REDCAP
John Thaw got his first starring role as Sergeant Mann of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police (nicknamed a 'Redcap'), after being spotted by the producers in an episode of The Avengers. His forceful investigations concerned British troops accused of anything from rape, murder or simple desertion from places as far flung as Cyprus to Borneo, and many of the characteristics he portrayed (tough, no-nonsense) were re-employed when he became The Sweeney's Jack Regan.
SEASON ONE, 60 Minutes
1 - ITS WHAT COMES AFTER Script : William Emms Director : Raymond Menmuir 17th October 1964
2 - A TOWN CALLED LOVE Script : Anthony Stevens and Jack Bell Director : Raymond Menmuir 24th October 1964 Notes : Guest starring in this episode as Private Pentlebury was actor Micheal Robbins who found fame with his role as Arthur in the 70's sitcom On The Buses.
3 - EPITAPH FOR A SWEET Script : Richard Harris Director : Peter Graham Scott 31st October 1964 Notes : Leonard Rossitter (famous as both Reggie Perrin and Rigsby) made an appearance in this episode.
4 - MISFIRE Script : Roger Marshall Director : Raymond Menhuir 7th November 1964 Notes : Producer of the series, John Bryce, had come fresh from a similar position on the second and third season of The Avengers. After working on Redcap he was assigned to oversee the production of Public Eye.
5 - CORPORAL McCANN'S PRIVATE WAR Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Peter Graham Scott 14th November 1964 Notes : Troy Kennedy Martin has written for Out of the Unknown (The Midas Plague), Colditz and Reilly Ace of Spies. His film scripts include The Italian Job, Kelly's Heroes and Sweeney II. He was the creator and writer of probably the 80's best slice of British telefantasy Edge Of Darkness and also created Z Cars for producer David E Rose in 1962.
6 - THE ORDERLY OFFICER Script : Julian Bond Director : Bill Bain 21st November 1964 Notes : Writer Julian Bond has also been responsible for the scripts for episodes of Out Of The Unknown, The Saint and Upstairs Downstairs.
7 - NIGHT WATCH Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Bill Bain 28th November 1964
8 - THE BOYS OF B COMPANY Script : Robert Holles Director : Raymond Menmuir 5th December 1964 Notes : The late Barry Evans (1943 - 1997) was cast in this episode as Tug Wilson. Evans would forever be associated with his roles in the sitcoms Doctor in the House, Doctor at Large and Mind Your Language.
9 - A REGIMENT OF THE LINE Script : Leon Griffiths Director : Raymond Menmuir 12th December 1964
10 -THE MAN THEY DID Script : Micheal Ashe Director : Guy Verney 19th December 1964
11 - A QUESTION OF INITIATIVE Script : Jeremy Paul Director : Jonathan Alwyn 2nd January 1965 Notes : Jeremy Paul also wrote for Out Of The Unknown (The Dead Past, The Last Lonely Man) as well as Upstairs Downstairs, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates and most recently in 2001 Midsomer Murders.
12 - A PLACE OF REFUGE Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Lawrence Bourne 9th January 1965 Notes : Philip Bond was cast as Captain Pelly in this episode and will be familiar to Dr Who fans as Ganatus the Thal in the first ever Daleks adventure broadcast in 1963. His daughter, Samantha Bond, has portrayed Miss Moneypenny in all the Bond films from Goldeneye onwards.
13 - THE PATROL Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Guy Verney 16th January 1965
SEASON TWO, 60 Minutes
14 - CRIME PASSIONEL Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Guy Verney 2nd April 1966 Notes : Cast for the episode includes Barry Letts who was the producer of the Pertwee era of Dr Who, Moonbase Three and also many classic Sunday serials during the eighties including versions of The Invisible Man and The Hound of the Baskervilles, and appeared in The City Beneath the Sea. Brian Cox also featured in this episode. His TV roles include Doomwatch (Hear No Evil), Target (Carve Up), Hammer House Of Horror (The Silent Scream) and most recently Longitude (2000) and Nuremburg (2001). He also appeared in the Morse episode titled "Deadly Slumber". At ease playing comedy (with appearances in Red Dwarf and Sean's Show) or Shakespeare he has the distinguished credit of being the first actor to portray Dr Hannibal Lecter in the film Manhunter.
15 - THE PRIDE OF THE REGIMENT Script : Arden Winch Director : Quentin Laurence 9th April 1966
16 - THE KILLER Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Guy Verney 16th April 1966
Notes : Garfield Morgan plays Sergeant O'Keefe in this episode. To many fans he will always be Haskins in The Sweeney (alongside John Thaw), but he has also clocked up appearances in may cult shows other the years including Out Of This World, Ghost Squad, Undermind, R3, The Avengers, Callan, Department S and Minder. Following ill health in the early part of the 90's Morgan is now semi retired but still makes occasional appearances - his most recent being the film The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain (1995).
17 - BUCKINGHAM PALACE Script : Troy Kennedy Martin Director : Guy Verney 23rd April 1966
18 - ROUGH JUSTICE Script : Julian Bond Director : Quentin Laurence 30th April 1966 Notes : Edward Fox was a guest star in this episode.
