place. All of a sudden, Dempsey's CO (Commanding Officer), Coltrane, turns up at the docks in his car. Another man at the docks stands up with a bag. The man at first heads towards Coltrane's car, but then walks towards Dempsey and Joey. Dempsey realises that he is going to be set up. Joey and Coltrane were going to set Dempsey up, but Dempsey reached for his gun and shot the man approaching him. joey grabbed Dempsey from behind, while Coltrane made his getaway. Dempsey pushed Joey to the floor, turned round and shot Joey, who died. Back at the station, Dempsey and his associate, O'Grady, are having an argument about Dempsey's situation. Dempsey wa
S1 Ep2
6.7
18th Jan 1985
A heavy duty transit van carrying half a million pounds in used notes is high jacked, drivers and all, and SI 10 is tasked with finding it. Meanwhile, Spikings has his hands full trying to get Dempsey to part with his gun, as it is illegal for police officers in England to carry one.
S1 Ep3
7.1
25th Jan 1985
Dempsey happens to be present at a casino when it is robbed and a security guard murdered. Spikings tells him to wake up Makepeace in the middle of the night and start their investigation.
S1 Ep4
7.1
1st Feb 1985
Dempsey and Makepeace are shadowing Frank Egan, who has just got off Scott free on a murder charge. His next big job seems to involve 'a bird man' and 'haggis'. It leads to Makepeace posing as a floozy and Dempsey as a pilot.
S1 Ep5
6.7
8th Feb 1985
Frank Price is sprung out of jail, only to be killed by his accomplices. Spikings suspects Price's boss Jack Lang, but when Lang's granddaughter Debbie is kidnapped it seems like someone else is trying to instigate a gang war. Meanwhile, Dempsey is more interested in wooing fellow American Angie Hughes.
S1 Ep6
7.1
15th Feb 1985
A truck carrying studio equipment is hijacked. Then it turns out the contents were actually automatic guns meant for a group of Arab terrorists.
S1 Ep7
7.1
22nd Feb 1985
Dempsey takes the place of American hit-man Schwartz to infiltrate a gang of drug dealers who are lacing T-shirts with heroin. Little does he suspect that their main contact, Lei Shan carries a grudge against the real Schwartz. When Makepeace gets her hands on one of the T-shirts via one of her contacts, the undercover Dempsey finds himself forced to bump her off.
S1 Ep8
8.0
1st Mar 1985
Jailbird Charlie Wilson wants to speak to Gordon Spikings alone concerning an urgent matter. But he shuts up tight after his little boy is kidnapped in the park. Meanwhile Spikings finds himself subject to a bombed briefcase while traveling by tube.
S1 Ep9
7.2
8th Mar 1985
A priceless collection of jade artifacts has been stolen from Makepeace's ancestral home, Winfield Hall. When she and Dempsey join her father's other guest for a weekend pheasant hunt, the search soon turns into an old-fashioned murder mystery.
S1 Ep10
8.1
15th Mar 1985
Makepeace has been asked by her best friend, Sarah Hackett, to be the matron of honour at Sarah's wedding. Makepeace accepts. Makepeace is giving Sarah a lift to the railway station. Sarah is off to Harrod's with her father, Sir Lionel Hackett, who turns out to be a judge. Sarah is murdered while she is on the train. Makepeace is devestated when she is informed. Sir Lionel, however, takes the law into his own hands. Makepeace gives Sir Lionel a photo-fit of a man who was seen at the railway station where Makepeace had taken Sarah. Sir Lionel assumed that he was the killer and goes in search of him. But, what Sir Lionel doesn't know is that he is looking for the wrong man.
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The first episode of Dempsey and Makepeace aired on January 11, 1985.
The last episode of Dempsey and Makepeace aired on November 01, 1986.
There are 30 episodes of Dempsey and Makepeace.
There are 3 seasons of Dempsey and Makepeace.
No.
Dempsey and Makepeace has ended.