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- ↑ DCI Banks Archived 12 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine , 14 September 2010, www.itv.com. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- ↑ Kirk (6 September 2011). "DCI Banks Series to Air Starting Friday 16 September" . Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ Dowell, Ben. "ITV axes DCI Banks after five series". Radio Times. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ↑ "Books by Peter Robinson". 26 June 2007. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ "Many Rivers to Cross – 2019". 3 July 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ↑ "Not Dark Yet – 2021" . Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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