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Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police.
It ran for 26 episodes over two series between 1964 and 1966, being about 50 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for a 1960s ABC Weekend Television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.
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- 01Information ReceivedIn the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01It's What Comes AfterOctober 17, 1964—Mann's investigation of a soldier going AWOL uncovers a sexual attack on an officer's wife, and that officer's inexplicable reluctance to do
- S01E02A Town Called LoveOctober 24, 1964—In West Berlin, a British solder has injured a call girl, and rather than face charges, defects to the East Germans. To spare the soldier's
- S01E03Epitaph for a SweatOctober 31, 1964—In Aden, a tough Sargent badly beats a native boy,enough to hospitalize him. Mann is sent to look into it, but midway through the investigat
- S01E04MisfireNovember 7, 1964—Mann's suspicions are aroused when a soldier confesses to a crime he obviously didn't commit. Mann's determination to prove the man's innoce
- S01E05Corporal McCann's Private WarNovember 14, 1964—Detailed to investigate a charge that a soldier in Cyprus is guilty black-market activities – and suspected murder – Mann finds that he need
- S01E06The Orderly OfficerNovember 21, 1964—Investigating a difficult case, Mann finds his movements restrained by 'internal arrangement'. Much to the ire of a superior officer, he ski
- S01E07Night WatchNovember 28, 1964—When a regiment returns from Borneo and reports that their unit is being haunted by a ghost, Mann turns ghostbuster to allay their fears – b
- S01E08The Boys of B CompanyDecember 5, 1964—At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one nearly commits suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann
- S01E09A Regiment of the LineDecember 12, 1964—A Scots contingent serves duty in a west German town, but they fight and bully their way amongst the locals. When three of them murder the o
- S01E10The Man They DidDecember 19, 1964—When a soldier dies of exhaustion on a routine hike with pack, The officers above him are at odds with whether he was intentionally overwork
- S01E11A Question of InitiativeJanuary 2, 1965—When a German civilian is run down by a group of British soldiers in a stolen car, Mann finds out the pressures on the men that pushed them
- S01E12A Place of RefugeJanuary 9, 1965—In West Germany, an officer's suicide leads to a supposed refugee hospital, where almost twenty years after the war, there's few residents,
- S01E13The PatrolJanuary 16, 1965—
Season02
- S02E01Crime PassionelApril 2, 1966—Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the w
- S02E02The Pride of the RegimentApril 9, 1966—
- S02E03The KillerApril 16, 1966—A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.
- S02E04Buckingham PalaceApril 23, 1966—A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a sh
- S02E05Rough JusticeApril 30, 1966—
- S02E06The MoneylendersMay 7, 1966—
- S02E07Strictly by the BookMay 14, 1966—
- S02E08Peterson's Private ArmyMay 21, 1966—Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.
- S02E09Stag PartyMay 28, 1966—Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other
- S02E10An Ambush Among FriendsJune 4, 1966—
- S02E11The AlibiJune 11, 1966—
- S02E12The Proper CharlieJune 18, 1966—
- S02E13Information ReceivedJune 25, 1966In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Ma
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