Highlights
Redcap

Redcap - Series 1 (1964)

Audience Score
60

Series 1 Episodes

1. It's What Comes After

October 17th, 19641 hr

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 anything about it.

2. A Town Called Love

October 24th, 19641 hr

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 wife, Mann goes "Over The Wall" too in an attempt to bring him back.

3. Epitaph for a Sweat

October 31st, 19641 hr

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 investigation, the Sargent meets with a deadly accident.

4. Misfire

November 7th, 19641 hr

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 innocence unearths an unusual love interest.

5. Corporal McCann's Private War

November 14th, 19641 hr

Detailed to investigate a charge that a soldier in Cyprus is guilty black-market activities – and suspected murder – Mann finds that he needs his wits about him to track down a determined criminal.

6. The Orderly Officer

November 21st, 19641 hr

Investigating a difficult case, Mann finds his movements restrained by 'internal arrangement'. Much to the ire of a superior officer, he skillfully sidesteps his orders – and makes a surprising discovery.

7. Night Watch

November 28th, 19641 hr

When a regiment returns from Borneo and reports that their unit is being haunted by a ghost, Mann turns ghostbuster to allay their fears – but investigating ghost stories can prove ill-advised.

8. The Boys of B Company

December 5th, 19641 hr

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 learns that an overzealous young officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.

9. A Regiment of the Line

December 12th, 19641 hr

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 owner of a pub, Mann must discern who is responsible.

10. The Man They Did

December 19th, 19641 hr

When a soldier dies of exhaustion on a routine hike with pack, The officers above him are at odds with whether he was intentionally overworked or if he was unfit for service to begin with.

11. A Question of Initiative

January 2nd, 19651 hr

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 to do it, and those involving the base and it's personnel with local politics.

12. A Place of Refuge

January 9th, 19651 hr

In West Germany, an officer's suicide leads to a supposed refugee hospital, where almost twenty years after the war, there's few residents, but dangerous drugs in abundance.

13. The Patrol

January 16th, 19651 hr

All Seasons

Series 2
Apr 1, 1966
10
Series 1
Oct 16, 1964