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Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one.
In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01The First StepFebruary 25, 1977—Raffles is visited by old school chum Harry 'Bunny' Manders, who has fallen on hard times. Penniless himself, Raffles comes up with a scheme
- S01E02A Costume PieceFebruary 25, 1977—Brash and crude, Reuben Rosenthall is a real 'rough diamond': a self-made millionaire who wears his wealth in the most ostentatious way poss
- S01E03The Spoils of SacrilegeMarch 4, 1977—Bunny feels he needs to do more to justify his share of their ill-gotten gains, so the partners in crime plan a job in which he takes the le
- S01E04The Gold CupMarch 11, 1977—Raffles and Bunny swipe the famous Royal Gold Cup from the British Museum, but a group of criminologists track them down, suspecting Raffles
- S01E05The Chest of SilverMarch 18, 1977—Raffles tells Bunny that he is going off to Scotland to improve his Scots dialect. During his absence his rooms at The Albany will be renova
- S01E06The Last LaughMarch 25, 1977—Visiting a reception at the Italian Ambassador's one evening, Raffles and Bunny conspire to steal an item of jewellery which is on display.
- S01E07A Trap to Catch a CracksmanApril 1, 1977—Loud mouthed Barney Maguire is America's champion heavy weight boxer. At Raffles' Club one evening he brags to Raffles and Bunny that he ha
- S01E08To Catch a ThiefApril 8, 1977—Somebody is setting himself up in opposition to Raffles as another gentleman thief, and Raffles doesn't like it, as he is being accused by I
- S01E09A Bad NightApril 15, 1977—Raffles has his eye on the Van Den Berg's wedding presents, but finds that he has an engagement at Lord's to play cricket on the day that th
- S01E10Mr. Justice RafflesApril 22, 1977—A friend of Raffles', Teddy Garland, finds that he is in debt to the vicious moneylender, Brigstock. Raffles and Bunny pay a visit to Brigs
- S01E11Home AffairsApril 29, 1977—Sir Arthur Rumbold, the pompous Secretary for Home Affairs, announces that he wishes to introduce much tougher penalties for offences agains
- S01E12The Gift of the EmperorMay 6, 1977—Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is seeking to embarrass the British Government by using Herr Von Heumann, one of his agents, to hand back a pricel
- S01E13An Old FlameMay 13, 1977—Wandering the streets of London one night with Bunny, Raffles, who is becoming bored and blase about the ease with which he is able to steal
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