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Wilde Alliance

TV·1978–1978·1 season, 13 episodes·ITV1·Comedy, Mystery, Crime·1h·Created by Ian Mackintosh

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Wilde Alliance is a 1978 British television programme created by Ian Mackintosh and produced by Yorkshire Television for l ITV. The light-hearted mystery series follows husband-and-wife amateur detectives Rupert and Amy Wilde.

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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1978AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01A Question of ResearchJanuary 17, 1978Rupert and Amy contend with a phony telephone engineer and a white slave trader.
  2. S01E02Flower PowerJanuary 24, 1978Rupert is led a merry dance by an old flame and a long-lost orchid.
  3. S01E03Too Much, Too OftenJanuary 31, 1978Rupert and Amy get into a spot of trouble when spending the weekend with old friend Helen Bardsley, whose husband David seems not all that r
  4. S01E04Wilde Alliance S01E04Things That Go BumpFebruary 7, 1978Rupert and Amy investigate strange goings-on at an old house bought by agent Christopher Bridgewater
  5. S01E05The Private Army of Colonel StoneFebruary 14, 1978Rupert and Amy investigate Colonel Stone, newly returned to England from the desert.
  6. S01E06Danny BoyFebruary 21, 1978Rupert and Amy investigate threats against a Mancunian chanteuse.
  7. S01E07Well Enough AloneFebruary 28, 1978The Wildes are in York and investigate the mysterious Elena and a cricket-playing Texan.
  8. S01E08Express from RomeMarch 7, 1978Rupert and Amy travel to Rome by train and stumble across another mystery.
  9. S01E09A Game for Two PlayersMarch 14, 1978Rupert and Amy take in a young boy named Steve, found wandering the streets.
  10. S01E10Time and AgainMarch 21, 1978Rupert investigates how a group of criminals have suddenly come to be into money.
  11. S01E11Affray in AmsterdamMarch 28, 1978Rupert, in Amsterdam to research his latest novel, gets involved with a woman who is caught up in an illegal South American mining operation
  12. S01E12A Suspicion of Sudden DeathApril 4, 1978Rupert and Amy suspect that the victim of an apparent heart attack actually met his end through foul play.
  13. S01E13Some Trust in ChariotsApril 11, 1978Although Annette is in America, her sister Debbie keeps seeing her in the UK. In order to convince people that she isn't losing her mind, De

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