John Barrie – MRQE https://mrqe.com Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png John Barrie – MRQE https://mrqe.com 32 32 “Sergeant Cork” https://mrqe.com/movie/sergeant-cork-tv-m100087125/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/sergeant-cork-tv-m100087125/ Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series.

A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its “excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers” which “add up to splendid evocative stuff”, as well as the performance of star John Barrie.

At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork’s first name given.

]]> The File of the Golden Goose https://mrqe.com/movie/the-file-of-the-golden-goose-m100037059/ Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/the-file-of-the-golden-goose-m100037059/ U.S. Secret Service agent Peter Novak goes undercover with Scotland Yard officer Thompson to halt a murderous gang of counterfeiters known as the Golden Goose. Although Peter is unsure about John’s loyalties, the two infiltrate the gang and win the trust of thug Nick “The Owl” Harrison before enduring a series of double-crosses.

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