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Red Cap is a British television drama series produced by Stormy Pictures for the BBC and broadcast on BBC One. Two series of six episodes each were produced following a feature length pilot. It featured the investigations of an Special Investigation Branch unit of the British Army based in Germany. Ostensibly the lead character was Sergeant Jo McDonagh, played by Tamzin Outhwaite, but the show was more of an ensemble piece, with several notable characters coming to prominence.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01H-HourJanuary 7, 2003—During a live-firing exercise Private Andy Walden a member of the Bedford Light Infantry is killed. Meanwhile Corporal Jo McDonagh is invest
- S01E02CrushJanuary 14, 2003—An exhausted Private Tracey Walters of the Royal Logistics Corps is driving an army truck full of Royal Cambria Fusiliers back from a three-
- S01E03Espirit de CorpsJanuary 21, 2003—Willi Hartung, a German Police Sergeant is shot dead by a gunman during a failed robbery attempt - just one in a sequence of similar crimes
- S01E04Cover StoryJanuary 28, 2003—Journalist Theresa Brock goes missing after following the lives of the Derbyshires on a chemical warfare exercise. Whilst a pornographic pic
- S01E05Cold WarFebruary 4, 2003—Sensitive information is stolen, while Roper is under threat from an IRA informant. Roper is warned that Liam Young has leaked information t
- S01E06PaybackFebruary 11, 2003—Jo goes undercover to investigate a drug dealer who is suspected of smuggling illegal drugs into the country in army transport crates.
Season02
- S02E01BetrayedJanuary 8, 2004—Sergeant Jo McDonagh is in Bosnia on Close Protection detail as part of an international operation to capture wanted war criminal Radan Vlad
- S02E02True LoveJanuary 15, 2004—While boar-hunting Lance Corporal Clive Morrigan becomes prey to another hunter. Investigation into his death leads from poaching to more i
- S02E03Red LightJanuary 22, 2004—SIB must determine whether the fall a British soldier took from a hotel balcony was accidental. Their investigation uncovers stolen army su
- S02E04Fighting FitJanuary 29, 2004—Investigation into the death of a private during routine training exercises reveals the existence of an underground fight circuit. Suspicio
- S02E05Friendly FireFebruary 5, 2004—Lance Corporal Paul Engels is killed by a stray mortar, and Sgt. Charlie Fleckner narrowly escapes, SIB are called in to investigate what ap
- S02E06Long Time DeadFebruary 12, 2004—A group of soldiers are sitting in a garage playing cards and drinking. Private Barham is drunk but decides he wants more and takes off in a
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