Campion (1989–1990)
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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.
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- 01Sweet Danger (2)Campion returns to Pontisbright in disguise in order to track down Savanke.
- 02Flowers 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.
- 03Look to the Lady (1)Campion learns that a mediaeval relic called the Gyrth Chalice, which for hundreds of years has been in the care of the Gyrth family at the village of Sanctuary, is threatened by an international gang of art thieves. For the Gyrths the stakes are high - if they lose the Chalice, their country estate will revert to the Crown. Campion travels to Sanctuary with Val Gyrth, and almost at once Val's aunt Lady Diana is found dead in the middle of a wood, apparently frightened to death... it seems the gang is already on the job.
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Season01
- S01E01Season's bestLook to the Lady (1)January 22, 1989Campion learns that a mediaeval relic called the Gyrth Chalice, which for hundreds of years has been in the care of the Gyrth family at the
- S01E02Look to the Lady (2)January 29, 1989When the safety of the ancient Gyrth Chalice is threatened, Campion embarks on a dangerous assignment to protect it. He soon discovers that
- S01E03Police at the Funeral (1)February 5, 1989A murderer is on the loose at Cambridge, where the family of the late Professor John Faraday is being murdered. His niece's husband Andrew i
- S01E04Police at the Funeral (2)February 12, 1989Campion receives a letter from an old Cambridge friend, asking him to help find a missing uncle of his fiancée. Campion is convinced that t
- S01E05The Case of the Late Pig (1)February 19, 1989'Pig' Peters dies and is buried... but then he turns up dead again...
- S01E06The Case of the Late Pig (2)February 26, 1989Campion investigates the murder of 'Pig' Peters, whose funeral he attended three months earlier.
- S01E07Death of a Ghost (1)March 5, 1989Campion, getting away from it all, visits his friend Belle Lafcadio, a rich art collector. Trouble begins with murder at an exhibition of pi
- S01E08Death of a Ghost (2)March 12, 1989Campion is convinced that a third murder is imminent. The inquest into the death of Claire Potter reveals that she died from nicotine poiso
Season02Best season
- S02E01Sweet Danger (1)January 12, 1990Campion searches for the crown of a lost kingdom. Campion is asked to find documents that will prove that the Frittons are the rightful ow
- S02E02Season's bestSweet Danger (2)January 19, 1989Campion returns to Pontisbright in disguise in order to track down Savanke.
- S02E03Dancers in Mourning (1)February 9, 1990Campion visits the country house of the famous dancer Jimmy Sutane to investigate a string of unpleasant practical jokes, and falls in love.
- S02E04Dancers in Mourning (2)February 16, 1990Influenced by his feelings for Linda Sutane, Campion refuses to believe the evidence against her husband Jimmy, and continues trying to clea
- S02E05Flowers for the Judge (1)February 23, 1990Campion is drawn into the family feuds besetting the Golden Quill publishing business. One of the Barnabas family, who own the company, is f
- S02E06Flowers for the Judge (2)March 2, 1990Campion 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
- S02E07Mystery Mile (1)March 9, 1990American Judge Crowdy Lobbett has suffered several attempts on his life and has decided to leave the United States and travel to England in
- S02E08Mystery Mile (2)March 16, 1990Judge Lobbett mysteriously disappears, Biddy Pagett is kidnapped and Lugg tries to warn Campion off the Simister mob investigation, but he r
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