Redcap
Redcap
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Redcap

6.0 / 10
1964
2 seasons
26 episodes
Drama

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.

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'Redcap' opening titles (1964)

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.It's What Comes After

    17-10-196460m

    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.

  • Ep 2

    2.A Town Called Love

    24-10-196460m

    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 a...

  • Ep 3

    3.Epitaph for a Sweat

    31-10-196460m

    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 acc...

  • Ep 4

    4.Misfire

    07-11-196460m

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.Corporal McCann's Private War

    14-11-196460m

    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 det...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Orderly Officer

    21-11-196460m

    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...

  • Ep 7

    7.Night Watch

    28-11-196460m

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Boys of B Company

    05-12-196460m

    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...

  • Ep 9

    9.A Regiment of the Line

    12-12-196460m

    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...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Man They Did

    19-12-196460m

    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 beg...

  • Ep 11

    11.A Question of Initiative

    02-01-196560m

    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 a...

  • Ep 12

    12.A Place of Refuge

    09-01-196560m

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.The Patrol

    16-01-196560m

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