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COLLECTION · Series · 1976

Dangerous Knowledge

A gritty six-part mystery thriller serial from 1976, starring John Gregson as Bill Kirby. Bill is an insurance salesman travelling back to the UK from France. Accompanied by Laura Marshall (Prunella Ransome), he has to evade the two armed agents that are following him. A series of murders follow and Bill tries to unmask who's behind them.

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* 8.0 (2)MysteryUnited Kingdom
Directors
Alan Gibson
Creators
N.J. Crisp
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
Southern Television
Runtime
25 min/ep
Release
19/05/1976
Score
8.0 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
6 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Comprehensive Cover
1976-05-19 · 25 min

Kirby tries to avoid a pair of suspicious-looking men whom he first observed on the Channel ferry from Le Havre. By scooping up a pretty young woman's luggage, he manages to elude them long enough to arrive at her marina, where he…

Episode 2. A Deadly Policy
1976-05-26 · 25 min

Roger Fane complements Laura Marshall, his step-daughter, on the way she kept tabs on Bill Kirby after he left the Channel Ferry and asks her to maintain contact. He explains that he fears that Kirby has learned something vital that could…

Episode 3. Clause for Concern
1976-06-02 · 25 min

A key contact of Kirby's is found shot dead, returning to France he discover the dead man had links to the KGB.

Episode 4. Death Risk
1976-06-09 · 25 min

Kirby obtains evidence that a key advisor to the British was a trained as Russian KGB agent and enters into negotiations with an American who implies he's working for the CIA. Kirby doesn't entirely trust the man, but agrees to secret…

Episode 5. Surrender Value
1976-06-16 · 25 min

Kirby staggers home after being wounded at an intended rendezvous. He sends his son, Robin, to convince Laura not to return to school for the next term immediately and join him in an attempt to convince her stepfather that a dangerous…

Episode 6. Dividends
1976-06-23 · 25 min

Kirby, Fane, Vincent and Laura travel to Normandy to listen to Madame Lafois' claims that Fane's American political adviser is actually an undercover Soviet agent, but learn that the old woman died after meeting with Kirby the previous…

Cast by season
John Gregson
John Gregson
Bill Kirby
Prunella Ransome
Prunella Ransome
Laura Marshall
Patrick Allen
Patrick Allen
Fane
Ruth Trouncer
Ruth Trouncer
Claire
Ralph Bates
Ralph Bates
Sanders
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