The View from Daniel Pike (1971)
The View from Daniel Pike was a Scottish TV drama series in the early 1970s. It starred Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow, and was written by Edward Boyd. A few of the stories were adapted into book form.
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Episode 1 - Big Fleas, Little Fleas
Release Date: 1972-12-31The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike soon finds himself working on the side of the villains.
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Episode 2 - Credit Where It's Due
Release Date: 1973-01-07Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
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Episode 3 - Away Match
Release Date: 1973-01-14A visit to the Death House turns a piece of debt collection into something quite different.
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Episode 4 - None So Blind
Release Date: 1973-01-21Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
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Episode 5 - Pig In The Middle
Release Date: 1973-01-28Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
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Episode 6 - A Slight Case Of Absalom
Release Date: 1973-02-04What's the army up to on the island of Folibost? Where's Deidre Tyler? And who is The Apricot?
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Episode 7 - Four Walls
Release Date: 1973-02-11Why is Pike helping four bank robbers escape from Glasgow? Is it because one of them is his ex-wife?