About this season
Victorian England, the late 1800s: Detective Sergeant Daniel Cribb of the newly formed Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is determined to remove crime from the streets of London using the latest detection methods.
Episodes (6)
1. Mad Hatter's Holiday
Aired 29 March 1981 • 52 min
After a severed hand is discovered, Cribb travels down to the seaside town of Brighton to discover the victim's identity, with the assistance of an eccentric holiday-maker with a tale of a missing woman.
2. The Last Trumpet
Aired 5 April 1981 • 49 min
A popular campaign is being waged to prevent the sale of Jumbo, London Zoo's most popular attraction to America. When the elderly animal-lover organising the protests is murdered, Cribb considers the various motives for killing her.
3. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Aired 12 April 1981 • 51 min
Jowett is very excited by the upcoming Golden Jubilee celebrations and is jealous when Cribb is selected by the Royal Household for a special mission—to investigate the background of the new nanny being selected for the Queen's granddaughter.
4. The Choir That Wouldn't Sing
Aired 19 April 1981 • 48 min
Cribb and Thackeray investigate the apparent suicide of a retired colonel, a member of a village choir. The detectives soon deduce that the Colonel's death was murder but their questions are met with a wall of silence from the locals.
5. Murder Old Boy
Aired 3 May 1981 • 51 min
Jowett returns to his old school for a small reunion. His suspicions are raised by an appeal for funds by an ex-classmate, who is subsequently murdered.
6. Invitation to a Dynamite Party
Aired 10 May 1981 • 49 min
Cribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.