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Series · 1964–1969Ended

Detective

9.0·3 seasons·45 episodes·60 min avg.

A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC programmes made before the early 1970s, many of its episodes no longer exist. Of the eighteen episodes from the first season only twelve are currently known to exist; likewise six of the sixteen editions from the second run are considered lost, and just one of the final ten survives in the archives.

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The Moving Toyshop
The Moving ToyshopUp next
Mar 30, 1964

A poet finds a body in a toyshop. But when he returns with the police the next morning, the body has disappeared–and so has the toyshop.

02
The Drawing
The Drawing
Apr 6, 1964
03
Trent's Last Case
Trent's Last Case
Apr 13, 1964

A pair of damaged shoes help Philip Trent to solve the mystery of a tycoon's death, but the solution reveals astounding facts even he had not suspected.

04
End of Chapter
End of Chapter
Apr 20, 1964
05
The Judas Window
The Judas Window
Apr 27, 1964
06
Dishonoured Bones
Dishonoured Bones
May 4, 1964

Archeologist and amateur sleuth Martin Cotterill is working on a dig in the small village of Panverne when he discovers a body recently dumped in his trench.

07
The Man Who Murdered in Public
The Man Who Murdered in Public
May 11, 1964
08
The Speckled Band
The Speckled Band
May 18, 1964
09
The Night of the Horns
The Night of the Horns
May 25, 1964
10
Subject: Murder
Subject: Murder
Jun 1, 1964
11
Death in Ecstacy
Death in Ecstacy
Jun 8, 1964
12
A Connoisseur's Case
A Connoisseur's Case
Jun 15, 1964
13
The Loring Mystery
The Loring Mystery
Jun 22, 1964
14
The Hungry Spider
The Hungry Spider
Jun 29, 1964

Eve Gill driving a lorry carrying smuggled rum. Following a smash she is helped into the Forsyth home. While there she spies Mrs Forsyth murder her husband with a lethal injection but fears she may be blamed.

15
The Case of Oscar Brodski
The Case of Oscar Brodski
Jul 6, 1964

Oscar Brodski is believed to have fallen to his death in front of an oncoming train. Passenger Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke believes it is murder rather than suicide.

16
The Speaking Eye
The Speaking Eye
Jul 13, 1964
17
Death of a Fellow Traveller
Death of a Fellow Traveller
Jul 20, 1964
18
The Quick One
The Quick One
Jul 27, 1964

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