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- StarsJohn WilderGeorge HilsdonBernard LeeMystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsDawn AddamsMichael GoodliffeRichard ThorpAn up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When the girl is found murdered, he holds an incriminating old dueling pistol.
- 1959–196558m7.0 (72)TV EpisodeDirectorAllan DavisStarsPaul DanemanJames VilliersKatherine WoodvilleAfter a visit from a mysterious stranger from his past, enigmatic millionaire John Trasmore is found dead - shot at close range locked in his own strongroom, with the only key on a table in the middle of the room.
- DirectorMax VarnelStarsJack GwillimErica RogersBrian SmithA pair of hoodlums steal a car in which there is a ransom letter directed to a wealthy man whose daughter has just been kidnapped.
- DirectorGeoffrey NethercottStarsJohn CarsonJacqueline EllisDerrick SherwinReturning from a party the adopted daughter of Colonel Paxton and her boyfriend are surprised by an intruder. The colonel, however, instantly remembers him as a war comrade. Starring John Carson, Jacqueline Ellis, Derrick Sherwin and Richard Vernon. Directed by Geoffrey Nethercott.
- DirectorAllan DavisStarsConrad PhillipsNatasha ParryDelphi LawrenceThe Police investigate the theft of emerald jewelry which had led to murder.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsLee MontagueIngrid HafnerJohn ThawAlan Roper is a smart young man on the fringes of big time crime. With his partner-in-crime, Lea, and his girlfriend Pat, he's planning his biggest job yet - the robbery of a betting shop owned by a man he hates. Starring Lee Montague, Ingrid Hafner, John Thaw and Brian McDermott. Directed by Gordon Flemyng.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsMaurice DenhamNadja ReginT.P. McKennaHarold Crossley is a barrister and respected intellectual, but proves no match to his scheming young wife.
- DirectorDavid EadyStarsCec LinderZena MarshallNigel DavenportJoe Armstrong, a big-time racketeer, is deported back to Great Britain from America to find himself facing a murder rap for a killing he had committed twenty years before. Starring Cec Linder, Nigel Davenport, Zena Marshall and Paul Stassino. Directed by David Eady.
- DirectorGerard GlaisterStarsYôko TaniGuy DolemanEwan RobertsShady dealings and a duplicitious accountant put studio head Wayne Douglas and his new Oriental actress Lin in peril. Starring Yoko Tani, Guy Doleman, Ewan Roberts, Mark Eden and Anthony Booth. Directed by Garard Glaister.
- DirectorGeoffrey NethercottStarsBernard LeeJack WatlingSuzanne LloydA publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
- 1959–196557m6.6 (89)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert TronsonStarsMaxine AudleyLee MontagueAllan CuthbertsonA murderous jewelry heist attracts an ex-partner of the killer, a master criminal who's never been caught. His personal nemesis,a retired detective, joins Scotland Yard to crack the case, in turn recruiting the thief's estranged wife.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsAnthony NewlandsGlyn HoustonNadja ReginA group of crooks accidentally kill an elderly shop assistant while stealing the keys to the jewelry shop where she works.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsJohn StrattonPauline MunroGriffith JonesWhat appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging onetime showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify. A police detective and a solicitor for the defence unravel the mystery.
- DirectorAlan CookeStarsJohn Le MesurierJack WatlingBernard ArchardA victim's boyfriend sneaks into a blackmailer's flat to sort him out, but another man's already there, and both don't realise the crook has been murdered before they got there. The police soon arrive, tipped off in advance.
- DirectorQuentin LawrenceStarsMargit SaadBarry FosterVictor PlattA German immigrant girl seduces a young P.C. and talks him into an elaborate scheme.
- DirectorNorman HarrisonStarsEddie ByrnePaul DanemanWalter BrownA business man's fraudulent dealings kills many people. His partner threatens to expose him if he has further dishonest dealings. When the fraudster receives death threats he fakes his own murder to get his hands on the partner's evidence.
