It's a policeman's lot to be involved with eccentric human behaviour and bizarre happenings, with personal dramas and social occasions, accidental disasters and deliberate wrong-doings. PC Cole, after nearly thirty years on the beat, has seen it all; and whether he's investigating the case of the exploding sewer cover, refereeing at a drunken Irish party, or sorting out the imaginary fears of a lonely old man, it's his sense of humour that often seems the saving grace.
