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COLLECTION · Series · 1964

Redcap

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. It ran for 26 episodes over two series 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.

Source: TMDB
* 8.0 (2)DramaUnited Kingdom
Creators
Jack Bell
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · ABC Weekend Television
Runtime
60 min/ep
Release
17/10/1964
Score
8.0 / 10 (2)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
13 episodes · 1964
Episode 1. It's What Comes After
1964-10-17 · 60 min

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.

Episode 2. A Town Called Love
1964-10-24 · 60 min

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.

Episode 3. Epitaph for a Sweat
1964-10-31 · 60 min

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.

Episode 4. Misfire
1964-11-07 · 60 min

Mann's suspicions are aroused when a soldier confesses to a crime he obviously didn't commit. Mann's determination to prove the man's innocence unearths an unusual love interest.

Episode 5. Corporal McCann's Private War
1964-11-14 · 60 min

Detailed to investigate a charge that a soldier in Cyprus is guilty black-market activities – and suspected murder – Mann finds that he needs his wits about him to track down a determined criminal.

Episode 6. The Orderly Officer
1964-11-21 · 60 min

Investigating a difficult case, Mann finds his movements restrained by 'internal arrangement'. Much to the ire of a superior officer, he skillfully sidesteps his orders – and makes a surprising discovery.

Episode 7. Night Watch
1964-11-28 · 60 min

When a regiment returns from Borneo and reports that their unit is being haunted by a ghost, Mann turns ghostbuster to allay their fears – but investigating ghost stories can prove ill-advised.

Episode 8. The Boys of B Company
1964-12-05 · 60 min

At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one nearly commits suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous young officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.

Episode 9. A Regiment of the Line
1964-12-12 · 60 min

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.

Episode 10. The Man They Did
1964-12-19 · 60 min

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.

Episode 11. A Question of Initiative
1965-01-02 · 60 min

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.

Episode 12. A Place of Refuge
1965-01-09 · 60 min

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.

Episode 13. The Patrol
1965-01-16 · 60 min

No synopsis

Series 2
13 episodes · 1966
Episode 1. Crime Passionel
1966-04-02 · 60 min

Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the witnesses.

Episode 2. The Pride of the Regiment
1966-04-09 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. The Killer
1966-04-16 · 60 min

A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.

Episode 4. Buckingham Palace
1966-04-23 · 60 min

A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.

Episode 5. Rough Justice
1966-04-30 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. The Moneylenders
1966-05-07 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Strictly by the Book
1966-05-14 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 8. Peterson's Private Army
1966-05-21 · 60 min

Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.

Episode 9. Stag Party
1966-05-28 · 60 min

Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.

Episode 10. An Ambush Among Friends
1966-06-04 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 11. The Alibi
1966-06-11 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 12. The Proper Charlie
1966-06-18 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 13. Information Received
1966-06-25 · 60 min

In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.

Cast by season
John Thaw
John Thaw
Sergeant John Mann
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