About this season
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television for ITV. John Thaw stars as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police. It ran for 26 episodes over two series 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 (13)
1. It's What Comes After
Aired 17 October 1964 • 60 min
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.
2. A Town Called Love
Aired 24 October 1964 • 60 min
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 to bring him back.
3. Epitaph for a Sweat
Aired 31 October 1964 • 60 min
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.
4. Misfire
Aired 7 November 1964 • 60 min
Mann's suspicions are aroused when a soldier confesses to a crime he obviously didn't commit. Mann's determination to prove the man's innocence unearths an unusual love interest.
5. Corporal McCann's Private War
Aired 14 November 1964 • 60 min
Detailed to investigate a charge that a soldier in Cyprus is guilty black-market activities – and suspected murder – Mann finds that he needs his wits about him to track down a determined criminal.
6. The Orderly Officer
Aired 21 November 1964 • 60 min
Investigating a difficult case, Mann finds his movements restrained by 'internal arrangement'. Much to the ire of a superior officer, he skillfully sidesteps his orders – and makes a surprising discovery.
7. Night Watch
Aired 28 November 1964 • 60 min
When a regiment returns from Borneo and reports that their unit is being haunted by a ghost, Mann turns ghostbuster to allay their fears – but investigating ghost stories can prove ill-advised.
8. The Boys of B Company
Aired 5 December 1964 • 60 min
At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one nearly commits suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous young officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.
9. A Regiment of the Line
Aired 12 December 1964 • 60 min
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 responsible.
10. The Man They Did
Aired 19 December 1964 • 60 min
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.
11. A Question of Initiative
Aired 2 January 1965 • 60 min
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.
12. A Place of Refuge
Aired 9 January 1965 • 60 min
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.
13. The Patrol
Aired 16 January 1965 • 60 min