Strange Report

S01E09: SHRAPNEL 'The wish in the dream'

REPORT 1021 A piece of shrapnel in a dead man's body reveals an unexpected twist in an eternal triangle that reaches out of the past. Called in to attend the autopsy. Adam Strange finds himself personally involved.

Overview

Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which have been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Marks. He employs the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertakes in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington.

Episodes

S01E01 CULT 'Murder shrieks out'

September 21, 1969
REPORT 5055 Strange and his team are called in after a performer with links to a charity organization dies under unusual circumstances. When the performer's singing partner is kidnapped, the case takes on an urgency...

S01E02 SKELETON 'Let Sleeping Heroes Lie'

September 28, 1969
REPORT 0649 The remains of a Blitz victim found while clearing a site reveal the man was murdered first. Strange and his cohorts try to solve the nearly thirty years old case, but unexpected official...

S01E03 HOSTAGE 'If you won't learn, die!'

October 5, 1969
REPORT 2641 A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped and a ransom note delivered. Strange must battle against the time table of the kidnappers and the outrage of the Chinese government to locate the missing man and...

S01E04 LONELYHEARTS 'Who killed Dan Cupid?'

October 12, 1969
REPORT 0846 Strange is asked to look into the death of the founder of a dating society. As the investigation continues, he discovers the situation is far more complex than he imagined, and that he...

S01E05 GRENADE 'What price change?'

October 19, 1969
REPORT 8319 Two opposing factions at a university are planning various activities to protest about the setting-up of a defence research unit on site. Ham Gynt goes back to university to study the roots of...

S01E06 COVER GIRLS 'Last year's model'

October 26, 1969
REPORT 3906 The latest designs of an exclusive fashion house are stolen just before an important show, then mysteriously returned. Strange and Kaz determine they were copied and put back, and possible suspects are many.

S01E07 Epidemic - 'A Most Curious Crime'

November 2, 1969
Report 3424 Adam finds himself facing a man who turns blood into gold - by smuggling illegal immigrants into the country and making vast profits from their misery. With Ham's help, he teaches the rogue...

S01E08 REVENGE 'When a man hates'

November 9, 1969
REPORT 2475 A man hunts the men who put him in prison. His suffering wife slowly realizes his goal. Will she do the right thing, and will it be too late for Strange?

S01E09 SHRAPNEL 'The wish in the dream'

November 23, 1969 50 min
REPORT 1021 A piece of shrapnel in a dead man's body reveals an unexpected twist in an eternal triangle that reaches out of the past. Called in to attend the autopsy. Adam Strange finds himself...

S01E10 HAND 'A matter of witchcraft'

November 30, 1969
REPORT 8944 Adam and Ham find themselves immersed in the chilling world of witchcraft when a beautiful young office secretary is murdered in brutal circumstances. Murder is one thing but as Adam finds out -...

S01E11 RACIST 'A most dangerous proposal'

December 7, 1969
REPORT 1553 An outspoken minister is shot at a party hosted by a young woman. Evidence mounts that indicate her father, the head of a racist organization, may be responsible, but he seems too willing...

S01E12 SNIPER 'When is your cousin not?'

December 14, 1969
REPORT 7931 Student demonstrations in an East European country, and murder, involve Adam Strange in a search for truth as well as a killer. Back in London. Ham comes up with a startling piece of...

S01E13 X-RAY 'Who weeps for the doctor'

December 21, 1969
REPORT 4821 A hospital staff dance later ends in tragedy with the unexpected death of a neuro-surgeon - following his angry outburst at colleagues before he storms out of the party. But is his death...

S01E14 KIDNAP 'Whose pretty girl are you?'

December 28, 1969
REPORT 2493 When a beauty queen is 'kidnapped', Adam must find out whether the event has been organised as a publicity stunt or for real? If it's the latter, he has barely 24 hours to...

S01E15 HEART 'No Choice for the Donor'

January 4, 1970
REPORT 4407 The police are baffled. A famous heart surgeon has been kidnapped but no random note is delivered nor is anything heard from abductors. Adam Strange is called in - and uncovers a most...

S01E16 SWINDLE 'Square root of evil'

January 11, 1970
REPORT 4977 When a Bank of England company responsible for printing genuine bank notes are duped into carrying out a massive order for a gang of swindlers, Adam and Ham discover that greed lurks within.

Cast

Anthony Quayle
Anthony Quayle
Adam Strange
Anneke Wills
Anneke Wills
Evelyn McLean
Kaz Garas
Kaz Garas
Hamlyn Gynt

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