Woz too young to remember this - kind of mixed it up with Callan...there are loads of episodes on YouTube...Susan Penhaligon, Lesley Anne Down, David Suchet, Vivien Heilbron, Brian Blessed and loads of well known faces. Watched 8 episodes so far, all excellent.
Gin n tonic is 19p...private detective works for £7.50 per day...and you need to carry loads of 5p pieces to make phone calls...£300 is a MASSIVE bribe...anybody remember this series? Peak viewing from 9-10pm it was, for nine or ten years...
Yes, Thames TV - Euston films (Minder and Sweeney) wanted to chuck more money at Public Eye in 1975, but Alfred Burke didn't want to continue.
Does this sound familiar? "Just one more thing..." Frank Marker says, and he wears a shabby raincoat - I was wondering if it pre-dates Columbo...
Yes, Thames TV - Euston films (Minder and Sweeney) wanted to chuck more money at Public Eye in 1975, but Alfred Burke didn't want to continue.Does this sound familiar? "Just one more thing..." Frank Marker says, and he wears a shabby raincoat - I was
That's right, - the "F" wears off and the mug says "rank", ounf...
Marker usually drinks his tea with a ginger snap or, if he's in work, a nice bit o'shortbread, a luxury item in 1973. Nell Holdsworth, the lovely antique dealer with the "agreeable disposition" usually visits Marker for tea and a chat.
Yes! That's right, - the "F" wears off and the mug says "rank", ounf...Marker usually drinks his tea with a ginger snap or, if he's in work, a nice bit o'shortbread, a luxury item in 1973. Nell Holdsworth, the lovely antique dealer with the "agreeabl
Kenny Mann would surely like the episode, "Mrs. Podmore's Cat" in which Frank Marker the ENQUIRY AGENT, is paid to take care of a pure black house-cat for a week while Mrs. Podmore visits a health farm.
Kenny Mann would surely like the episode, "Mrs. Podmore's Cat" in which Frank Marker the ENQUIRY AGENT, is paid to take care of a pure black house-cat for a week while Mrs. Podmore visits a health farm.
Ta, Dunlaying - I've got that but have never watched it...yes, the theme music is great...arranged by "Uncle Bob Sharples" from Opportunity Knocks...he used a pseudonym.
Watched another one last night...The Bankrupt...posh con-man (in court) names a horse he backed - stuck £1000 on it - Marker does some research and finds out the horse opened at 20/1 but didn't move much in the betting...£1000 would have done some damage at a minor track in 1970...hence, porkies being told...
Ta, Dunlaying - I've got that but have never watched it...yes, the theme music is great...arranged by "Uncle Bob Sharples" from Opportunity Knocks...he used a pseudonym.Watched another one last night...The Bankrupt...posh con-man (in court) names a h
My parents loved Public Eye. Just watched an episode really interesting to see how tv drama has changed.
Another favourite was Budgie with Adam Faith and Ian Cuthbertson as Charlie Endell.
My parents loved Public Eye. Just watched an episode really interesting to see how tv drama has changed. Another favourite was Budgie with Adam Faith and Ian Cuthbertson as Charlie Endell.
The box set A Box Named Frank is only 28 quid from Amazon . It contains 46 episodes . Other great shows going for a song include ; Edge Of Darkness Undermined, 1965 The Singing Detective , Michael Gambon The Hanged Man , Colin Blakely
The box set A Box Named Frank is only 28 quid from Amazon .It contains 46 episodes . Other great shows going for a song include ;Edge Of DarknessUndermined, 1965The Singing Detective , Michael GambonThe Hanged Man , Colin Blakely
Enjoying this series which was completely new to me.
Jim Bergerac's screen ex-wife turned up yesterday evening in a mini dress which even by 60s standards barely covered her pert derriere.
Enjoying this series which was completely new to me. Jim Bergerac's screen ex-wife turned up yesterday evening in a mini dress which even by 60s standards barely covered her pert derriere.
