Dempsey and Makepeace/Wheelman

Wheelman
Season 2, Episode 2
Airdate	September 7, 1985
Written by	Murray Smith
Directed by	Tony Wharmby
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Dempsey and Makepeace — Season Two

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Wheelman is the second episode of the second season of Dempsey and Makepeace, and the twelfth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Brandon as Dempsey, Glynis Barber as Makepeace, Ray Smith as Spikings

Co-Starring: Tom Georgeson (Jack Cade), George Irving (Mickey the Shiv), Terence Budd (Jim Presley), Niall Toibin (Assist. Com. Webb), Tony Osoba (Det. Sgt. Chas Jarvis), Tom Kelly (Tom Clyde), Peter Hutchins (Evil Bill Dundas), Geoffrey Freshwater (Eddie Haig), Leon Tanner (Det. Supt. McNally), Lois Baxter (Ellen Cade), Valentino Musetti (Customs Officer), Gareth Milne (Customs Officer), Berwick Kaler (Mechanic), Fernand Monast (Chef), and Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band

Trivia

Allusions and References

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The musical cues during Dempsey's standoff with the patrol cars echo Ennio Morricone's "The Ecstasy of Gold" melody that accompanies the three-way Mexican standoff at the climax of Sergio Leone's 1967 spaghetti western Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly).

Quotes

• Assistant Commissioner: Chief Superintendant, you're running a squad of thugs and machos. We're getting tired excusing you to other unit commanders.
  Spikings: Thugs and machos? I nearly got a girl killed today.
  Assistant Commissioner: So does the traffic department. They don't swagger.

• Makepeace: Sometimes you're quite bright.
  Dempsey: That a compliment?
  Makepeace: Not yet.

• Spikings: It would be the crime of the year!
  Makepeace: Crime of the month, sir. It's a very naughty city.