Dangerous Knowledge
Dangerous Knowledge
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Dangerous Knowledge

8.0 / 10
1976
1 season
6 episodes
Mystery

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Comprehensive Cover

    19-05-197625m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Deadly Policy

    26-05-197625m

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.Clause for Concern

    02-06-197625m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.Death Risk

    09-06-197625m

    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. Kirb...

  • Ep 5

    5.Surrender Value

    16-06-197625m

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.Dividends

    23-06-197625m

    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 t...

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