19 - THE MONEYLENDERS Script : Eric Cottart Director : Raymond Menmuir 7th May 1966
20 - STRICTLY BY THE BOOK Script : Richard Harris Director : Raymond Menmuir 14th May 1966 Notes : Richard Harris would write four episodes of The Avengers during its run - Square Root of Evil, Hunt The Man Down,The Winged Avenger and Game. He would co write a fifth episode (The Interrogators) with Brian Clemens.
21 - PATERSONS PRIVATE ARMY Script : Marshall Pugh Director : Raymond Menmuir 21st May 1966
22 - STAG PARTY Script : Julian Bond Director : Raymond Menhuir 28th May 1966
23 - AN AMBUSH AMONGST FRIENDS Script : Roger Marshall Director : Laurence Bourne 4th June 1966
24 - THE ALIBI Script : Thomas Clarke Director : Guy Verney 11th June 1966
25 - THE PROPER CHARLIE Script : Robert Storey Director : Raymond Menmuir 18th June 1966
26 - INFORMATION RECEIVED Script : Richard Harris Director : Raymond Menmuir 25th June 1966 Notes : Director Raymond Menmuir had previously directed episodes of The Avengers (A Chorus of Frogs and The Nutshell). He would later go on to direct episodes of shows such as Undermind, Upstairs Downstairs, Lord Peter Wimsey and The Professionals.
BAT OUT OF HELL
Broadcast on BBC 2 TELEVISION, 50 minutes each, 5 episodes only, B&W, aired at 10:05 pm. Created and written by Francis Durbridge, produced and directed by Alan Bromly. Designed by Roy Oxley. The members of the Cast were: Dudley Foster - Inspector Clay; Sylvia Syms - Diana Stewart; John Thaw - Mark Paxton; and Noel Johnson - Geoffrey Stewart.
SERIES PREMISE: Bat Out Of Hell took the rare approach of starting the story before a murder had taken place, and investigated the reasoning behind the intentions of both Diana Stewart (Sylvia Syms) and Mark Paxton (John Thaw) to murder her husband, Geoffrey (Noel Johnson). Diana and Mark, lovers wanting to be together, realise the only way Geoffrey will grant a divorce is on the basis of being deceased.
The added incentive that Geoffrey has a mistress is all the justification the pair requires, and they set about planning his demise. However, whilst Diana successfully shoots her husband and Mark arrives on the scene to help her dispose of the body, their plans to be together go awry when not only the body disappears, but later Diana receives a telephone call from her husband, asking her to meet him at a local hotel - or he will telephone the police and have her arrested for attempted murder.
She is instructed to come alone, and whilst Mark reluctantly agrees to the demands and allows her to leave, he is shocked to receive a call from Geoffrey's mistress later that evening. To reveal that Diana has been arrested at the hotel, whereupon the police have found Geoffrey's body - the man in question is actually dead on this occasion. However, owing to insufficient evidence Diana is later released, and the pair believe they are "home and dry". But another interested party knows precisely what transpired on that fatal night, and blackmail is on their mind… In the grand traditional of Durbridge thrillers, further murders and a healthy dose of mysterious events follow, with a climax, which is particularly well remembered.
Episode 1 - Screened on 26th November 1966. Description: John Thaw, Dudley Foster and Sylvia Syms in Bat Out Of Hell - What could be more normal than a Sussex estate agent preparing to fly off for a month's holiday?
Episode 2 - Screened on 3rd December 1966. Description: his wife Diana and her lover Mark Paxton shoot Wealthy Geoffrey Stewart. But their plans go wildly astray when the body disappears and Diana gets a shock telephone call.
Episode 3 - Screened on 10th December 1966. Description: The mysterious Kitty Tracey telephones Mark to say that Diana has been arrested at the motel for the murder of her husband.
Episode 4 - Screened on 17th December 1966. Description: Diana has seen Thelma's body lying on the landing of the blackmailer's flat. At her home she and Mark are visited by the police with a surprise witness.
Episode 5 - Screened on 24th December 1966. Description: Mark and Diana are shocked to learn of the will in favour of Geoffrey's mistress. Mark hurries to the girl's flat only to find she has a visitor.
THICK AS THIEVES
George (Bob Hoskins) has reached the end of a three year prison sentence for burglary. He's released a day earlier than expected and sets off for his home in Fulham, London. He discovers that his wife Annie (Pat Ashton) is shacked up with his best friend Stan (John Thaw).
Series 1, 30 Minutes (1 Jun 74 - 20 Jul 74)
1 - The Homecoming (1 Jun 74) - George Dobbs gets out of prison a day early, surprising his wife, Annie, who's taken up with his old partner-in-crime, Stanley. Annie sends the two men to the local pub to sort things out.
2 - Happy Release (8 Jun 74) - Even with Stan's back injury in doubt, Annie refuses to make him leave. In despair, George soon makes good on his threat to jump in the river.
