John Thaw
Sergeant John Mann
Redcap (1964)
Season 1
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes 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.
Released Oct. 16, 1964
Episode 60 min
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Keywords: imdb.military-police, imdb.partially-lost-tv-series
Production Companies: Associated British Picture Corporation
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - It's What Comes After
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.
Oct. 17, 1964, midnight
S1E2 - A Town Called Love
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.
Oct. 24, 1964, midnight
S1E3 - Epitaph for a Sweat
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.
Oct. 31, 1964, midnight
S1E4 - Misfire
Nov. 7, 1964, midnight
S1E5 - Corporal McCann's Private War
Nov. 14, 1964, midnight
S1E6 - The Orderly Officer
Nov. 21, 1964, midnight
S1E7 - Night Watch
Nov. 28, 1964, midnight
S1E8 - The Boys of B Company
At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one has nearly committed suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous boy officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.
Dec. 5, 1964, midnight
S1E9 - A Regiment of the Line
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.
Dec. 12, 1964, midnight
S1E10 - The Man They Did
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.
Dec. 19, 1964, midnight
S1E11 - A Question of Initiative
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.
Jan. 2, 1965, midnight
S1E12 - A Place of Refuge
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.
Jan. 9, 1965, midnight
S1E13 - The Patrol
Jan. 16, 1965, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Oct. 16, 1964
Last Air Date: June 25, 1966, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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