The Enigma Files is a British television police procedural that ran for one series of fifteen episodes in 1980.

Plot summary

The series was a police procedural, written by Derek Ingrey, about a police officer who has been sidelined from regular duties and, having been placed in charge of a records and evidence unit, has begun to specialise 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

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 0563177705 / ISBN 978-0-563-17770-8).