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Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Marks. He employs the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertakes in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01CULT 'Murder shrieks out'September 21, 1969—REPORT 5055 Strange and his team are called in after a performer with links to a charity organization dies under unusual circumstances. When
- S01E02SKELETON 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie'September 28, 1969—REPORT 0649 The remains of a Blitz victim found while clearing a site reveal the man was murdered first. Strange and his cohorts try to solv
- S01E03HOSTAGE 'If you won't learn, die!'October 5, 1969—REPORT 2641 A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped and a ransom note delivered. Strange must battle against the time table of the kidnappers and t
- S01E04LONELYHEARTS 'Who killed Dan Cupid?'October 12, 1969—REPORT 0846 Strange is asked to look into the death of the founder of a dating society. As the investigation continues, he discovers the si
- S01E05GRENADE 'What price change?'October 19, 1969—REPORT 8319 Two opposing factions at a university are planning various activities to protest about the setting-up of a defence research unit
- S01E06COVER GIRLS 'Last year's model'October 26, 1969—REPORT 3906 The latest designs of an exclusive fashion house are stolen just before an important show, then mysteriously returned. Strange
- S01E07Epidemic - 'A Most Curious Crime'November 2, 1969—Report 3424 Adam finds himself facing a man who turns blood into gold - by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country and making vast pr
- S01E08REVENGE 'When a man hates'November 9, 1969—REPORT 2475 A man hunts the men who put him in prison. His suffering wife slowly realizes his goal. Will she do the right thing, and will it
- S01E09SHRAPNEL 'The wish in the dream'November 23, 1969—REPORT 1021 A piece of shrapnel in a dead man's body reveals an unexpected twist in an eternal triangle that reaches out of the past. Calle
- S01E10HAND 'A matter of witchcraft'November 30, 1969—REPORT 8944 Adam and Ham find themselves immersed in the chilling world of witchcraft when a beautiful young office secretary is murdered i
- S01E11RACIST 'A most dangerous proposal'December 7, 1969—REPORT 1553 An outspoken minister is shot at a party hosted by a young woman. Evidence mounts that indicate her father, the head of a racis
- S01E12SNIPER 'When is your cousin not?'December 14, 1969—REPORT 7931 Student demonstrations in an East European country, and murder, involve Adam Strange in a search for truth as well as a killer.
- S01E13X-RAY 'Who weeps for the doctor'December 21, 1969—REPORT 4821 A hospital staff dance later ends in tragedy with the unexpected death of a neuro-surgeon - following his angry outburst at col
- S01E14KIDNAP 'Whose pretty girl are you?'December 28, 1969—REPORT 2493 When a beauty queen is 'kidnapped', Adam must find out whether the event has been organised as a publicity stunt or for real? I
- S01E15HEART 'No Choice for the Donor'January 4, 1970—REPORT 4407 The police are baffled. A famous heart surgeon has been kidnapped but no random note is delivered nor is anything heard from ab
- S01E16SWINDLE 'Square root of evil'January 11, 1970—REPORT 4977 When a Bank of England company responsible for printing genuine bank notes are duped into carrying out a massive order for a ga
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