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* TokenGoodCop:
** Deconstructed by [[ByTheBookCop Assistant Chief Constable Peter Hunt]] in "1980". Brought in as a "squeaky clean" outsider in response to public backlash to the West Yorkshire Police's failure to catch the Ripper. Hunt is a genuinely honest, warm but authoritative man with a strong sense of justice, who quickly discovers evidence of a conspiracy involving corporate corruption, child abuse, and murder, which the local police are heavily complicit (if not active members) in. But his underestimation of the scale of the corruption and [[WideEyedIdealist utter belief in good triumphing over evil]] spell his doom. [[spoiler:He ends up finding all the evidence he needs to expose the conspiracy, but is murdered by [[AffablyEvil DCS John Nolan]], the man he believed he was his closest ally, having [[EtTuBrute never suspected]] he was also corrupt.]]
** [[AntiHero Detective Inspector (later Chief Superintendent) Maurice Jacobs]] is a downplayed version particularly in "1983" (which says a lot about just how bad the other officers are). Whilst heavily complicit in the corruption, and party to several brutal acts of murder and torture himself, unlike all the other officers its made clear that he only joined due to knowing that if he didn't [[TrappedInVillainy Bill Molloy would have murdered him]], with it being clear the guilt of his actions is weighing heavily upon him and revealing he did try to assist [[IntrepidReporter Eddie Dunford]] and Hunt in their efforts to expose the corruption, only to be stampeded each time by his fear of reprisal. [[spoiler:Finally making a stand in the climax he saves BJ from the ringleader of the conspiracy, [[PaedophilePriest Reverend Martin Laws]], putting an end to the evil man, then assists John Piggot in saving Laws' final living victim]].
** Deconstructed by [[ByTheBookCop Assistant Chief Constable Peter Hunt]] in "1980". Brought in as a "squeaky clean" outsider in response to public backlash to the West Yorkshire Police's failure to catch the Ripper. Hunt is a genuinely honest, warm but authoritative man with a strong sense of justice, who quickly discovers evidence of a conspiracy involving corporate corruption, child abuse, and murder, which the local police are heavily complicit (if not active members) in. But his underestimation of the scale of the corruption and [[WideEyedIdealist utter belief in good triumphing over evil]] spell his doom. [[spoiler:He ends up finding all the evidence he needs to expose the conspiracy, but is murdered by [[AffablyEvil DCS John Nolan]], the man he believed he was his closest ally, having [[EtTuBrute never suspected]] he was also corrupt.]]
** [[AntiHero Detective Inspector (later Chief Superintendent) Maurice Jacobs]] is a downplayed version particularly in "1983" (which says a lot about just how bad the other officers are). Whilst heavily complicit in the corruption, and party to several brutal acts of murder and torture himself, unlike all the other officers its made clear that he only joined due to knowing that if he didn't [[TrappedInVillainy Bill Molloy would have murdered him]], with it being clear the guilt of his actions is weighing heavily upon him and revealing he did try to assist [[IntrepidReporter Eddie Dunford]] and Hunt in their efforts to expose the corruption, only to be stampeded each time by his fear of reprisal. [[spoiler:Finally making a stand in the climax he saves BJ from the ringleader of the conspiracy, [[PaedophilePriest Reverend Martin Laws]], putting an end to the evil man, then assists John Piggot in saving Laws' final living victim]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: George Oldman; in the novels, Oldman was a minor character in the West Yorkshire Constabulary who did not show any apparent signs of corruption, but in the TV films, he is given the role that Bill Molloy - the ringleader of the corrupt cops and orchestrator of the novels' equivalent of the Karachi Club shootings - has in the novels. [[spoiler: Also--though it's rather ambiguous--DS Bob Fraser, who in the novels was, while not the most morally sound of men, not part of the WYC crime ring, seems in the ''1974'' film--mainly due to AdaptationExplanationExtrication--to be a part of it in the TV films.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: George Oldman; Oldman and Bill Molloy; in the novels, Oldman was a minor character in the West Yorkshire Constabulary who did not show any apparent signs of corruption, but in the TV films, he is given the role that completely replaced by Bill Molloy - [[spoiler: the ringleader of the corrupt cops and orchestrator of the novels' equivalent of the Karachi Club shootings - has in the novels. [[spoiler: Also--though it's rather ambiguous--DS Bob Fraser, who in the novels was, while not the most morally sound of men, not part of the WYC crime ring, seems in the ''1974'' film--mainly due to AdaptationExplanationExtrication--to be a part of it in the TV films.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: 'Badger' Bill Molloy; in the novels, Bill Molloy was a minor character in the West Yorkshire Constabulary who did not show any apparent signs of corruption, but in the TV films, he is given the role that Detective Chief Superintendent George Oldman had in the novels. [[spoiler: Also--though it's rather ambiguous--DS Bob Fraser, who in the novels was, while not the most morally sound of men, not part of the WYC crime ring, seems in the ''1974'' film--mainly due to AdaptationExplanationExtrication--to be a part of it in the TV films.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: 'Badger' Bill Molloy; George Oldman; in the novels, Bill Molloy Oldman was a minor character in the West Yorkshire Constabulary who did not show any apparent signs of corruption, but in the TV films, he is given the role that Detective Chief Superintendent George Oldman had Bill Molloy - the ringleader of the corrupt cops and orchestrator of the novels' equivalent of the Karachi Club shootings - has in the novels. [[spoiler: Also--though it's rather ambiguous--DS Bob Fraser, who in the novels was, while not the most morally sound of men, not part of the WYC crime ring, seems in the ''1974'' film--mainly due to AdaptationExplanationExtrication--to be a part of it in the TV films.]]
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* MovingAwayEnding: The series ends with B.J. leaving the North to become "the one who got away" rather than risk being killed by the conspiracy.
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%%** [[spoiler: John Dawson]] at the end of ''1974''.
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%%** [[spoiler: Reverend Laws]] at the end of ''1983''.
%%* TheAtoner: Detective Inspector Maurice Jobson in ''1983''.
%%** [[spoiler: John Dawson]] at the end of ''1974''.
%%** [[spoiler: Bob Craven]] at the end of ''1980''. [[spoiler: Arguably Tommy Douglas as well, though Douglas attempted to atone before his death.]] [[spoiler: The injuries that Craven and Douglas suffered at the hands of Eddie Dunford at the Karachi Club at the end of ''1974'' could qualify them as this as well.]]
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%%* TheBrute: Bob Craven.
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* BigDamnHero: Eddie Dunford tries to save Paula and to unmask a child killer in ''1974'' and Assistant Chief Constable Peter Hunter attempts to unravel the truth behind the faked Ripper murders in ''1980''. [[spoiler: Neither meets with a happy ending.]]
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* AssholeVictim:
** [[spoiler: John Dawson]] at the end of ''1974''.
** [[spoiler: Bob Craven]] at the end of ''1980''. [[spoiler: Arguably Tommy Douglas as well, though Douglas attempted to atone before his death.]] [[spoiler: The injuries that Craven and Douglas suffered at the hands of Eddie Dunford at the Karachi Club at the end of ''1974'' could qualify them as this as well.]]
** [[spoiler: Reverend Laws]] at the end of ''1983''.
* TheAtoner: Detective Inspector Maurice Jobson in ''1983''.
** [[spoiler: John Dawson]] at the end of ''1974''.
** [[spoiler: Bob Craven]] at the end of ''1980''. [[spoiler: Arguably Tommy Douglas as well, though Douglas attempted to atone before his death.]] [[spoiler: The injuries that Craven and Douglas suffered at the hands of Eddie Dunford at the Karachi Club at the end of ''1974'' could qualify them as this as well.]]
** [[spoiler: Reverend Laws]] at the end of ''1983''.
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* BedlamHouse: Attley Nursing Home, where Marjorie Dawson is being held.
* BigDamnHero [=/=] BigDamnHeroes: Eddie Dunford in ''1974'' and Assistant Chief Constable Peter Hunter in ''1980''. [[spoiler: Neither meets with a happy ending.]]
* TheBrute: Bob Craven.
* CatchPhrase / MeaningfulEcho: Several characters make reference to "the North, [[ForTheEvulz where we do what we want]]."
* ClassicalAntihero: John Piggott in ''1983''.
* BigDamnHero [=/=] BigDamnHeroes: Eddie Dunford in ''1974'' and Assistant Chief Constable Peter Hunter in ''1980''. [[spoiler: Neither meets with a happy ending.]]
* TheBrute: Bob Craven.
* CatchPhrase / MeaningfulEcho: Several characters make reference to "the North, [[ForTheEvulz where we do what we want]]."
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: John Dawson
* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: The death of [[spoiler: Barry Gannon.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: John Dawson
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Eddie Dunford.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Reverend Martin Laws.]]; John Dawson.
* FromBadToWorse: ''Constantly.''
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* [[ShootTheDangerousMinion Shoot The Dangerous Conspirator]]: [[spoiler: When Dawson's "private weakness" becomes a liability, the cops facilitate Eddie's killing of him.]] [[spoiler: Bob Craven ends up meeting a similar fate in ''1983'', when the cops kill him and frame Peter Hunter (who they have killed as well) for the crime.]]
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* [[ShootTheDangerousMinion Shoot The Dangerous Conspirator]]: ShootTheDangerousMinion: [[spoiler: When Dawson's "private weakness" becomes a liability, the cops facilitate Eddie's killing of him.]] [[spoiler: Bob Craven ends up meeting a similar fate in ''1983'', when the cops kill him and frame Peter Hunter (who they have killed as well) for the crime.]]
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* NoWomansLand: The only even somewhat significant characters are the wives and/or sex workers. The most important female character in ''1974'' is Paula (who [[spoiler:disappears, presumably murdered]]) and John Dawson's wife Marjory, who has been locked up in a BedlamHouse ''before'' being murdered.
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* TheSmurfettePrinciple:
** Helen in ''1977'' is the only significant female character, with the others only having small roles (such as Hunter's wife).
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* RapistsAreMurders: Even after the chief pedophile murderer, [[spoiler:Dawson]], is dead, there are still a lot of child murders.
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* AbortionFalloutDrama: Helen aborts her pregnancy, conceived out of an affair with her boss Hunter. She becomes close with Laws as a result.
* TheBadGuysAreCops: Although they're not only cops, the police are ''heavily'' involved in the conspiracy of child abuse and murder, both doing it and covering it up.
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* RapistsAreMurders: Even after the chief pedophile murderer, [[spoiler:Dawson]], is dead, there are still a lot of child murders.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Detective Sergeant (later Detective Superintendent) Bob Craven and Police Constable Tommy Douglas throughout ''1974'' (though their names are only revealed in ''1980'').
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Detective Sergeant (later Detective Superintendent) Bob Craven and Police Constable Tommy Douglas throughout ''1974'' (though their names are only revealed in ''1980'').''1980'', where the same principle applies).