- DirectorDouglas PeirceStarsPeter ReynoldsHonor BlackmanGordon JacksonA man's death leads a local newspaperman and the man's girlfriend to seek the killer.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsHarry H. CorbettJohn CairneyJohn Van EyssenAn escaped convict discovers his girlfriend has married the detective who arrested him.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsMaxine AudleyLee MontagueAllan CuthbertsonWhen a hotel becomes the scene of a murder and robbery, investigators take to the streets in pursuit of the suspect.
- 1959–19651h 1m6.4 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorRobert TronsonStarsJack HedleyJacqueline EllisPatrick MageeWally Sanders, a horseracing jockey, loses a race and crashes his car to claim an insurance. Jim Matthews, a shrewd and energetic insurance investgator, follows up the company's suspicion of foul play and stumbles deep into a web of corruption concering fixed horse races.
- 1959–19651h 1m6.1 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorClive DonnerStarsJohn BentleyPatrick AllenJacqueline EllisA body found in the River Thames is of an archaeology professor, murdered over three small fragments of an ancient text that could serve as a pretext for a red China-like country to invade a Nepal-like country.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsIvan DesnyNadja ReginMichael GoodliffeAn international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The villain starts to suspect servants and henchmen of being a police spy known as "Number Six".
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsAnthony NewlandsGlyn HoustonNadja ReginA gang of thieves are implicated in a murder while executing a jewellery shop heist.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsAlbert LievenBarbara ShelleyJohn MeillonCarol Halston discovers her sister withdrew £7000 before she died. The money is now missing. Betrayal, Blackmail and Murder.
- 1959–196556m6.8 (47)TV EpisodeDirectorNorman HarrisonStarsAnton DiffringWilliam SylvesterJustine LordA team of gangsters hide out in an all pharmacy to await a drugs transaction, little realising one of their hostages is not all they seem
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsEmrys JonesSarah LawsonPatrick BarrModel prisoner Frank Stewart, convicted for burgulary, escapes from prison with the help of Jock Mackay, an associates for his boss Wally Lucas, who plans to track down Stewart to know the location of stolen bonds.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsMaxine AudleyRichard LeechAlex ScottSolicitor Alan Phipps formulates a plan to blackmail his wealthy and unfaithful wife, Yvonne, and at the same time, get revenge against her boyfriend, John Brodie, by setting him up to appear that he is the blackmailer and for Yvonne to kill him. But Brodie, anticipating this predictament, has a hidden agenda behind all this to get the last laugh at Phipps.
- 1959–19651h 11m6.9 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorHerbert WiseStarsRay BarrettKatharine BlakeNigel StockA CID detective is lured into a plot by girl who first pretends to fall in love with him, then that she's been killed and is now actually a heretofore unknown twin sister, and ultimately a murderous betrayal.
- 1959–19651h 1m6.8 (69)TV EpisodeDirectorAllan DavisStarsBernard LeeDavid KnightFrancis De WolffA blackmailer is found dead in a locked room and all the suspects have unbreakable alibis.
- 1959–196558m5.9 (80)TV EpisodeDirectorMontgomery TullyStarsHazel CourtJohn CrawfordLisa DanielyA valuable diamond is purchased by a man-about-town who then disappears and his cheque bounces. His solicitor hires a private investigator who seeks to track down the man and his female companion but the fugitive turns up dead.
- DirectorPeter DuffellStarsBernard LeeMoira RedmondJohn Van EyssenA company-owner arrives home from a night out with his wife, disturbs a burglar, and is shot. A detective starts investigating the case, to find out who is responsible.
- 1959–196555m7.0 (45)TV EpisodeDirectorGerry O'HaraStarsMichael GoughMark EdenToby RobinsRobert Hilary is a public figure, a businessman and a politician. Happily married, Hilary still lets his desire for his new secretary get the better of him. Starring Michael Gough, Mark Eden, Toby Robins and Allan Cuthbertson. Directed by Gerry O'Hara.