The Enigma Files was a British television detective drama that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.

Plot Summary

The series was a police procedural drama, written by Derek Ingrey, about a Police Officer who has been sidelined from regular duties and, having been placed in charge of a records / evidence unit, started specialising in investigating unsolved crimes.

Regular Cast and Characters

• Tom Adams as Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis
• Sharon Maughan as Kate Burton, the unit Administrator (first eight episodes only)
• Carole Nimmons as Sue Maxwell, the unit Administrator (last seven episodes only)
• Duggie Brown as Phil Strong, a Laboratory Technician

Similar Series

The investigation of "Cold Cases" became a theme for several detective dramas some two decades later, including:

• Cold Squad, CAN / CTV, 1998
• Cold Case Files, USA / A&E, 1999 (true cases)
• Waking the Dead, UK / BBC, 2000
• New Tricks, UK / BBC, 2003
• Cold Case, US / CBS, 2003

Video Release

There are no known releases on Video Tape or DVD.

Other Media

A tie-in book of the series, written by Christine Sparks was published by the BBC in June 1980 (ISBN-10: 0563177705 / ISBN-13: 978-0563177708).

External links

de:Nick Lewis, Chief Inspector