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. Crime Passionel
Aired 2 April 1966 • 60 min
Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the witnesses.
2. The Pride of the Regiment
Aired 9 April 1966 • 60 min
3. The Killer
Aired 16 April 1966 • 60 min
A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.
4. Buckingham Palace
Aired 23 April 1966 • 60 min
A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.
5. Rough Justice
Aired 30 April 1966 • 60 min
6. The Moneylenders
Aired 7 May 1966 • 60 min
7. Strictly by the Book
Aired 14 May 1966 • 60 min
8. Peterson's Private Army
Aired 21 May 1966 • 60 min
Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.
9. Stag Party
Aired 28 May 1966 • 60 min
Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.
10. An Ambush Among Friends
Aired 4 June 1966 • 60 min
11. The Alibi
Aired 11 June 1966 • 60 min
12. The Proper Charlie
Aired 18 June 1966 • 60 min
13. Information Received
1.0Aired 25 June 1966 • 60 min
In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.