About this season
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925 short stories of the same name, Hugh Burden played the titular character – A mild-mannered investigator with the Department of Public Prosecutions.
Episodes (8)
1. The Treasure Hunt
Aired 23 April 1969 • 60 min
Mr. Reeder investigates a poison-pen letter accusing a baronet of doing away with his wife. Meanwhile, a convicted forger is released after a ten-year sentence and seeks revenge.
2. The Stealer of Marble
Aired 30 April 1969 • 60 min
Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearance of the managing director of the Telfer Consolidated, along with £150,000. He is meanwhile intrigued by the petty theft of some marble chips from a local stonemason's yard.
3. The Green Mamba
Aired 7 May 1969 • 60 min
A woman seeks revenge on Mr. Reeder after her husband is convicted of forgery.
4. Sheer Melodrama
Aired 14 May 1969 • 60 min
A failed jewel thief from India and a successful forger find that they have a hatred of J. G. Reeder in common.
5. The Strange Case
Aired 21 May 1969 • 60 min
Lord Sellington asks the D.P.P. to investigate his estranged son, whom he suspects of stealing from the Sellington Refugee Fund.
6. The Poetical Policeman
Aired 28 May 1969 • 60 min
Mr. Lambton Green, branch manager of the London Scottish and Midland Bank, is arrested for embezzlement, but Mr. Reeder doubts his guilt.
7. The Troupe
Aired 4 June 1969 • 60 min
Mr. Reeder pits his wits against Art Lomer, producer of a U.S. theatrical company and a successful international confidence trickster, in London to pull off an audacious fraud.
8. The Investors
Aired 11 June 1969 • 60 min
Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearances of several people who had invested in a secretive company.