Redcap

1h

Drama

Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes 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.

Episodes

Cast

It's What Comes After

1. It's What Comes After

1h

17th Oct 1964

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.

A Town Called Love

2. A Town Called Love

1h

24th Oct 1964

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.

Epitaph for a Sweat

3. Epitaph for a Sweat

1h

31st Oct 1964

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.

Misfire

4. Misfire

1h

7th Nov 1964

Corporal McCann's Private War

5. Corporal McCann's Private War

1h

14th Nov 1964

The Orderly Officer

6. The Orderly Officer

1h

21st Nov 1964

Night Watch

7. Night Watch

1h

28th Nov 1964

The Boys of B Company

8. The Boys of B Company

1h

5th Dec 1964

At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one has nearly committed suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous boy officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.

A Regiment of the Line

9. A Regiment of the Line

1h

12th Dec 1964

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.

The Man They Did

10. The Man They Did

1h

19th Dec 1964

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.

A Question of Initiative

11. A Question of Initiative

1h

2nd Jan 1965

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.

A Place of Refuge

12. A Place of Refuge

1h

9th Jan 1965

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.

The Patrol

13. The Patrol

1h

16th Jan 1965

First air date

17th Oct 1964

Last air date

25th Jun 1966

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks