Dangerous Knowledge (1976–1976)
Plot
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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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Comprehensive CoverMay 19, 1976—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 you
- S01E02A Deadly PolicyMay 26, 1976—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 he
- S01E03Clause for ConcernJune 2, 1976—A key contact of Kirby's is found shot dead, returning to France he discover the dead man had links to the KGB.
- S01E04Death RiskJune 9, 1976—Kirby obtains evidence that a key advisor to the British was a trained as Russian KGB agent and enters into negotiations with an American wh
- S01E05Surrender ValueJune 16, 1976—Kirby staggers home after being wounded at an intended rendezvous. He sends his son, Robin, to convince Laura not to return to school for th
- S01E06DividendsJune 23, 1976—Kirby, Fane, Vincent and Laura travel to Normandy to listen to Madame Lafois' claims that Fane's American political adviser is actually an u
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