S01E01 The First Step
Raffles is entertaining two friends at his home at The Albany one evening when he is visited by his old friend, Harry ""Bunny"" Manders. Bunny is goaded into a card game by Raffles' two friends,...
Raffles
The adventures of a gentleman thief in Victorian England
Overview
Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one episode such as "The Gold Cup" which featured elements from both "A Jubilee Present" and "The Criminologist's Club".
Episodes
S01E02 A Costume Piece
Reuben Rosenthal is a crude man from South Africa who has done well in the diamond industry. He is extremely rich and not afraid to flaunt his diamonds. Raffles determines to have some of Rosenthal's...
S01E03 The Spoils of Sacrilege
Bunny feels that he is not doing enough to justify his role in his partnership with Raffles. He suggests to Raffles that he take a more active role in their next burglary, and Raffles agrees....
S01E04 The Gold Cup
Raffles falls in love with the St. Agnes Cup, held in the British Museum Collection, and under threat of imminent purchase by a rich American. Using one of his ingenious disguises and with Bunny's help,...
S01E05 The Chest of Silver
Raffles tells Bunny that he is going off to Scotland to improve his Scots dialect. During his absence his rooms at The Albany will be renovated, and it becomes imperative that certain items are not...
S01E06 The Last Laugh
Visiting a reception at the Italian Ambassador's one evening, Raffles and Bunny conspire to steal an item of jewellery which is on display. But for the help of Faustina, a maid who works at the...
S01E07 A Trap to Catch a Cracksman
Loud mouthed Barney Maguire is America's champion heavy weight boxer. At Raffles' Club one evening he brags to Raffles and Bunny that he has a trap which would trap the cleverest of Cracksmen. He also...
S01E08 To Catch a Thief
Somebody is setting himself up in opposition to Raffles as another gentleman thief, and Raffles doesn't like it, as he is being accused by Inspector Mackenzie of things which he did not do. Eventually Raffles...
S01E09 A Bad Night
Raffles has his eye on the Van Den Berg's wedding presents, but finds that he has an engagement at Lord's to play cricket on the day that they go on display, so Bunny goes in...
S01E10 Mr. Justice Raffles
A friend of Raffles', Teddy Garland, finds that he is in debt to the vicious moneylender, Brigstock. Raffles and Bunny pay a visit to Brigstock and manage to pay Garland's debt back. Brigstock asks Raffles...
S01E11 Home Affairs
Sir Arthur Rumbold, the pompous Secretary for Home Affairs, announces that he wishes to introduce much tougher penalties for offences against property. Raffles, believing this to be a step back into the dark ages of...
S01E12 The Gift of the Emperor
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is seeking to embarrass the British Government by using Herr Von Heumann, one of his agents, to hand back a priceless black pearl, which had once been a gift from Queen...
S01E13 An Old Flame
Wandering the streets of London one night with Bunny, Raffles, who is becoming bored and blase about the ease with which he is able to steal from the rich, acts on the spur of the...
Cast
Anthony Valentine
Victor Brooks
Christopher Strauli
Bunny Manders
