Redcap (1964)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1964-10-17
Last Air Date: 1966-06-25
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 26
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann
- Ian McShane as Sapper Russell
- Ewan Hooper as N/A
- Peter Copley as N/A
- Brian Wilde as N/A
- Diana Coupland as N/A
- Mike Pratt as N/A
- Jack Smethurst as N/A
- Graham Crowden as N/A
- Gary Bond as N/A
Seasons
Season 1 (1964)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: It's What Comes After
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.
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Ep. 2: A Town Called Love
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.
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Ep. 3: Epitaph for a Sweat
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.
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Ep. 4: Misfire
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 5: Corporal McCann's Private War
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Ep. 6: The Orderly Officer
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Ep. 7: Night Watch
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Ep. 8: The Boys of B Company
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.
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Ep. 9: A Regiment of the Line
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.
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Ep. 10: The Man They Did
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.
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Ep. 11: A Question of Initiative
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.
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Ep. 12: A Place of Refuge
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.
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Ep. 13: The Patrol
No overview for this episode.
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