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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.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Philomena and the Tattie-HowkersNovember 25, 1971—When Michael Holmes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him, a dangero
- S01E02The Manufactured ClueDecember 2, 1971—Pike 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
- S01E03Little Bird LostDecember 9, 1971—Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.
- S01E04The Short Price PremiumDecember 16, 1971—When 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.
- S01E05A Tale of Two CitiesDecember 23, 1971—Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!
- S01E06So This Is OlympusDecember 30, 1971—Pike 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.
Season02
- S02E01Big Fleas, Little FleasDecember 31, 1972—The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike finds himself working on the side of villainy.
- S02E02Credit Where It's DueJanuary 7, 1973—Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
- S02E03Away MatchJanuary 14, 1973—Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.
- S02E04None So BlindJanuary 21, 1973—Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
- S02E05Pig in the MiddleJanuary 28, 1973—Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
- S02E06A Slight Case of AbsalomFebruary 4, 1973—The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.
- S02E07Four WallsFebruary 11, 1973—Pike is sought to help four bank robbers escape Glasgow, because one of them is his ex-wife.
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