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About Detective

Detective is a crime TV series that premiered on March 30, 1964. It has 3 seasons and 45 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 10 "Mr Guppy's Tale", aired on November 9, 1969.

A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC programmes made before the early 1970s, many of its episodes no longer exist. Of the eighteen episodes from the first season only twelve are currently known to exist; likewise six of the sixteen editions from the second run are considered lost, and just one of the final ten survives in the archives.

  • Crime

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Episodes

45 episodes · 3 seasons

Season 1

1964 · 18 episodes · Last episode: 62 years ago

Detective Season 1 release dates →
  1. E18

    18. The Quick One

    Finale
  2. E17

    17. Death of a Fellow Traveller

  3. E16

    16. The Speaking Eye

  4. E15

    15. The Case of Oscar Brodski

    Oscar Brodski is believed to have fallen to his death in front of an oncoming train. Passenger Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke believes it is murder rather than suicide.

  5. E14

    14. The Hungry Spider

    Eve Gill driving a lorry carrying smuggled rum. Following a smash she is helped into the Forsyth home. While there she spies Mrs Forsyth murder her husband with a lethal injection but fears she may be blamed.

  6. E13

    13. The Loring Mystery

  7. E12

    12. A Connoisseur's Case

  8. E11

    11. Death in Ecstacy

  9. E10

    10. Subject: Murder

  10. E9

    9. The Night of the Horns

  11. E8

    8. The Speckled Band

  12. E7

    7. The Man Who Murdered in Public

  13. E6

    6. Dishonoured Bones

    Archeologist and amateur sleuth Martin Cotterill is working on a dig in the small village of Panverne when he discovers a body recently dumped in his trench.

  14. E5

    5. The Judas Window

  15. E4

    4. End of Chapter

  16. E3

    3. Trent's Last Case

    A pair of damaged shoes help Philip Trent to solve the mystery of a tycoon's death, but the solution reveals astounding facts even he had not suspected.

  17. E2

    2. The Drawing

  18. E1

    1. The Moving Toyshop

    A poet finds a body in a toyshop. But when he returns with the police the next morning, the body has disappeared–and so has the toyshop.

Season 2

1968 · 17 episodes · Last episode: 58 years ago

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  1. E17

    17. The Murders In The Rue Morgue

    Finale
  2. E16

    16. Death On The Champs Elysées

  3. E15

    15. Artists In Crime

  4. E14

    14. Crime of Passion

  5. E13

    13. The Golden Dart

  6. E12

    12. The Case of the Late Pig

  7. E11

    11. Cork On The Water

  8. E10

    10. The High Adventure

  9. E9

    9. The Unquiet Sleep

    Advising government on the illegal "high" called Mecron, Rachel Borrowdaile comes to the aid of minister Henry Leggatt who is blackmailed by drug pushers who want old stock.

  10. E8

    8. Born Victim

  11. E7

    7. The Avenging Chance

    This play is set in the West End of London in the nineteen-thirties. It appears that there are a large number of people who would be glad to see Sir William Anstruther dead. The question is who? Roger Sheringham is determined to find out. Unhappily he has hardly started his investigations when a tragedy, in which an innocent woman dies, takes place.

  12. E6

    6. The Beast Must Die

    When his son is killed by an unidentified hit-and-run driver, Felix Lane writes in his diary that he intends to find the man responsible and kill him. But when the man actually is killed, is someone else the killer?

  13. E5

    5. The German Song

    Scotland Yard ask consultant Reggie Fortune to help them find a stash of gold artifacts stolen from Sir Henry Exton country house.

  14. E4

    4. Lesson In Anatomy

  15. E3

    3. A Man and His Mother-In-Law

  16. E2

    2. Dover and the Poison Pen Letters

  17. E1

    1. The Deadly Climate

Season 3

1969 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 57 years ago

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  1. E10

    10. Mr Guppy's Tale

    Finale

    A suspenseful tale about the injustices of the 19th Century English legal system.

  2. E9

    9. The Poisoners

  3. E8

    8. And So To Murder

  4. E7

    7. Elimination Round

  5. E6

    6. Hunt The Peacock

    The brilliant Indian sleuth Inspector Ghote arrives in England for the first time to investigate a crime, and finds sadly that it is far from being the fabled land he has always dreamed of.

  6. E5

    5. The Tea-Leaf

    In the steamy heat of a fashionable Turkish baths, emotions can become heightened and lead to a fantastic and mysterious death.

  7. E4

    4. Put Out The Light

  8. E3

    3. The Public School Murder

  9. E2

    2. The Singing Sands

  10. E1

    1. Prisoner's Plea

    Ernest Jackson is sitting on death row for the murder of his wife. Jackson claims he is a patsy. Having run out of appeals he makes a last ditch plea for help from Police Chief Fellows. The Chief decides Jackson may be telling the truth.

Cast & crew

  • Graham Crowden

    Graham Crowden

  • Robert Fyfe

    Robert Fyfe

  • Llewellyn Rees

    Llewellyn Rees

  • Michael Hordern

    Michael Hordern

    Detective Inspector Rason

  • Barbara Shelley

    Barbara Shelley

    Eve Race

  • Benjamin Whitrow

    Benjamin Whitrow

    Peter Binns

  • Frederick Jaeger

    Frederick Jaeger

  • Mervyn Johns

    Mervyn Johns

  • Colin Blakely

    Colin Blakely

  • Geoffrey Hayes

    Geoffrey Hayes

  • Timothy Bateson

    Timothy Bateson

  • Glynn Edwards

    Glynn Edwards

  • Terence Alexander

    Terence Alexander

  • Nick Tate

    Nick Tate

  • Michael Jayston

    Michael Jayston

  • John Harvey

    John Harvey

Detective FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Detective?

Detective has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on November 9, 1969.

When did the latest episode of Detective come out?

The most recent episode of Detective, Season 3 Episode 10 "Mr Guppy's Tale", aired on November 9, 1969.

How many seasons of Detective are there?

Detective has 3 seasons with 45 episodes in total.

When did Detective first air?

Detective first aired on March 30, 1964.

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