Detective (TV series)

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Detective
Genre Anthology
Crime
Mystery
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 45
Production
Running time 50 minutes
Release
Original network BBC
Original release 30 March 1964 (1964-03-30) –
9 November 1969 (1969-11-09)
External links
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Detective is a British mystery anthology television series adapted from stories by numerous prominent crime fiction writers, with each episode focusing on a particular detective character. Several prominent fictional sleuths were showcased, including Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Thorndyke, Philip Trent, Sir Henry Merrivale, Roderick Alleyn, Father Brown, Albert Campion, C. Auguste Dupin, Sir John Appleby, Inspector Ghote, Nigel Strangeways and Gervase Fen.

Many of the episodes were introduced by Rupert Davies, in-character as Inspector Maigret, reprising his role from the eponymous BBC series that had aired from 1960 to 1963. Several episodes functioned as Backdoor pilots for potential future series. Of the 45 episodes, only three such shows were produced as a result: Cluff (1964–65) starring Leslie Sands, Thorndyke (1964) starring Peter Copley, and Sherlock Holmes (1965–68) starring Douglas Wilmer, and later, Peter Cushing.

List of episodes

Series One

No. Title Original author(s) Detective(s) Actor(s) who portrayed detective(s) Notes
1.1 The Moving Toyshop Edmund Crispin Gervase Fen, Oxford professor Richard Wordsworth [1]
1.2 The Drawing Gil North Detective Sergeant Caleb Cluff, Yorkshire policeman Leslie Sands [2]
1.3 Trent's Last Case E. C. Bentley Philip Trent, journalist Michael Gwynn [3]
1.4 End of Chapter Nicholas Blake Nigel Strangeways, private detective Glyn Houston [4]
1.5 The Judas Window Carter Dickson Sir Henry Merrivale, amateur detective David Horne [5]
1.6 Dishonoured Bones John Trench Martin Cotterill, archeologist Alan Dobie [6]
1.7 The Man Who Murdered in Public Roy Vickers Detective Inspector Rason, officer of "The Department of Dead Ends" Michael Hordern [7]
1.8 The Speckled Band Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective Douglas Wilmer [8]
1.9 The Night of the Horns Douglas Sanderson Robert Race, lawyer Frank Lieberman [9]
1.10 Subject: Murder Clifford Witting Inspector Charlton and Peter Bradford Basil Dignam and Mark Eden [10]
1.11 Death in Ecstasy Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn, police inspector Geoffrey Keen [11]
1.12 A Connoisseur's Case Michael Innes Sir John Appleby, police officer Dennis Price [12]
1.13 The Loring Mystery Jeffery Farnol Jasper Shrig, Georgian era hero Patrick Troughton [13]
1.14 The Hungry Spider Selwyn Jepson Eve Gill Jane Merrow [14]
1.15 The Case of Oscar Brodski R. Austin Freeman Dr. John Thorndyke, Forensic sleuth Peter Copley [15]
1.16 The Speaking Eye Clark Smith Nicky Mahoun, accountant Frederick Jaeger [16]
1.17 Death of a Fellow Traveller Delano Ames Dagobert and Jane Brown, married investigators Leslie Randall and Joan Reynolds [17]
1.18 The Quick One G.K. Chesterton Father Brown, Roman Catholic priest Mervyn Johns [18]

Series Two

No. Title Original author(s) Detective(s) Actor(s) who portrayed detective(s) Notes
2.1 The Deadly Climate Ursula Curtiss Caroline Emmett Georgina Hale [19]
2.2 Dover and the Deadly Poison Pen Letters Joyce Porter Inspector Wilfred Dover, irascible police officer Paul Dawkins [20]
2.3 A Man and His Mother-In-Law Roy Vickers Detective Inspector Rason, officer of "The Department of Dead Ends" John Welsh [21]
2.4 Lesson in Anatomy Michael Innes Sir John Appleby, police officer Ian Ogilvy [22]
2.5 The German Song H.C. Bailey Reggie Fortune, police consultant Denholm Elliott [23]
2.6 The Beast Must Die Nicholas Blake Nigel Strangeways, private detective Bernard Horsfall [24]
2.7 The Avenging Chance Anthony Berkeley Roger Sheringham, amateur sleuth John Carson [25]
2.8 Born Victim Hillary Waugh Fred Fellows, police officer Lee Montague [26]
2.9 The Unquiet Sleep William Haggard Rachel Borrowdaile and Colonel Charles Russell, government agents Sarah Lawson and Roland Culver [27]
2.10 The High Adventure Jeffery Farnol Jasper Shrig, Georgian era hero Colin Blakely [28]
2.11 Cork on the Water Macdonald Hastings Montague Cork, insurance agent Colin Douglas [29]
2.12 The Case of the Late Pig Margery Allingham Albert Campion, gentleman detective Brian Smith [30]
2.13 The Golden Dart Selwyn Jepson Eve Gill Penelope Horner [31]
2.14 Crime of Passion Colin Morris
(dramatization of the real-life Dr. Crippen case)
Walter Dew Glynn Edwards [32]
2.15 Artists in Crime Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn, police inspector Michael Allinson [33]
2.16 Deaths on the Champs Elysees Francis Didelot Commissaire Bignon Derek Godfrey [34]
2.17 The Murders in the Rue Morgue Edgar Allan Poe C. Auguste Dupin, French detective Edward Woodward [35]

Series Three

No. Title Original author(s) Detective(s) Actor(s) who portrayed detective(s) Notes
3.1 The Prisoner's Plea Hillary Waugh Fred Fellows, police officer Lee Montague [36]
3.2 The Singing Sands Josephine Tey Inspector Alan Grant, policeman John Carson [37]
3.3 The Public School Murder R.C. Woodthorpe Sir Luke Frinsby Cyril Luckham [38]
3.4 Put Out the Light Ethel Lina White Miss Pye Angela Baddeley [39]
3.5 The Tea-Leaf Edgar Jepson and Robert Eustace Ruth Kelstem Hannah Gordon [40]
3.6 Hunt the Peacock H.R.F. Keating Inspector Ganesh Ghote, Bombay policeman Zia Mohyeddin [41]
3.7 Elimination Round Ludovic Peters Ian Firth and John Smith David Buck and Meredith Edwards [42]
3.8 And So to Murder Carter Dickson Sir Henry Merrivale, amateur detective Martin Wyldeck [43]
3.9 The Poisoners Francis Didelot Commissaire Bignon Edward Woodward [44]
3.10 Mr. Guppy's Tale Charles Dickens Rev. Clarence Purefoy Geoffrey Rose [45]

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