IT TAKES TWO: Curious crime-fighting duos

The Rev Sidney Chambers and Detective Inspector Geordie Keating tackle another case in Grantchester (9pm, ITV). If you thought a vicar and a cop working together was strange…

Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969-70)

Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk (Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope, left) were partners in a private detective agency, until Marty was bumped off during the show’s first episode. But Marty wasn’t ready to cross over, and his ghost stuck around to help Jeff to solve cases – handily, Jeff can see him, but criminals can’t.

Turner & Hooch (1989)

Tom Hanks is a police detective who reluctantly takes in his dead colleague’s slobbering Dogue de Bordeaux (right). Big pooch Hooch is a witness in his owner’s murder, and helps

Turner to sniff out the culprit.

Alien Nation (1989-90)

In this series based on the 1988 movie, Gary Graham plays human cop Matthew Sikes, whose new partner is alien Sam ‘George’ Francisco (Eric Pierpoint, below right, with Graham). The show explored social issues, and George, as is usual among his people, becomes pregnant over the course of the series.

Beauty & The Beast (2012-16)

NYPD detective Catherine ‘Cat’ Chandler (Kristin Kreuk) teams up with genetically engineered man-beast Vincent Keller (Jay

Ryan) to fight crime and stop a sinister organisation. Oh, and they also fall in love.