3 - Good Conduct (15 Jun 74) - Annie joins George as he basks in his sudden fame and respectability for saving the life of a drowning child. Left out, Stan raises the suspicions of Sergeant Black, and George unknowingly helps Stan in his efforts by insisting on the letter of the law.
4 - Two Men In My Life (22 Jun 74) - Annie gets fed up with looking after two lazy men and leaves them for a few days of rest in the country. By the time she returns, she's got three men on her hands.
5 - The Trouble With Tommy (29 Jun 74) - When Annie threatens to leave if Tommy dosen't, George and Stan conspire to find a way to gently oust the big-time crook-on-the-lam. Before they can pull it off, however, the police come calling.
6 - Three Into Two Won't Go (6 Jul 74) - Furious when he learns that Annie and Stan are still intending to take a winter holiday in Spain that was planned before his release, George retaliates by planning a trip with Annie's friend Daphne.
7 - Home And Away (13 Jul 74) - While Annie's away, George and Stan eagerly slip back into their old bachelor habits and take up with Yvonne and Brenda. Nevertheless, when Annie decides to stay on in Spain with a new man, they are both stunned.
8 - Holy Deadlock (20 Jul 74) - Annie has had it with her two men who seem incapable of either working for a living or pulling off a decent heist. They each redouble their efforts to make it big and carry Annie off to a life of leisure.
THE SWEENEY
First Season, 60 Minutes
1 - RINGER Thursday, January 02, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Terry Green; An important police operation is blown when Jack Regan loses his girlfriend's car - his job could be the next thing he loses.
2 - JACKPOT Thursday, January 09, 1975 Writer Tony Marsh, Director Tom Clegg; Who stole £35,000? Suspicion falls on Jack Regan and his men. Are they as guilty as the villains they have arrested are?
3 - THIN ICE Thursday, January 16, 1975 Writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, Director Tom Clegg; If dogs resemble their masters then Archimedes should not be at large because Mr Bishop is a villian. When Bishop leaves for France Regan becomes an animal lover.
4
- QUEEN'S PAWN
Thursday, January 23, 1975 Writer Ranald Graham, Director Viktors Ritelis; A year of painstaking police enquiries is wasted when three top villains walk out of court free men.
5 -
JIGSAW
Thursday, January 30, 1975 Writer Tudor Gates, Director William Brayne; Is Jack Regan's instinct right this time? Can he, in the face of strong opposition from his superiors, an MP and even his own men, obtain a conviction?
6 -
NIGHT OUT
Thursday, February 06, 1975 Writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, Director David Wickes;
The irresponsible, praise seeking Superintendent Grant, the head of a rival Crime Squad is aware that a team of villains is searching the contents of a bank vault. For something special, but he won't act until he's traced the source of the radio signals that will lead him to their boss. Grant discovers that the woman who lives above the pub that is situated next door to the bank, and whose window the villains intend to use in their eventual rooftop getaway, is a face from Regan's past. Regan is drafted in against his will and forced to pay her an unexpected visit.
7 -
THE PLACER
Thursday, February 13, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Ted Childs;
Jack Regan poses as a long distance lorry driver to find the link in a series of robberies.
8 -
COVER STORY
Thursday, February 20, 1975 Writer Ranald Graham, Director Douglas Camfield;
Glamourous journalist Sandy Williams seems to be able to predict crime before it happens. Jack Regan finds that Miss Williams poses a personal as well as a professional problem.
9 -
GOLDEN BOY
Thursday, February 27, 1975 Writer Martin Hall, Director Tom Clegg;
Bernard Conway is blackmailed into assisting with a robbery of gold bullion. Jack Regan suspicions are raised whilst investigating the death of a drunk.
10 -
STOPPO DRIVER
Thursday, March 06, 1975 Writer Allan Prior, Director Terry Green;Regan's temporary driver proves to be extremely skilled in handling cars at high speeds. When his actions leave a local crime family in need of a new getaway driver, the villains come up with the daring idea of 'recruiting' Regan's man.
11 -
BIG SPENDER
Thursday, March 13, 1975 Writer Allan Prior, Director Viktors Ritelis;
Some people have so much money that they don't know how to spend it. Jack Regan helps solve the problem - by putting them inside.
12 -
CONTACT BREAKER
Thursday, March 20, 1975 Writer R.B.Stewart, Director William Brayne;
All of the evidence suggests that a villain on parole was involved in a successful bank raid. But Regan's not so sure. If a crime has been committed, he wants the real perpetrators brought to book but he's under increasing pressure from his superiors to finalise the case using the evidence already conveniently to hand.
13 -
ABDUCTION
Thursday, March 27, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Tom Clegg;
Where is Susie Regan? When Mrs Kate Regan finds out Susie is not at school, not at home and not with her estranged husband, panic leads to terror and the most frightening case of Jack Regan's career.
Second Season, 60 Minutes
14 -
CHALK AND CHEESE
Monday, September 01, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Terry Green
15 -
FACES
Monday, September 08, 1975 Writer Murray Smith, Director William Brayne;
Three high profile robberies in the space of two days are the work of mercenaries hired by European political agitators. A covert government intelligence agency warns Regan off but he's determined to catch the villains.
16 -
SUPERSNOUT
Monday, September 15, 1975 Writer Ranald Graham, Director Tom Clegg
17 -
BIG BROTHER
Monday, September 22, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Tom Clegg
18 -
HIT AND RUN
Monday, September 29, 1975 Writer Roger Marshall, Director Mike Vardy
19 -
TRAP
Monday, October 06, 1975 Writer Ray Jenkins, Director Jim Goddard
20 -
GOLDEN FLEECE
Monday, October 13, 1975 Writer Roger Marshall, Director David Wickes
21 -
POPPY
Monday, October 20, 1975 Trevor Preston, Director Tom Clegg
25-Oct-94
22 -
STAY LUCKY, EH?
Monday, October 27, 1975 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Douglas Camfield
23 -
THE TROJAN BUS
Monday, November 03, 1975 Writer Roger Marshall, Director Ted Childs
24 -
I WANT THE MAN
Monday, November 10, 1975 Writer Ray Jenkins, Director Tom Clegg
25 - COUNTRY BOY
Monday, November 17, 1975 Writer Andrew Wilson, Director Jim Goddard
26 -
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Monday, November 24, 1975 Writer Ranald Graham, Director Douglas Camfield
Third Season, 60 Minutes
27 -
SELECTED TARGET
Monday, September 06, 1976 Troy Kennedy-Martin, Director Tom Glegg
28 -
IN FROM THE COLD
Monday, September 13, 1976 Writer Tony Hoare, Director Terry Green
29 -
VISITING FIREMAN
Monday, September 20, 1976 Writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, Director Tom Clegg
30 -
TOMORROW MAN
Monday, September 27, 1976 Writer Andrew Wilson, Director David Wickes
31 -
TASTE OF FEAR
Monday, October 04, 1976 Writer Roger Marshall, Director David Wickes
32 -
BAD APPLE
Monday, October 11, 1976 Writer Roger Marshall, Director Douglas Camfield
33 -
MAY
Monday, October 25, 1976 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Tom Clegg
34 -
SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESSION
Monday, November 08, 1976 Writer Peter Hill, Director William Brayne
35 -
DOWN TO YOU, BROTHER
Monday, November 22, 1976 Writer Richard Harris, Director Chris Menaul
36 -
PAY-OFF
Monday, November 29, 1976 Writer P.J.Hammond, Director Douglas Camfield
37 -
LOVING ARMS
Monday, December 06, 1976 Writer Robert Wales, Director Tom Clegg
38 -
LADY LUCK
Monday, December 13, 1976 Writer Ranald Graham, Director Mike Vardy
39 -
ON THE RUN
Monday, December 20, 1976 Writer Roger Marshall, Director David Wickes
Fourth Season, 60 Minutes
40 -
MESSENGER OF THE GODS
Thursday, September 07, 1978 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Terry Green;
A huge consignment of mercury has been stolen and Regan and Carter believe 'Lukey Carter' was part of the gang. But Lukey has an alibi - on the night in question he was with a lady and it wasn't his wife-to-be.
41 -
HARD MEN
Thursday, September 14, 1978 Writer Troy Kennedy-Martin, Director Graham Baker;
Regan and Carter meet Freeth, a Det. Sgt. from Strathclyde who has come to London to arrest a group of Scottish villains who plan to kidnap a Scottish girl. But has Freeth withheld too much information and can they capture the men in time?
42 -
DRAG ACT
Thursday, September 21, 1978 Writer Ted Childs, Director Tom Clegg;
A group of villains switch trailers in a car park and make off with £75,000 worth of brandy. Regan and Carter's informant gave them the wrong information, but will this stop them from tracking down the crooks?
43 -
TRUST RED
Thursday, September 28, 1978 Writer Richard Harris, Director Douglas Camfield;
A group of cons commit a robbery but on leaving the building 'Billy-Boy' slips off the roof and dies. Carter's snout, Maurice, has no information on the job and the squad can find no leads. Can Regan and Carter catch the crooks and is there a 'grass' afoot?
44 -
NIGHTMARE
Thursday, October 05, 1978 Writer Ranald Graham, Director David Wickes; A 'lorry drag' takes place, two men are dead and there's fifty thousand pounds worth of cigars missing. Meanwhile, Regan's girlfriend has a nightmare, which has bizarre similarities with the incident. Are they related and is it only tobacco in the cigar tubes?
45 -
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Thursday, October 12, 1978 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Sid Robertson;
Eddie Monk wins the pools - but then starts to receive blackmail phone-calls for his part in a robbery, in which a night watchman was crippled. Can Regan & Carter capture the mystery caller and will Eddie get through the ordeal with his life?
46 -
BAIT
Thursday, October 19, 1978 Writer Trevor Preston, Director Sid Robertson;
Lyn Hurst is injured in a road accident. In the ambulance she produces a gun, forcing the vehicle to stop and escapes. Regan & Carter soon discover she was part of a gang behind the wages theft at the Local Education Authority. Can the Flying Squad catch the crooks and who is Miss Bell?
