Miniseries poster

Miniseries

(1977)

Cast

Anton Rodgers as Detective Inspector Purbright
Anton Rodgers

as Detective Inspector Purbright

Christopher Timothy as Detective Sergeant Love
Christopher Timothy

as Detective Sergeant Love

John Comer as Sergeant Malley
John Comer

as Sergeant Malley

Moray Watson as Chief Constable Chubb
Moray Watson

as Chief Constable Chubb

Brenda Bruce as Lucilla Teatime
Brenda Bruce

as Lucilla Teatime

James Grout as Jonas Bradlaw
James Grout

as Jonas Bradlaw

John Normington as Gordon Periam
John Normington

as Gordon Periam

Peter Sallis as Rodney Gloss
Peter Sallis

as Rodney Gloss

Caroline Blakiston as Mrs. Helen Carobleat
Caroline Blakiston

as Mrs. Helen Carobleat

Antony Carrick as Dr. Rupert Hillyard
Antony Carrick

as Dr. Rupert Hillyard

Lynn Farleigh as Doreen Periam
Lynn Farleigh

as Doreen Periam

Michael Robbins as Pumphrey
Michael Robbins

as Pumphrey

Episodes

Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1 poster

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May 8, 1977

Mr. Hopjoy, a traveling salesman, has disappeared - to the relief of many husbands, the rage of innumerable creditors a…

Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1 poster

Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2/Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1 0.0

May 15, 1977

After solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Chief Inspector Purbright turns his attention to a "lonely hearts" kil…

Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2 poster

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May 22, 1977

Miss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? A…

The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1 poster

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May 29, 1977

Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a se…

The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2 poster

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June 5, 1977

Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimen…

Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1 poster

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June 12, 1977

After the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife is shocked to find that he has left his estate to a neighbor who is subse…

Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2 poster

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June 19, 1977

When a third member of the quintet of prominent Flaxborough citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostit…