
Redcap
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. It ran for 26 episodes over two series between 1964 and 1966, being about 50 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for a 1960s ABC Weekend Television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.
Seasons
1. It's What Comes After
Air Date: 1964-10-17
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
Air Date: 1964-10-24
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
Air Date: 1964-10-31
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
Air Date: 1964-11-07
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
Air Date: 1964-11-14
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
Air Date: 1964-11-21
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
Air Date: 1964-11-28
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
Air Date: 1964-12-05
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
Air Date: 1964-12-12
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
Air Date: 1964-12-19
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
Air Date: 1965-01-02
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
Air Date: 1965-01-09
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
Air Date: 1965-01-16
1. Crime Passionel
Air Date: 1966-04-02
Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the witnesses.
2. The Pride of the Regiment
Air Date: 1966-04-09
3. The Killer
Air Date: 1966-04-16
A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.
4. Buckingham Palace
Air Date: 1966-04-23
A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.
5. Rough Justice
Air Date: 1966-04-30
6. The Moneylenders
Air Date: 1966-05-07
7. Strictly by the Book
Air Date: 1966-05-14
8. Peterson's Private Army
Air Date: 1966-05-21
Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.
9. Stag Party
Air Date: 1966-05-28
Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.
10. An Ambush Among Friends
Air Date: 1966-06-04
11. The Alibi
Air Date: 1966-06-11
12. The Proper Charlie
Air Date: 1966-06-18
13. Information Received
Air Date: 1966-06-25
In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.
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Rating
6.0/10
Release Date
1964-10-17
Episodes
26 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies

ABC Weekend Television