47 -
THE BIGGER THEY ARE Thursday, October 26, 1978 Writer Tony Hoare, Director Mike Vardy; 'Leonard Gold', a wealthy self-made tycoon, is being blackmailed for his part in the massacre of a Malay village, whilst serving as a Corporal in the Army. With the theft of the regimental report and a number of fake solicitor's letters, the Flying Squad are called in. But with Special Branch involved, can Regan and Carter solve the crime and will it all be too late for 'Gold'?
48 -
FEET OF CLAY
Thursday, November 02, 1978 Writer Roger Marshall, Director Chris Burt;There's been a recent spate of muggings involving Arabs. Margot and Alan Ember receive a phone call, they hear their son screaming and an unidentifiable voice says he'll be in touch. Will the Embers give in to the kidnappers demands or can Regan and Carter catch the crooks before any money exchanges hands?
49 -
ONE OF YOUR OWN
Thursday, November 09, 1978 Writer Tony Hoare, Director Chris Menaul; Fleet, posing as a policeman robs 'John Morris', a London jewellery dealer. Fleet is caught and Carter is assigned to share a cell with him, to see if he can obtain any information on the theft. With Carter posing as Charlie Mason, can Regan and the Flying Squad locate the stolen diamonds and will Fleet get away with it?
50 -
HEARTS AND MINDS
Thursday, November 23, 1978 Writer David Churchill & Ted Childs, Director Mike Vardy; This is the episode in which comedy icons Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise featured as guest-stars in return for John Thaw and Dennis Waterman's appearance on their show. The plot revolves around a group of shady Middle Eastern terrorists who try to hijack some rare heart pills, which could save the life of the dictator they want to overthrow. But the real joy is watching Eric and Ernie in action - especially the car chase ending which sees Eric throwing boxes of fish out the back of a lorry at the pursuing terrorists.
51 -
LATIN LADY
Thursday, November 30, 1978 Writer Ted Childs, Director Peter Smith; Dr. Delacroix, a rich gynaecologist, is attacked by a gang of villains and robbed of his suitcase. On interrogation by the Flying Squad, Delacroix remains uncooperative and it turns out that he was smuggling un-taxed money out of the country. Who is behind the 'fit-up' to keep all the money and can Regan and Carter catch the culprit?
52 -
VICTIMS
Thursday, December 14, 1978 Writer Roger Marshall, Director Ben Bolt; Doreen Haskins has bought her husband some new shirts - a size and a half too small! Meanwhile, Haskins, Regan and Carter are at the scene of a shooting where Sgt. Taylor has been badly injured. Carter discovers that Jimmy Park, one of Taylor's informants was involved and the Flying Squad move in. Can Regan and Carter get their man and what has become of Haskin's wife?
53 -
JACK OR KNAVE
Thursday, December 28, 1978 Writer Ted Childs, Director Tom Clegg; An armed robbery takes place on a security van, and a security guards identifies one of the attackers. Will this prove to be significant and can Regan overcome the conspiracy charges made against him by the Police Complaints Department?
Note: This list does not include the pilot film "Regan" (1974) written by Ian Kennedy-Martin and directed by Tom Clegg, or the two feature films "Sweeney!" (1976) written by Ranald Graham and directed by David Wickes, or "Sweeney 2" (1978) written by Troy Kennedy-Martin and directed by Tom Clegg, both 90 minutes.
HOME TO ROOST
In the British comedy HOME TO ROOST, Henry Willows is a middle-aged divorcee contentedly living alone. But his orderly life is disrupted when his teenage son Matthew, whom he has not seen for seven years, appears out of the blue, intending to stay. While Henry has never quite seen himself as the typical loving parent, he reluctantly agrees to give the arrangement a try. The differences in age and temperament between father and son produce hilarious situations and feathers really fly as they attempt to adjust to life together. Henry is a traditionalist who likes obedient sons and Matthew is a typical teenager who likes rock music, girls, telling lies and drinking his father's whiskey. From the moment he moves in, life will never be the same. John Thaw (Inspector Morse) stars as Henry and Reece Dinsdale stars as Matthew.
Series 1, 30 Minutes (19 Apr 85 - 31 May 85)
1 - A New Life (19 Apr 85)Matthew shows up at Henry Willow's door needinf a place to stay. Henry's carefree routine goes out the window as father and son get reacquainted.
2 - Bad Apples (26 Apr 85)Henry tries to enroll Matthew in a prestigious school, but with his grades and school record, it will take a miracle. It soon comes out that Henry's own academic record was a bit on the shaky side!
3 - All You Need Is Love (3 May 85) Matthew wants his girlfriend to move in with him, and plans on getting married. Will Henry actually become a grandfather so soon or is it all a comedy of errors?
4 - Suspect (10 May 85)Matthew is suspected in a series of thefts and acts of vanadalism in the neighborhood. But who really is to blame?
5 - Dating Henry (17 May 85) Henry has a hot date with a woman half his age, and Matthew tries his best to make sure that it's not a success!
