The Enigma Files (1980)
The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis is tasked with investigating unsolved crimes.
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Episode 1 - The Sweeper
Release Date: 1980-04-15Nick Lewis's forced transfer to the Prisoners' Property Office promises nothing but boredom and the antagonism of Kate Burton—but it also nearly costs him his life.
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Episode 2 - Gone Missing
Release Date: 1980-04-22Nick Lewis vanishes while investigating the disappearance of heiress Caroline Bates.
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Episode 3 - False-Hearted Lover
Release Date: 1980-04-29Lewis becomes emotionally involved with a suspect when the file on Arnold Humble's accidental death is re-opened.
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Episode 4 - Billy the Late and Great
Release Date: 1980-05-06Forger William Swain has died in prison so DCI Adams is ordered to track down the engraving plates and any counterfeit money left in circulation.
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Episode 5 - Investigation of a Copper
Release Date: 1980-05-13Nick Lewis and fellow officer Joe Mackie find themselves under investigation from Criminal Investigations when a convicted prisoner gives their names to DCI Lowson
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Episode 6 - The Charity Man
Release Date: 1980-05-20Phil Strong is given discarded fake charity boxes left on a rubbish tip to find their origin. DCI Nick Lewis, however, considers it evidence and needs to be investigated despite the low amount of money stolen.
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Episode 7 - Cook In
Release Date: 1980-05-27Divorcee Penny Birch was conned out of a large amount of money by a plausible suitor, who even had his own butler. The police investigation drew a blank but DCI Lewis believes a new lead may catch this duo.
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Episode 8 - Gunpowder Plot
Release Date: 1980-06-03A gang plot to enter the police's vaults containing files and evidence from previous investigations.
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Episode 9 - Every Picture Tells a Story
Release Date: 1980-06-10Phil Strong visits Stanton, looking into a pair of forged paintings owned by Harry Brookeway. When Brookeway is found dead and Phil standing over him, he is arrested for murder which is convenient for everyone.
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Episode 10 - Why Don't They Tell You These Things?
Release Date: 1980-06-17Two hit men have Peter Wolfe in the sights when he sees DCI Lewis and takes off running. A hour later his body is pulled out of the canal except when Lewis attempts to view the body he is thwarted.
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Episode 11 - Repeat After Me
Release Date: 1980-06-24High flying company secretary Pam Knowland asks Nick Lewis to help her get a blackmailer who is threatening to give information to their clients. Knowland is terrified that her ex-husband crimes would destroy her current business.
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Episode 12 - Dead Reckoning
Release Date: 1980-07-01Phil Strong recovers fingerprints from a batch of stolen watches which belong to Phil Singer, who died twelve years previous. DCI Lewis discovers Singer has a daughter and decides to use her to root him out.
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Episode 13 - Fit Up
Release Date: 1980-07-08Nick Lewis ex-wife Pauline is arrested at the airport when a .22 pistol is found in her bag. The gun is later linked to the Wesminster Bank job where someone was killed. Lewis is convinced she has been fit up.
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Episode 14 - The Full Flying Carpet Treatment
Release Date: 1980-07-15The brother of Sheik Ibn Essif, Hussein has made plans to kidnap him to stop attending a conference in London. The Sheik has escaped one attack but is in hospital. Returning valuable possessions, Nick is kidnapped by mistake.
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Episode 15 - Backtrack
Release Date: 1980-07-22When Nick Lewis returns from holiday he discovers his replacement D.S Dennis Kates has died in a car accident. According his wife, Kates was going solve a case that D.C.I Lewis had made a mistake on.