If ever a television series captured the gritty essence of police work, it wasn’t “Dragnet,” with its just-the-facts dispassion, or “Hill Street Blues,” with its urban blight, or any version of “Law & ...

“Barney’s Version” never won the awards — or reviews — that it deserved, especially for its actors. But it became a word-of-mouth hit in Baltimore, at the Charles, and it should gain new fans when it ...