6 - Small Change (24 May 85) Henry tries to find Matthew a job, while at the same time looking forward to a promotion at work. The two just won't mix!
7 - The Way We Were (31 May 85) Matthew tries to reunite his parents on their wedding anniversary (co-starring Sheila Hancock, John Thaw's wife).
Series 2, 30 Minutes (5 Sep 86 - 17 Oct 86)
8 - Plastic Dreamworld (5 Sep 86) Matthew gets his first credit card, and sets out on a buying spree.
9 - Open House (12 Sep 86) Matthew starts holding some wild parties at home; the surprise is when Henry starts joining in!
10 - Acting Out (19 Sep 86) Matthew decides he wants to be an actor, but his first night out turns into a disaster.
11 - The Test (26 Sep 86) Matthew prepares to take his driving exam, and Henry is turned into a nervous wreck helping him.
12 - Protest (3 Oct 86) Matthew takes up protesting for animal rights, and proceeds to turn Henry's life upside down.
13 - Any Questions? (10 Oct 86) Henry Willows decides to run for the town council. The only problem is no one in his household is willing to vote for him!
14 - Julie (17 Oct 86) Matthew's sister comes to stay, and sibling rivalry is sure to break out as she becomes the apple of her father's eye.
Series 3, 30 Minutes (24 Oct 87 - 5 Dec 87)
15 - Human Interest (24 Oct 87) Matthew decides to become a writer for a local newspaper, and his first story involves hiring a young, good-looking new maid - without telling his father.
16 - Success Story (31 Oct 87) Henry's well-to-do brother is visiting, and Henry will go to any lengths to convince him that he's a successful business tychoon as well.
17 - High Spirits (7 Nov 87) It's Halloween time as Henry and Matthew go looking for ghosts in their home's spare room, and end up at an abandoned old train station at the witching hour. One of the best of the entire series.
18 - The Real Thing (14 Nov 87)
Matthew needs help with his love life - and ends up getting advice from Henry!
19 - Crimewatch (21 Nov 87)
Henry and a neighbor go on neighborhood patrol, while a suspicious character is staying at his very own house!
20 - Getting On (28 Nov 87)
Henry starts facing up to the effects of growing old age when it's recommended that he get glasses and a hearing aid; meanwhile, Matthew invites the neighborhhod bum over for some companionship.
21 - Paper Chase (5 Dec 87)
Henry tries to help Matthew prepare for his A-Level Exams, which promises to be a disaster.
Special Hour-Long Christmas Episode
22 - Family Ties (27 Dec 87)
Henry hopes for a romantic weekend with an attractive co-worker; his children, however, have other ideas. One of the top episodes of all time, showing John's genius at slapstick and comedic timing.
Series 4, 30 Minutes (1 Dec 89 - 19 Jan 90)
23 - Bridge Of Sighs (1 Dec 89)
Henry gets a visit from an old flame in his distant past; can the two make a go of it again? Not if Matthew has his way!
24 - Front Runner (8 Dec 89)
Henry is up for a promotion at work, while Matthew finally gets a steady job - at Henry's company!
25 - The Boyfriend (15 Dec 89)
Matthew's sister brings home a boyfriend she intends to marry, while Henry tries to cope with pretending to like him.
26 - Thought For The Day (22 Dec 89)
Henry lets out the spare room to a parson, whose presence very definitely cramps Matthew's style!
27 - Return To Clagthorpe (5 Jan 90)
Henry and Matthew take a vacation to a seaside resort Henry remembers from twenty years before - with no sunshine, no edible food, and no entertainment!
28 - High Noon (12 Jan 90)
Matthew dates the girlfriend of a school boxing champ, which lands him in hot water - not as hot, however, as Henry trying to teach his son how to defend himself!
29 - Leaving (19 Jan 90)
A bittersweet episode as Matthew moves out of Henry's house to begin college, while his father can't resist becoming a "mother hen" when it comes to Matthew's new surroundings!
KAVANAGH Q.C.
Season 1, 90 Minutes
1. Nothing But the Truth - 03-Jan-95
Kavanagh is called upon to defend an alleged rapist, a young labourer (Ewan McGregor) accused of attacking the houswife he works for in her home.
2. Heartland - 10-Jan-95
Kavanagh is asked to prosecute an ex-police officer turned vigilante when he is the driver of a car which hits a teenager. The mother of the boy refuses to believe it was an accident. Kavanagh is unconvinced that he can win the case but her emotional appeal wins him over.
3. A Family Affair - 17-Jan-95
When a father takes the law into his own hands and snatches his young son, it leads to a custody battle an another case for Kavanagh. Allegations of child abuse and professional misjudgements create further complications.
4. The Sweetest Thing - 24-Jan-95 Kavanagh defends a prostitute accused of murdering a wealthy and prominent businessman who was also a client. Everything points to her guilt except her own passionate protestations of innocence. Meanwhile, Kavanagh's daughter, Lizzie, has an interview for her dream job in Brussel, and Kavanagh has to face the possibility of his wife taking on an equally demanding new job in Strasbourg.
