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COLLECTION · Series · 1989

Campion

Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates. A total of eight novels were adapted, four in each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Peter Davison sang the title music for the first series himself; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version.

Source: TMDB
* 6.1 (9)ComedyDramaMystery
Creators
Margery Allingham
Studios
BBC One
Runtime
50 min/ep
Release
22/01/1989
Score
6.1 / 10 (9)
Where to watch
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
1 episodes
Episode 1. DVD Bonus 'See For Yourself' - Behind The Scenes Campion
50 min

No synopsis

Season 1
8 episodes · 1989
Episode 1. Look to the Lady (1)
1989-01-22 · 50 min

Campion learns that a mediaeval relic called the Gyrth Chalice, which for hundreds of years has been in the care of the Gyrth family at the village of Sanctuary, is threatened by an international gang of art thieves. For the Gyrths the…

Episode 2. Look to the Lady (2)
1989-01-29 · 50 min

When the safety of the ancient Gyrth Chalice is threatened, Campion embarks on a dangerous assignment to protect it. He soon discovers that his adversary will stop at nothing - even murder - in order to get the Chalice.

Episode 3. Police at the Funeral (1)
1989-02-05 · 50 min

A murderer is on the loose at Cambridge, where the family of the late Professor John Faraday is being murdered. His niece's husband Andrew is found in the river with a bullet in his head, then his daughter Julia is poisoned and his son…

Episode 4. Police at the Funeral (2)
1989-02-12 · 50 min

Campion receives a letter from an old Cambridge friend, asking him to help find a missing uncle of his fiancée. Campion is convinced that the murderer is part of the Faraday household.

Episode 5. The Case of the Late Pig (1)
1989-02-19 · 50 min

'Pig' Peters dies and is buried... but then he turns up dead again...

Episode 6. The Case of the Late Pig (2)
1989-02-26 · 50 min

Campion investigates the murder of 'Pig' Peters, whose funeral he attended three months earlier.

Episode 7. Death of a Ghost (1)
1989-03-05 · 50 min

Campion, getting away from it all, visits his friend Belle Lafcadio, a rich art collector. Trouble begins with murder at an exhibition of pictures by a dead artist. First one body turns up, then another... and the identity of one of the…

Episode 8. Death of a Ghost (2)
1989-03-12 · 50 min

Campion is convinced that a third murder is imminent. The inquest into the death of Claire Potter reveals that she died from nicotine poisoning.

Season 2
8 episodes · 1990
Episode 1. Sweet Danger (1)
1990-01-12 · 50 min

Campion searches for the crown of a lost kingdom. Campion is asked to find documents that will prove that the Frittons are the rightful owners of a tiny Dalmatian state where oil has been discovered.

Episode 2. Sweet Danger (2)
1989-01-19 · 50 min

Campion returns to Pontisbright in disguise in order to track down Savanke.

Episode 3. Dancers in Mourning (1)
1990-02-09 · 50 min

Campion visits the country house of the famous dancer Jimmy Sutane to investigate a string of unpleasant practical jokes, and falls in love. On Campion's first night at White Walls, another guest, Chloe Pye dies - though whether by…

Episode 4. Dancers in Mourning (2)
1990-02-16 · 50 min

Influenced by his feelings for Linda Sutane, Campion refuses to believe the evidence against her husband Jimmy, and continues trying to clear his name. But when another murder occurs, Sutane's innocence becomes impossible to sustain.

Episode 5. Flowers for the Judge (1)
1990-02-23 · 50 min

Campion is drawn into the family feuds besetting the Golden Quill publishing business. One of the Barnabas family, who own the company, is found dead, leaving Campion's friend, Mike Barnabas, as the chief suspect.

Episode 6. Flowers for the Judge (2)
1990-03-02 · 50 min

Campion is determined to prove the innocence of his friend Mike Barnabas, arrested for the murder of Paul Brande, but in trying to do so he puts his own life in jeopardy.

Episode 7. Mystery Mile (1)
1990-03-09 · 50 min

American Judge Crowdy Lobbett has suffered several attempts on his life and has decided to leave the United States and travel to England in the hope of finding a safe haven. The Lobbett family meet Campion on board their transatlantic…

Episode 8. Mystery Mile (2)
1990-03-16 · 50 min

Judge Lobbett mysteriously disappears, Biddy Pagett is kidnapped and Lugg tries to warn Campion off the Simister mob investigation, but he refuses to give in.

Cast by season
Peter Davison
Peter Davison
Albert Campion
Brian Glover
Brian Glover
Magersfontein Lugg
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