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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.

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17th October 1964 - 25th June 1966
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John ThawIan McShane
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It's What Comes After Still
It's What Comes After
17th October 1964

Episode 1

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 Still
A Town Called Love
24th October 1964

Episode 2

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 Still
Epitaph for a Sweat
31st October 1964

Episode 3

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 Still
Misfire
7th November 1964

Episode 4

No overview available.

Corporal McCann's Private War Still
Corporal McCann's Private War
14th November 1964

Episode 5

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The Orderly Officer
21st November 1964

Episode 6

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Night Watch Still
Night Watch
28th November 1964

Episode 7

No overview available.

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The Boys of B Company
5th December 1964

Episode 8

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.

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A Regiment of the Line
12th December 1964

Episode 9

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 Still
The Man They Did
19th December 1964

Episode 10

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.

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A Question of Initiative
2nd January 1965

Episode 11

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 Still
A Place of Refuge
9th January 1965

Episode 12

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.

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The Patrol
16th January 1965

Episode 13

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