Farewell then, DS Boyd

He was the man who put the maverick in TV detectives. DS Peter Boyd didn't play by anyone's rules, but he usually solved the case, so somehow he was allowed to run a Cold Case Unit for nine years.

And when one of his team dared to snitch on his unorthodox and reckless methods, she ended up dead. That'll teach her.

But even he couldn't really carry on after driving Assistant Commissioner Paul McGann to his death, and just walking away while he was shot by a gangster, played by brilliant actor David Bradley.

This was the final episode of Waking The Dead, a gripping if grubby tale of child torture and murder which ended in rather hurried and melodramatic style. Then there was an unemotional, brief farewell on Waterloo Bridge.

I'll rather miss Trevor Eve, and especially his scenes with Sue Johnston as Grace Foley. They made a good, if implausible, double act.

Let's just hope the BBC can replace Waking The Dead with a drama of similar quality.