Season 2, 90 Minutes
5. True Committment - 26-Feb-96
The daughter of a wealthy Jewish businessman and her boyfriend plan to murder a member of the neo-Nazi opposition. They are successful in killing a 17-year-old skinhead at a demonstration, yet when Mark, the boyfriend, is arrested, he claims the killing was an accident. His girlfriend, however, claims she saw him do it and Kavanagh will have to dent her eveidence if he is to save his young client. Meanwhile, the Kavanagh's home life is abruptly ruffled by the news that Kate, an undergraduate at Cambridge, is having an affair with her married tutor.
6. Men of Substance - 04-Mar-96
Kavanagh is forced to replace the prosecutor who suffers a heart attack while on a Customs case involving the importation of drugs from Holland. A lorry from Holland is found to be smuggling 15 kilos of heroin into the country and everyone involved in the shipment denies all knowledge of the haul. When Kavangh's wife is threatened by their heavies, he becomes more determined than ever to put them behind bars.
7. The Burning Deck - 11-Mar-96
Kavanagh represents the son of a Vice Admiral charged with arson. Despite his best efforts, the court finds Kavanagh's client guilty. The truth of the matter, however, turns out to be more complex. Meanwhile, the Kavanagh children organize a surprise anniversary party for their parents
8. A Sense of Loss - 19-Mar-96
What appears to be a open and shut case in the murder of a young policewoman by an 18-year old suspect turns out not to be what it initially seems under cross examination.
9. A Stranger in the Family - 26-Mar-96
Even though he has not done a personal injury case for 20 years, Kavanagh is chosen as the leader in a case against a Thames River Recycling Centre, whose employee sustained spinal and brain damage from being struck by a swinging container. Is the young student as disabled as he claims to be? Meanwhile at home, Kavanagh's son besieges him with a plot to buy him a car.
10. Job Satisfaction - 02-Apr-96
The son and daughter of a prosperous farmer are charged with the murder of their father and stepmother. A planted shotgun seems to provide the only evidence linking them to the gruesome killings. Kavanagh represents the daughter and loses the case, but in the appeal Kavanagh convinces the court that judicial errors were made in the original trial and his client is released. His client, a weak and manipulated woman, knows the real truth, however, but is too afraid to confess.
Season 3, 90 Minutes
11. Mute of Malice - 03-Mar-97
Kavanagh defends a client who has become mute after announcing he has killed his brother. The suspect is an ex-soldier who served with UN forces in Bosnia; could the trauma of his time spent there in some way be connected?
12. Blood Money - 10-Mar-97
When surgeon Hilary Jameson successfully operates on a computer tycoon involved in a car accident, she has every reason to suppose he'll survive. Within a matter of minutes, however, the patient's wife learns that he is dead. What happened in that brief period? This is the problem Kavanagh must solve when he prosecutes on behalf of the widow.
13. Ancient History - 17-Mar-97
Kavanagh prosecutes an apparently blameless family doctor in an unprecedented war crime trial. The court hears devastating testimony as victims of Nazi atrocities re-live their experiences in concentration camps, but it's left to a witness for the defence to reveal the final truth.
14. Diplomatic Baggage - 24-Mar-97
Kavanagh discovers how dark the corridors of power can be when he defends the daughter of a British ambassador on a charge of murdering an Austrian journalist. Meanwhile, Kavanagh's son moves into a squat.
15. The Ties That Bind - 07-Apr-97
Kavanagh fights for justice on behalf of a young man brutally killed, in a rare private prosecution for murder. The odds, however, are against him, since there are powerful reasons for the truth to be kept hidden.
16. In God We Trust - 14-Apr-97
Driven by a desire for justice, and to help his former colleague Julia Piper, now married to an American lawyer, Kavanagh flies to the US to assist with the appeal of a convicted murderer on Florida's death row
Season 4, 90 Minutes
17. Momento Mori - 17-Mar-98
Kavanagh is back in chambers after the death of his wife. In his new case,
Kavanagh defends a mild-mannered doctor (Tom Courtenay) accused of murdering his wife. Although the prosecution has several witnesses who provide evidence, the accused maintains his innocence, claiming that the drug he described was simply to treat her manic depression. After the verdict, however, Kavanagh learns of an ironic twist.
18. Care in the Community - 24-Mar-98
Kavanagh heads to his hometown of Bolton to defend a man who, together with his partner, is accused of murdering their 14-month-old daughter. Kavanagh's tactics
have to change however when it becomes clear that the young couple are telling quite different stories.
19. Briefs Trooping Gaily - 31-Mar-98
Kavanagh defends a woman accused of killing her husband. Although she admits to killing him for repeatedly beating her, Kavanagh urges her not to admit it in court. Meanwhile,a colleague of Kavanagh's asks him to represent him before the Conduct Committee when he's accused of looking at the wrong brief.
