Sergeant Cork
Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Case of the Reluctant Widow
29-06-196360mIf it was murder, who was responsible? The dead man's wife, Julie? The young cafe assistant, Clive? Sergeant Cork, one of the pioneers of the newly formed C.I.D., applies his un...
- Ep 2
2.The Case of the Girl Upstairs
06-07-196360mLucy Beasley is certain that a crime is being committed in the Beasley household and she implores Cork to investigate. Is she a bitter, frustrated woman out to cause trouble, or a...
- Ep 3
3.The Case of the Two Drowned Men
13-07-196360mWhen Cork and Marriott begin their investigations to find two criminals wanted for murdering a bank messenger; a tip off takes them to the London waterfront, where they uncover a s...
- Ep 4
4.The Case of the Knotted Scarf
20-07-196360mCork and Marriott are called in to investigate the murder of a retired general's young wife, found strangled in a derelict bungalow in the grounds of an old country house is Devons...
- Ep 5
5.The Case of the Stagedoor Johnnie
27-07-196360mKate Seymour, a young star of the music hall, receives poison pen letters threatening her engagement to John Stratton, a stagedoor Johnnie.
- Ep 6
6.The Case of the Respectable Suicide
03-08-196360mCork and Marriott are called in to investigate what appears to be a case of suicide when Mr Bertram, a respectable and deeply religious man, is found dead by his housekeeper, Mrs H...
- Ep 7
7.The Case of the Slithy Tove
10-08-196360mAn urchin sees a mysterious gentleman visiting Trumble, an ex-criminal, in his slum house. When Trumble is later found dead, the urchin goes to Cork.
- Ep 8
8.The Case of the Persistant Assassin
17-08-196360mPrince Frederick of Silecia arrives in London on a trade mission for his country. Cork is made responsible for his safety, and faces the problem of discovering those who are plott...
- Ep 9
9.The Case of the Sleeping Coachman
24-08-196360mIn spite of opposition from the Melrose family, Cork is determined to discover the murderer of a laundry maid, whose body is found in their stable by a drunken coachman.
- Ep 10
10.The Case of the Soldier's Rifle
31-08-196360mA strike at a factory; the army is called in to keep order, and during a riot outside the gates a striker is shot. Accident or murder?
- Ep 11
11.Case of the Public Paragon
07-09-196360mCook is summoned when an up-and-coming politician is murdered. His wife and the maidservant found a burglar standing over his body, but they are unable to distinguish any of his f...
- Ep 12
12.The Case of Ella Barnes
14-09-196360mElla Barnes - a sewing girl from the East End of London - is found drowned in a canal. At the inquest, however, it is revealed that she had been attacked before she drowned.
- Ep 13
13.The Case of the Gold Salesmen
21-09-196360mKlein, a money lender, suspects fraud when a man called Carylon offers to sell him gold bars at a cut price. He calls in Cork and Marriott, who set a trap to discover whether Klei...
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