I’ve watched around 10 of these ‘PUBLIC EYE’ episodes now, dating from the mid to late 60s.
Who would have thought there was a time when British TV dramas concentrated on script, plot, characterisation, dialogue and performance?
None of the episodes to date have involved :
(a) A completely contrived storyline set up purely to persuade the viewer that ‘white people are generally intolerant backward racists’
(b) A storyline into which ethnic minority characters have been parachuted just for the sake of being ‘inclusive’
(c) A storyline where those pesky white people are once again discriminating against people who follow Peaceful Religions.
(d) The worship of “Trans” characters.
Perhaps the individuals who green-light TV dramas in 2018 and beyond might do well to learn from dramas such as ‘Public Eye’.
I’ve watched around 10 of these ‘PUBLIC EYE’ episodes now, dating from the mid to late 60s. Who would have thought there was a time when British TV dramas concentrated on script, plot, characterisation, dialogue and performance? None of the epi
Velasquez 26 Jul 15 20:20 Joined: 30 Aug 02 | Topic/replies: 9,623 | Blogger: Velasquez's blog Kenny Mann would surely like the episode, "Mrs. Podmore's Cat" in which Frank Marker the ENQUIRY AGENT, is paid to take care of a pure black house-cat for a week while Mrs. Podmore visits a health farm.
Thank you Vel'. I'll look out for that one. As mentioned these are being repeated on Talking Pictures at the moment. The current series is from 1969, and the colour is of a crystal clear quality almost. Hard to realise when watching, that a fresh faced 35 year old will be 84 now if still around. Good series.
Next episode, seems to have moved on 2 years.
Mon 22 Oct 18 20:00 Public Eye 1971. Detective & Mystery Drama. Well, There Was This Girl, You See. Stars Susan Brodrick, Alfred Burke & Brenda Cavendish. Things are looking up when Marker is invited to join an enquiry agency.
Excellent advice, alun.Velasquez26 Jul 15 20:20Joined: 30 Aug 02| Topic/replies: 9,623 | Blogger: Velasquez's blogKenny Mann would surely like the episode, "Mrs. Podmore's Cat" in which Frank Marker the ENQUIRY AGENT, is paid to take care of a pure b
A lot of the early episodes, like Callan, were lost and TP are showing all the surviving episodes. That is why there is a gap Alun. Tape was quite expensive in the 60s and they reused a lot of the tapes, taping over some classic programmes.
A lot of the early episodes, like Callan, were lost and TP are showing all the surviving episodes. That is why there is a gap Alun. Tape was quite expensive in the 60s and they reused a lot of the tapes, taping over some classic programmes.
Bought the Budgie and Public Eye box sets on the back of this thread.
Budgie -- good though got a bit silly towards the end. Apparently (according to one of the DVD extras) it was originally going to be called Loser. A charming, handsome, petty thief in over his head but too stupid to realise it. Brought back a vague nostalgia for the old Soho: a terrible place, really, with the sordid dirty book shops, rip-off clip joints and half the Met on the payroll.
Public Eye -- might save for Christmas (or November, whichever comes first).
Bought the Budgie and Public Eye box sets on the back of this thread.Budgie -- good though got a bit silly towards the end. Apparently (according to one of the DVD extras) it was originally going to be called Loser. A charming, handsome, petty thief
Oct 18 6:00 Ambush In Leopard Street 1962. Crime Thriller. Stars James Kenney & Bruce Seton. A retired thief forms a gang for one last job, a diamond shipment. With good locations and a British cast it’s an enjoyable British B film. Sat 27 Oct 18 7:10 The Hi-jackers 1963. Drama. Directed by Jim O’Connolly. Starring Anthony Booth & Jacqueline Ellis. A lorry driver meets Shirley at a cafe and offers her a lift. His truck carrying valuable whiskey is later hijacked. Sat 27 Oct 18 8:30 Not Wanted On Voyage 1957. Comedy. The rollicking adventures of two stewards aboard a pleasure cruiser. Starring Ronald Shiner and Brian Rix. Sat 27 Oct 18 10:10 The Strange World Of Planet X 1958. Sci-fi. A British laboratory studying magnetic fields is warned by a cosmic visitor of the dangers in their experiments. Starring Forrest Tucker and Martin Benson. Sat 27 Oct 18 11:40 Get Cracking 1943. Comedy. Directed by Marcel Varnel. Starring George Formby, Dinah Sheridan & Ronald Shiner. Formby joins the Home Guard and launches his own style of commando raid wallop to steal a machine gun. Sat 27 Oct 18 13:40 Wanted For Murder 1946. Drama. Directed by Lawrence Huntington Starring Eric Portman, Dulcie Gray, Derek Farr & Roland Culver. The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father’s profession… (Subtitles Available) Sat 27 Oct 18 15:45 Weekend With Lulu 1961. Comedy. Directed by John Paddy Carstairs. Starring Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks & Shirley Eaton. Three friends plan a fun weekend, but they have surprise company tagging along. Sat 27 Oct 18 17:35 The Detective 1954. Comedy. Directed by Robert Hamer. Starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch & Cecil Parker. Works of art are being stolen by a master thief who Father Brown must catch! Sat 27 Oct 18 19:20 Yesterday’s Enemy 1959. War. Director: Val Guest. Stars Stanley Baker, Guy Rolfe, Gordon Jackson & Leo McKern. During the Japanese invasion of Burma, the remnant of a British Army Brigade HQ escapes through the jungle. Sat 27 Oct 18 21:20 The Sand Pebbles (Part 1) 1966. Adventure. Director Robert Wise. Stars Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough. In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River. Sat 27 Oct 18 23:10 The Sand Pebbles (Part 2) 1966. Adventure. Director Robert Wise. Stars Steve McQueen, Candice Bergen, Richard Attenborough. In 1926, the USS San Pablo patrols the Yangtze River. Sat 27 Oct 18 0:55 Invasion of the Bee Girls 1973. Sci-Fi Horror. Starring William Smith, Anitra Ford, Victoria Vetri. A cosmic force is turning earth girls into queen bees who ‘love’ their men to death. Sat 27 Oct 18 1:40 Legend Of The Witches 1969. Docu-drama. Directed by Malcolm Leigh. Originally X-rated, the famous cult film about witches and witchcraft in Britain. Sat 27 Oct 18 3:05 Mysterious Mr Nicholson 1947. Crime drama. Directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond and Frank Hawkins. A solicitors’ clerk is sent to deliver a will and finds the recipient murdered. Sat 27 Oct 18 4:40 Third Alibi 1961. Drama. Directed by Montgomery Tully. Starring Laurence Payne, Patricia Dainton. A married composer finds that his affair with his wife’s half-sister has resulted in her death. DATE TIME PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS Sun 28 Oct 18 6:00 Wilf Watters Presents Final Performance A short documentary based around the closing day of The Regent Cinema, Amersham in 1962 Sun 28 Oct 18 6:15 Dateline Diamonds 1965. Directed By Jeremy Summers. Comedy musical stars The Small Faces, The Chantelles and Kiki Dee. Lester Benson (Kenneth Cope) the manager of top rock band The Small Faces, is hiding a secret. (Subtitles Available) Sun 28 Oct 18 7:45 Old Mother Riley’s Jungle Treasure 1952. Comedy. A pirates’ ghost-ship takes Old Mother Riley across the world in search of treasure. Starring Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane and Peter Butterworth. Sun 28 Oct 18 9:15 The Marked One 