Redcap

Redcap  - TV series (1964)

Original title

Redcap

Released

10/17/1964

Origin country

GB

Genre

Drama

Production companies

Associated British Picture Corporation

Status

Ended

Number of seasons

2

Number of episodes

26

Description

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966, being about 50 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for a 1960s ABC Weekend Television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.

Сезони

Season 1

Season 1

13 серій

17/10/1964

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It's What Comes After

17/10/1964

Mann's investigation of a soldier going AWOL uncovers a sexual attack on an officer's wife, and that officer's inexplicable reluctance to do anything about it.

A Town Called Love

2. A Town Called Love

24/10/1964

In West Berlin, a British solder has injured a call girl, and rather than face charges, defects to the East Germans. To spare the soldier's wife, Mann goes "Over The Wall" too in an attempt to bring him back.

Epitaph for a Sweat

3. Epitaph for a Sweat

31/10/1964

In Aden, a tough Sargent badly beats a native boy,enough to hospitalize him. Mann is sent to look into it, but midway through the investigation, the Sargent meets with a deadly accident.

Misfire

4. Misfire

07/11/1964

Corporal McCann's Private War

14/11/1964

The Orderly Officer

6. The Orderly Officer

21/11/1964

Night Watch

7. Night Watch

28/11/1964

The Boys of B Company

05/12/1964

At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one has nearly committed suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous boy officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.

A Regiment of the Line

12/12/1964

A Scots contingent serves duty in a west German town, but they fight and bully their way amongst the locals. When three of them murder the owner of a pub, Mann must discern who is responsible.

The Man They Did

10. The Man They Did

19/12/1964

When a soldier dies of exhaustion on a routine hike with pack, The officers above him are at odds with whether he was intentionally overworked or if he was unfit for service to begin with.

A Question of Initiative

02/01/1965

When a German civilian is run down by a group of British soldiers in a stolen car, Mann finds out the pressures on the men that pushed them to do it, and those involving the base and it's personnel with local politics.

A Place of Refuge

12. A Place of Refuge

09/01/1965

In West Germany, an officer's suicide leads to a supposed refugee hospital, where almost twenty years after the war, there's few residents, but dangerous drugs in abundance.

The Patrol

13. The Patrol

16/01/1965

Season 2

Season 2

13 серій

02/04/1966

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Crime Passionel

1. Crime Passionel

02/04/1966

Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the witnesses.

The Pride of the Regiment

09/04/1966

The Killer

3. The Killer

16/04/1966

A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.

Buckingham Palace

4. Buckingham Palace

23/04/1966

A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.

Rough Justice

5. Rough Justice

30/04/1966

The Moneylenders

6. The Moneylenders

07/05/1966

Strictly by the Book

14/05/1966

Peterson's Private Army

21/05/1966

Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.

Stag Party

9. Stag Party

28/05/1966

Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.

An Ambush Among Friends

04/06/1966

The Alibi

11. The Alibi

11/06/1966

The Proper Charlie

12. The Proper Charlie

18/06/1966

Information Received

25/06/1966

In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.

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