''Redcap'' is a British television series produced by
ABC Weekend TV
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and broadcast on the
ITV
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network.
It starred
John Thaw
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as
Sergeant
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John Mann, a member of the
Special Investigation Branch
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of the
Royal Military Police
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and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966. Other actors appearing in the series included
Kenneth Colley
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,
Keith Barron
Keith Barron (8 August 1934 – 15 November 2017) was an English actor and television presenter who appeared in films and on television from 1961 until 2017. His television roles included the police drama ''The Odd Man'', the sitcom ''Duty Free ...
,
Windsor Davies
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,
David Battley
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Early life
Battley was born at Battersea, London, the elder son of John Battley, a post-Second World War Labour ...
,
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Darling Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 – 8 February 1988) was an Australian-born British actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s.
Early life
Cuthbertson was born in Perth, W ...
and
Barry Letts
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Born in Leicester, he worked as an actor in theatre ...
. The series was created by Jack Bell and was written by
Roger Marshall,
Troy Kennedy-Martin,
Jeremy Paul,
Robert Holles
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Holles was the son of a sergeant major, and enlisted in the British Army as a boy soldier at 14. He served in Korea as an armourer (information taken from the book by ...
and
Richard Harris
Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, notably as Corrado Zeller in Michelangelo Antonioni's '' Red Desert'', Frank Machin in ''This Sporting ...
, among others.
Of the run, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist in their complete form (the
missing/incomplete episodes are indicated below).
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
[Redcap: Series Two DVDs copyright Canal+ Image UK Ltd network 7952405]
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0058843, title=Redcap
1960s British drama television series
1964 British television series debuts
1966 British television series endings
Television shows produced by ABC Weekend TV
ITV television dramas
British military television series
Adjutant General's Corps
English-language television shows
1960s British crime television series