Wilde Alliance

1h

Comedy

Mystery

Crime

Wilde Alliance is a British television series created by Ian Mackintosh and produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network in 1978. The programme was a light-hearted mystery series about husband-and-wife amateur detectives Rupert and Amy Wilde.

Episodes

Cast

A Question of Research

1. A Question of Research

1h

17th Jan 1978

Rupert and Amy contend with a phony telephone engineer and a white slave trader.

Flower Power

2. Flower Power

1h

24th Jan 1978

Rupert is led a merry dance by an old flame and a long-lost orchid.

Too Much, Too Often

3. Too Much, Too Often

1h

31st Jan 1978

Rupert and Amy get into a spot of trouble when spending the weekend with old friend Helen Bardsley, whose husband David seems not all that right in the head.

Things That Go Bump

4. Things That Go Bump

1h

7th Feb 1978

Rupert and Amy investigate strange goings-on at an old house bought by agent Christopher Bridgewater

The Private Army of Colonel Stone

5. The Private Army of Colonel Stone

1h

14th Feb 1978

Rupert and Amy investigate Colonel Stone, newly returned to England from the desert.

Danny Boy

6. Danny Boy

1h

21st Feb 1978

Rupert and Amy investigate threats against a Mancunian chanteuse.

Well Enough Alone

7. Well Enough Alone

1h

28th Feb 1978

The Wildes are in York and investigate the mysterious Elena and a cricket-playing Texan.

Express from Rome

8. Express from Rome

1h

7th Mar 1978

Rupert and Amy travel to Rome by train and stumble across another mystery.

A Game for Two Players

9. A Game for Two Players

1h

14th Mar 1978

Rupert and Amy take in a young boy named Steve, found wandering the streets.

Time and Again

10. Time and Again

1h

21st Mar 1978

Rupert investigates how a group of criminals have suddenly come to be into money.

Affray in Amsterdam

11. Affray in Amsterdam

1h

28th Mar 1978

Rupert, in Amsterdam to research his latest novel, gets involved with a woman who is caught up in an illegal South American mining operation.

A Suspicion of Sudden Death

12. A Suspicion of Sudden Death

1h

4th Apr 1978

Rupert and Amy suspect that the victim of an apparent heart attack actually met his end through foul play.

Some Trust in Chariots

13. Some Trust in Chariots

1h

11th Apr 1978

Although Annette is in America, her sister Debbie keeps seeing her in the UK. In order to convince people that she isn't losing her mind, Debbie takes a photograph of her sister, but when this is developed, Annette is nowhere to be seen...

First air date

17th Jan 1978

Last air date

11th Apr 1978

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks