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The View from Daniel Pike

TV·1971–1973·2 seasons, 13 episodes·BBC Two·Crime, Drama·50m·Created by Edward Boyd

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The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season016Episodes1971AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Philomena and the Tattie-HowkersNovember 25, 1971When Michael Holmes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him, a dangero
  2. S01E02The Manufactured ClueDecember 2, 1971Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory and Pike
  3. S01E03Little Bird LostDecember 9, 1971Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.
  4. S01E04The Short Price PremiumDecember 16, 1971When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.
  5. S01E05A Tale of Two CitiesDecember 23, 1971Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!
  6. S01E06So This Is OlympusDecember 30, 1971Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season027Episodes1972–73AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Big Fleas, Little FleasDecember 31, 1972The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike finds himself working on the side of villainy.
  2. S02E02Credit Where It's DueJanuary 7, 1973Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
  3. S02E03Away MatchJanuary 14, 1973Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.
  4. S02E04None So BlindJanuary 21, 1973Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
  5. S02E05Pig in the MiddleJanuary 28, 1973Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
  6. S02E06A Slight Case of AbsalomFebruary 4, 1973The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.
  7. S02E07Four WallsFebruary 11, 1973Pike is sought to help four bank robbers escape Glasgow, because one of them is his ex-wife.

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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