1963. Crime. Director: Francis Searle. Stars William Lucas, Zena Walker & Patrick Jordan. Criminals kidnap a man’s daughter in order to obtain forgery plates which they believe to be in his possession Sun 28 Oct 18 10:30 Liz Fraser’s Life in Film Liz Fraser Exclusively discusses her life in film. Sun 28 Oct 18 10:50 Desert Mice 1959. Comedy. Set in WW2, this is the story of an ENSA troupe of entertainers. Starring Sid James, Dora Bryan, Alfred Marks and Liz Fraser. (Subtitles Available) Sun 28 Oct 18 12:30 Down Among The Z Men 1952. Comedy directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Michael Bentine, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. Prof. Pureheart loses a secret formula in the grocery shop. Sun 28 Oct 18 13:55 Fire Over England 1937. Drama. Directed by William K. Howard. Stars Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson & Vivien Leigh. Queen Elizabeth is running this show. The men in her court should be thinking about how to add to the glory of the Elizabethan Age. (Subtitles Available) Sun 28 Oct 18 15:40 We’ll Meet Again 1943. Musical. Directed by Philip Brandon Stars Vera Lynn, Patricia Roc & Donald Gray. A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people also like her singing voice! Sun 28 Oct 18 17:20 Cast a Dark Shadow 1955. Thriller. Directed by Lewis Gilbert. Starring Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh & Kathleen Harrison. A clever fortune-hunter with a penchant for murder does in his elderly, rich, wife. (Subtitles Available) Sun 28 Oct 18 19:00 Paper Tiger 1975. Drama. Directed by Ken Annakin and starring David Niven. An English man is hired as a tutor to the son of a Japanese ambassador. Life changes when the pair are kidnapped for political reasons. Sun 28 Oct 18 21:00 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre On The Run. 1963. Directed by Robert Tronson. Stars Emrys Jones, Sarah Lawson, Patrick Barr, Delphi Lawrence & Kevin Stoney. The Governor is puzzled after Stewart makes a break from Prison. Sun 28 Oct 18 22:10 You Can’t Do Without Love 1944. Comedy. Directed by Walter Forde. Stars Vera Lynn, Donald Stewart, Mary Clare & Frederick Leister. A singer meets the victim of a kidnap plot and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend. Sun 28 Oct 18 23:40 Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie 1969. Drama. Director: Ronald Neame. Stars Maggie Smith, Celia Johnson, Robert Stephens & Gordon Jackson. A teacher wants her pupils to embrace romantic ideals rather than hard facts. Sun 28 Oct 18 1:55 Beat Girl 1960. Drama. Directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Noëlle Adam, Christopher Lee and Oliver Reed. Paul, a divorcee, marries a French lady but his daughter is determined to spoil the relationship. Sun 28 Oct 18 3:40 Fall of the House of Usher 1950. Horror. A traveller arrives at Usher mansion to visit his friend Roderick (Kaye Tendeter) and discovers that Roderick and his sister (Gwen Watford) have been inflicted with a strange disease. Sun 28 Oct 18 5:00 Top of the Bill 1971. Lost Documentary feature about the great days of variety with Ben Warriss, Davey Kaye, Sally Barnes, Peter Cavanagh, Ken Goodwin & more.
next couple of days or so.Oct 18 6:00 Ambush In Leopard Street 1962. Crime Thriller. Stars James Kenney & Bruce Seton. A retired thief forms a gang for one last job, a diamond shipment. With good locations and a British cast it’s an enjoya
Public Eye box set -- after the first 11 DVDs (so midway through 1973) I can report there are some good yarns in there, mixed in with some duff episodes. It is a shame only two episodes survive of the first two series.
Public Eye box set -- after the first 11 DVDs (so midway through 1973) I can report there are some good yarns in there, mixed in with some duff episodes. It is a shame only two episodes survive of the first two series.
Back to the daily grind tonight for Frank after his good hiding. He's got a mate to work with now. A partner's the last thing you want in business if you're any good. It seldom works out.
Back to the daily grind tonight for Frank after his good hiding.He's got a mate to work with now.A partner's the last thing you want in business if you're any good. It seldom works out.