S01E01 It's What Comes After
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.
Redcap
S01E11: A Question of Initiative
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.
Overview
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.
Episodes
S01E02 A Town Called Love
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...
S01E03 Epitaph for a Sweat
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.
S01E04 Misfire
S01E05 Corporal McCann's Private War
S01E06 The Orderly Officer
S01E07 Night Watch
S01E08 The Boys of B Company
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...
S01E09 A Regiment of the Line
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...
S01E10 The Man They Did
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.
S01E11 A Question of Initiative
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...
S01E12 A Place of Refuge
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.
S01E13 The Patrol
Cast
John Thaw
Sergeant John Mann
Ian McShane
Sapper Russell