20. Bearing Witness - 07-Apr-98
Kavanagh represents a Jehovah's Witness mother when a hospital wants her 13-year-old son to have a blood transfusion that will save his life. When the mother refuses, Luke is made a ward of court and the hospital seeks judicial permission to go ahead with the transfusion. The hospital wins its action, and Luke is given a transfusion. Escaping from hospital with the help of his mother, Luke dies shortly afterward. When his father, prompted by a national newspaper, brings an action for manslaughter against his estranged wife, Kavanagh is called as a reluctant witness.
21. The Innocency of Life - 14-Apr-98
Kavanagh is asked to defend a Reverend accused of sexual harassment by a recently widowed parishioner. When Kavanagh begins to make inquiries regarding the death of the victim's husband, she mysteriously withdraws her complaint against the Reverend and the case collapses. Later Kavanagh discovers that she has become engaged to the vicar and finds himself defending her against charges that she murdered her husband.
22. Dead Reckoning - 21-Apr-98
When a trawler sinks off the coast of North Yorkshire, taking the lives of five people, an enquiry establishes that the boat was in disrepair. Kavanagh is on the team prosecuting the boat owner and father of one of the victims, charged with five counts of manslaughter. He must counter the owner's defence that a Royal Navy submarine surfaced near the trawler and capsized her.
23. Ceremony of Innocence
A senior Labour MP, Barbara Watkins, is accused of sexual abuse by petty criminal Stephen Boxer. The alleged incident had taken place fifteen years earlier, when Boxer was only 15 years of age. The case comes to court and Kavanagh defends Watkins. Witness Kavanagh's rapier-like cross-examination technique in the quest for truth.
24. Seasons of Mist
Kavanagh and Aldermarten act for "The Turnbrook Two," serving life sentences for a double murder in a bungled armed robbery in 1985. Kavanagh represents Jimmy Cracken and Aldermarten, Neil Hastings.
Season 5, 90 Minutes
25. Previous Convictions - 08-Mar-99
RAF mechanic Nicholas Coveney has discovered that his lover Charlotte Sinclair is having an affair with another man, Francois Baudin. Preoccupied by this news, he is negligent in servicing a jet, which consequently crashes soon after take-off at a nearby moto-cross event in which Kavanagh's son Matt is taking part. The plane's two crewman and a number of spectators are killed.
When Coveney discovers technical drawings and plans of the base at Charlotte's flat, he realises that he has simply been used to further Charlotte and Francois' political ends. When Charlotte is charged with murder and theft, Kavanagh agrees to defend a woman who is arguably the most hated in the country, despite the heartfelt protests of his grieving son.
26. The More Loving One - 15-Mar-99
Michael Woodley and Annie Fisk, two young lovers, have fled to London from the stifling, middle-class rural community where they were brought up, and where Michael, found guilty of setting fire to a doctor's surgery, was given a suspended sentence. Annie is doing her best to beat a drug problem with Michael's help and support, but one day when Michael returns to their flat, he discovers that she is using drugs again. His patience snaps and he storms out of the house, noticed by a district nurse visiting the couple's elderly neighbour. Soon after a loud explosion at the lovers' flat leaves Michael numb with shock and he tells the nurse and police that he killed Annie.
Charged with murder, Michael is defended by Kavanagh, who is baffled by the boy's reluctance to explain what happened and by the emotional frigidity of his parents. A second pathologist's report reveals Annie was pregnant when she died. Kavanagh's dilemma is should he tell his client and further burden him with guilt, or keep the revelation to himself?
27. Time Of Need - 22-Mar-99
Shortly after her re-election to Westminster, Barbara Watkins, a Junior Minister at the Home Office, is devastated when, out of the blue, she is charged with indecent assault on a juvenile. The young man in question, Philip Boxer, has alleged to police that while an inmate at a boys' home, Watkins took him to Southend and seduced him. However, during the course of the trial, Boxer retracts his story, saying that the police put him up to it.
Subsequently Watkins is warned that she's about to be dropped not just from her post at the Home Office but from any Government department. Convinced that she is a victim of a police conspiracy, and determined to demonstrate publicly that she is entirely innocent, she brings a case for malicious prosecution against the police despite Kavanagh's attempts to dissuade her, who takes on the case against his better judgement.
28. - End Games 29-Mar-99
The story begins in 1985, when a teacher and one of her infant pupils are killed during a petrol station robbery.
Three men are later sentenced to long jail terms, though one of the trio, Jimmy Cracken, who was not present at the robbery, is badly represented by the late Sir Ronald Tibbit QC , who happens to have a young James Kavanagh as his junior.
Tibbit's widow, Lady Tibbit (Jean Marsh) later surrenders to Kavanagh her husband's notes of the case, proving that he was negligent.
A suicide note left by another of the jailed men exonerates Cracken, and eventually provides grounds for an appeal in which Cracken is represented again by Kavanagh. Meanwhile Kavanagh faces the threat of drastic changes both in his personal life and in chambers.
29. The End of Law - 25-Apr-01
(2-Hour Sepcial) The body of a beautiful young Hungarian computer science graduate is discovered and a middle-aged businessman denies her murder although her body was found in his hotel room. When he is found guilty, an appeal is prepared and questions emerge about the dead woman - was she working as a prostitute or plying a more secretive international trade?
