The View from Daniel Pike (1971)
Synopsis
The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.
First Air Date: 1971-11-25
Last Air Date: 1973-02-11
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 13
Created By: Edward Boyd
Networks: BBC Two
Top Cast
- Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike
- Elizabeth Begley as Philomena Hawley
- Neil McCarthy as Phelim McGill
- Andrew Byatt as Terry McIlvanney
- Tony Hayes as Michael Holmes
- Ron Bain as Tony Patterson
- Gay Hamilton as Angela Williamson
- John Young as Barman
- Kevin Collins as Old Man
- Willie Joss as Middle-Aged Man
Seasons
Series 1 (1971)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Philomena and the Tattie-Howkers
When Michael Holmes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him, a dangerous business when working for Philomena Hawley.
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Ep. 2: The Manufactured Clue
Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory and Pike has to use his own methods to bring the murderer to book.
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Ep. 3: Little Bird Lost
Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.
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Ep. 4: The Short Price Premium
When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.
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Ep. 5: A Tale of Two Cities
Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!
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Ep. 6: So This Is Olympus
Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.
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