About this season
Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.
Episodes (8)
1. Let's Hear It for a Living Legend
Aired 13 September 1972 • 70 min
When a football player vanishes from the field in full view of network cameras and a live audience, it's up to Banacek to figure out how his kidnappers spirited him away without a trace.
2. Project Phoenix
Aired 27 September 1972 • 70 min
The multi-million dollar Phoenix, prototype for a revolutionary new car, disappears from a non-stop train en route to Boston - flat-car included. Banacek is called in to find the missing vehicle before a huge insurance claim must be paid.
3. No Sign of the Cross
1.0Aired 11 October 1972 • 70 min
A golden cross, on its way from a Mexican church to an American gangster anxious to reform his image, turns into worthless junk without ever leaving the possession of the couriers sent to deliver it. Banacek must figure out where and how the switch was pulled off.
4. A Million the Hard Way
1.0Aired 1 November 1972 • 70 min
Banacek must figure out who stole a million dollars from a supposedly tamper-proof display case.
5. To Steal a King
Aired 15 November 1972 • 70 min
A king's ransom in precious coins vanishes from a hotel-suite vault while the owners sleep only a few feet away. Banacek arrives to figure out how the impossible to open vault was so easily breached without a sign left behind.
6. Ten Thousand Dollars a Page
Aired 10 January 1973 • 70 min
When a priceless book vanishes from a sealed display case in a room that no thief could possibly escape, it's up to Banacek to show how someone beat the supposedly foolproof alarms to make off with the artifact.
7. The Greatest Collection of Them All
Aired 24 January 1973 • 70 min
Banacek figures out how $23 million worth of paintings vanished from a moving truck transporting them from New York to Boston.
8. The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack
Aired 7 February 1973 • 70 min
Just before Cap'n Jack's seafood restaurant franchise is set to go public, millions of dollars in stock certificates are stolen from a non-stop elevator, leaving Banacek to find them before someone walks through walls with a fortune.