Margery Allingham
Director
Campion (1989)
Season 2
Campion is a television show made by the BBC, adapting the Albert Campion mystery novels written by Margery Allingham. Two series were made, in 1989 and 1990, starring Peter Davison as Campion, Brian Glover as his manservant Magersfontein Lugg and Andrew Burt as his policeman friend Stanislaus Oates. A total of eight novels were adapted, four in each series, each of which was originally broadcast as two separate hour-long episodes. Peter Davison sang the title music for the first series himself; in the second series, it was replaced with an instrumental version.
Released Jan. 22, 1989
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Sweet Danger (1)
Campion searches for the crown of a lost kingdom. Campion is asked to find documents that will prove that the Frittons are the rightful owners of a tiny Dalmatian state where oil has been discovered.
Jan. 12, 1990, midnight
S2E2 - Sweet Danger (2)
Campion returns to Pontisbright in disguise in order to track down Savanke.
Jan. 19, 1989, midnight
S2E3 - Dancers in Mourning (1)
Campion visits the country house of the famous dancer Jimmy Sutane to investigate a string of unpleasant practical jokes, and falls in love. On Campion's first night at White Walls, another guest, Chloe Pye dies - though whether by accident, murder or suicide remains to be seen. Then there are more deaths, and Campion finds himself under pressure.
Feb. 9, 1990, midnight
S2E4 - Dancers in Mourning (2)
Influenced by his feelings for Linda Sutane, Campion refuses to believe the evidence against her husband Jimmy, and continues trying to clear his name. But when another murder occurs, Sutane's innocence becomes impossible to sustain.
Feb. 16, 1990, midnight
S2E5 - Flowers for the Judge (1)
Campion is drawn into the family feuds besetting the Golden Quill publishing business. One of the Barnabas family, who own the company, is found dead, leaving Campion's friend, Mike Barnabas, as the chief suspect.
Feb. 23, 1990, midnight
S2E6 - Flowers for the Judge (2)
Campion is determined to prove the innocence of his friend Mike Barnabas, arrested for the murder of Paul Brande, but in trying to do so he puts his own life in jeopardy.
March 2, 1990, midnight
S2E7 - Mystery Mile (1)
American Judge Crowdy Lobbett has suffered several attempts on his life and has decided to leave the United States and travel to England in the hope of finding a safe haven. The Lobbett family meet Campion on board their transatlantic liner, and the Judge's son Marlowe asks him to help with their problems. Campion takes the Lobbetts to the village of Mystery Mile, where he has friends, but the Simister gang is on the Judge's trail and he soon disappears, leaving Campion and the Lobbetts with a kidnapping to solve in a hurry.
March 9, 1990, midnight
S2E8 - Mystery Mile (2)
Judge Lobbett mysteriously disappears, Biddy Pagett is kidnapped and Lugg tries to warn Campion off the Simister mob investigation, but he refuses to give in.
March 16, 1990, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 800 min.
Released: Jan. 22, 1989
Last Air Date: March 16, 1990, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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