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 UK /ITV
Network (
Yorkshire) / 13x60m-e /
1978 (17 January - 11 April / Tuesdays @ 9.00pm)
Creator/Producer: Ian Mackintosh / Executive Producer: David Cunliffe /
Theme Music: Anthony Issac
Crime drama series.
Detective novelist Rupert Wilde and his wife
Amy can't help getting involved in real life
crime. This easy going series was obviously aiming for a thin man Nick and Nora style
relationship for the two leads. Besides
Rupert and Amy the only other real semi-regulars were Rupert's literary
agent Christopher Bailey and slightly strange Mr Bailey who lived in the
flat downstairs and turned out to make soft porn films on the side. Rupert
drove a great Triumph TR7.
With:- JOHN STRIDE as
Rupert Wilde / JULIA FOSTER as
Amy Wilde / PATRICK NEWELL as Bailey / JOHN LEE as
Christopher Bridgewater
ONE SEASON
1. QUESTION
OF RESEARCH (Broadcast: Tuesday 17 Jan 1978 @ 9:00PM)
Writer: Ian Mackintosh
Rupert and Amy find themselves dealing with a quartet of mysteries involving a fake telephony engineer, a narky literary agent and a white slaver, all of them apparently linked in some way.
guest cast
Raymond Adamson as Wing Cmdr / Jerome Willis as Ladbroke / Robin Parkinson as Jack / Donald Burton as Platton / Judy Buxton as Camilla / William Humbert as Geoffrey / Robert Blythe as Telephone engineer / Sebastian Abineri as Cpl
Director: Derek Bennett
Designers: Alan Pickford, Peter Caldwell
2. FLOWER POWER (Broadcast: Tuesday 24 Jan 1978 @ 9:00pm)
Writer: Anthony Skene
A long lost orchid and an old flame lead Rupert down a dangerous path.
guest cast
June Ellis as Mrs Ganter / Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs Tegaskis / Mary Wimbush as Miss Townsend / James Villiers as Roper / Gwyneth Owen as Blodwen / Anne Jameson as Mrs Furbank / Fred Gaunt as Mr Whitaker / John Rolls as Mr Ganter / Francis Goodall as Mrs Horniman / Carolle Bousseau as Eve
Director: Bob Hird
Designer: Mary Rea
3. TOO MUCH, TOO OFTEN (Broadcast: Tuesday 31 Jan 1978 @ 9:00pm)
Writer: Philip Broadley
A weekend staying with old friend Helen Bardsley leads Rupert and Amy into trouble.
guest cast
Tony Steedman as Leo / John Castle as David Bardsley / Isla Blair as Helen Bardsley / Brian Osborne as Tom / Lyndon Hughes as Clare / Johnny Allen as Gunbearer / Barkley Johnson as Man with dog
Director: Derek Bennett
Designer: Alan Pickford
4. THINGS THAT GO BUMP (Broadcast: Tuesday 7 Feb 1978 @ 9:00pm)
Rupert and Amy investigate when a an old house bought by Rupert's agent Christopher Bridgewater seems to have some very strange things happening to it, including footsteps in the night and noises in the study.
guest cast
Marius Goring as Rex / Janina Faye as The Girl / Peter Birrel as Policeman / Donald Layne-Smith as Norman / Laura Graham as Angela / Sean Arnold as Bert
Director: Marc Miller
Designer: Peter Caldwell
5. THE PRIVATE ARMY OF COLONEL STONE (Broadcast: Tuesday 14th February 1978 @9.00pm)
Writer: Jacques Gillies
Rupert and Amy are suspicious about just why Colonel Stone has returned to England from the desert.
guest cast
John Fraser as Colonel Stone / Anthony Dutton as Knocker / Philip McGough as Ben / Hilary Mason as Rachel / Alick Hayes as
Vicar
Director : Matthew Robinson
Designer : Alan Pickford
6. DANNY BOY (Broadcast: Tuesday 21st February 1978 @9.00pm)
Writer: Ian MacKintosh
In Manchester the Wildes find themselves involved in the well being of a female singer who is being targeted for some reason.
guest cast
Norman George as Violinist / David King as Benedict / Tony Goodall as Diner / Leon Lissek as Hank / Ed Bishop as Wingion / Jacquie Sullivan as Carole / Patrick Jordan as Adler
Director : Bob Hird
Designer : Peter Coldwell
7. WELL ENOUGH ALONE (Broadcast: Tuesday 28th February 1978 @9.00pm)
Writer: Anthony Skene
It looks like York has been bitten by Mexican fever and just how are the mysterious Elena and a cricket playing Texan linked.
guest cast
Caroline Blakiston as Elena / Roger Brierley as Mr Grice / Annie Leake as Mrs Bullwait / Margot Boyd as Miss Neame / Zienia Merton as Dolories / Veronica France as Dominique / Gerry Cowan as Chauffeur / Edward de Souza as Antonio / Desmond Llewelyn as Colonel Thripp / Geoffrey Burridge as Tom / Andrew King as Carlos / Karen David as Maria
Director : David Reynolds
Designer : Chris George
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