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Gideon's Way

TV·1965–1966·1 season, 26 episodes·ITV1·Drama·1h·Created by John Creasey

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Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.

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Episodes by season

Season0126Episodes1965–66AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01State VisitMarch 18, 1965An elderly Jewish man, a survivor of the German concentration camps, becomes obsessed with the arrival of the West German President for a st
  2. S01E02The 'V' MenMarch 25, 1965The Victory Movement is a fascist political party that is contesting the next election and a bomb is exploded outside the flat of the party'
  3. S01E03The FirebugApril 1, 1965Fires are being set at random in south London, all in abandoned properties, until one kills some squatters,and C.I.D. looks into it. The ars
  4. S01E04The Big FixApril 8, 1965A stable hand is beaten to death and, in his dying confession, he says he was beaten up because he was asked to dope a horse. Gideon is aske
  5. S01E05The HousekeeperApril 15, 1965A serial murderess is on the loose, a woman that poses as a housekeeper that preys on OAPs with money. She eludes capture by her penchant fo
  6. S01E06The Lady-KillerApril 22, 1965The new husband of Inspector Keen's girlfriend's best friend has the worst luck - his wives keep turning up dead. When it's discovered that
  7. S01E07To Catch a TigerApril 29, 1965The victim of a car accident gives a death bed statement that says a man murdered his first wife with an overdose of morphine. Gideon is det
  8. S01E08Big Fish Little FishMay 6, 1965Gideon's car almost hits a young pick-pocket, who is being controlled by his mother. This leads him to investigate a fence who is controllin
  9. S01E09The White RatMay 13, 1965A series of warehouse robberies are led by a creepy albino mastermind who obsesses over a pet rat. After a night watchman is killed during a
  10. S01E10How to Retire Without Really WorkingMay 20, 1965A middle-age couple commit a small time crime once a month and live off the swag, but after a threatening visit from Gideon, they plan one l
  11. S01E11Subway to RevengeMay 27, 1965A man tries to push an accountant off a crowded subway platform. Only his friend takes it seriously and pesters Gideon to look for the would
  12. S01E12The Great Plane RobberyJune 3, 1965A group of thieves successfully steal a £1 000 000 shipment of gold from a plane that has just landed from Moscow. It was very well organise
  13. S01E13Gang WarJune 10, 1965A protection-racketing gang of thugs is in a bloody turf war, but their leader sees a way out of the slums and on to the good life by way of
  14. S01E14The Tin GodJune 17, 1965Two criminals make a murderous escape from prison with a carefully executed plan. One is a violent gangster intent on revenge against his wi
  15. S01E15The Alibi ManJune 24, 1965A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic he proceeds to cover up the cri
  16. S01E16Fall High Fall HardApril 15, 1966There is corruption in the building industry by the co-owner of the building company. One clerk was murdered and another was bribed. When th
  17. S01E17The WallSeptember 16, 1965Netta's husband, Michael, has a big win on the football pools but then disappears. It appears as though he has run off but he is actually th
  18. S01E18The ProwlerApril 22, 1966A young man with a domineering mother snaps after the suicide of his fiancée, and goes about foggy London evenings choking girls and cutting
  19. S01E19The Thin Red LineFebruary 3, 1966The Balaclava Silver, which is the regimental silver crockery of a proud Scottish regiment, is gradually being stolen and replaced with fake
  20. S01E20A Perfect CrimeFebruary 10, 1966A stockbroker and safe-cracker join forces to pull jobs in wealthy homes. After the upper class crook commits a murder at one job, the crack
  21. S01E21The Millionaire's DaughterFebruary 17, 1966A well-known criminal has started a romance with the daughter of a rich couple from America and Gideon is suspicious. When she is kidnapped
  22. S01E22MornaFebruary 24, 1966After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends an
  23. S01E23Boy with GunMarch 3, 1966A milquetoast boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife, then, fearing his hard bitten police surgeon father, runs away and is join
  24. S01E24The Reluctant WitnessApril 26, 1966Some neighborhood thugs, who run a garage/stolen car ring, beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. When they figure out
  25. S01E25The Rhyme and the ReasonMay 3, 1966A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. Though many offer damning testimony, and his knife is found at the murder sce
  26. S01E26The NightlifersMay 10, 1966A group of bored and rich young people go from endless pot and booze parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city. Their creepy

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