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Public Eye

Season 5 1971

  • 1971-07-07T21:15:00Z on ITV1
  • 50m
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Crime, Drama
Public Eye was a series like no other. It focused on a private detective, Frank Marker. His world was one which we would all recognise. It was not one of glamour but of gloom and grime. If he was investigating crime it was much more likely to be seedy and petty - fraud, deception, handling stolen goods, blackmail. A lot of the time he was dealing with tales of simple human misery - divorce cases, missing persons, lack of trust. By the end of the final season in 1975, Public Eye had successfully delivered to the viewers a diverse range of quality stories which, whilst covering a wide range of subjects, still succeeded in presenting possibly the most 'realistic' depiction of the shadowy, seedy, morally ambiguous world which Frank Marker inhabited. With a tremendously convincing and sustained central performance from Alfred Burke, Public Eye was a series of genuine dramatic depth.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

1971-07-07T21:15:00Z

5x01 A Mug Named Frank

Season Premiere

5x01 A Mug Named Frank

  • 1971-07-07T21:15:00Z1h

Marker follows a lead on a shoplifting case from Brighton to Windsor, straight into the arms of the police.

A suspect proposition brings Marker into contact with stolen goods.

1971-07-21T21:15:00Z

5x03 Slip Home in the Dark

5x03 Slip Home in the Dark

  • 1971-07-21T21:15:00Z1h

A case of blackmail puts Marker in the firing line and he gets his office turned over as a result.

Marker has to bone up on the fine arts when he is asked to investigate a counterfeit paintings scam.

1971-08-04T21:15:00Z

5x05 The Beater and the Game

5x05 The Beater and the Game

  • 1971-08-04T21:15:00Z1h

A missing person case turns sour when Marker suspects that he's being used to get to someone.

5x06 Come into the Garden, Rose

  • 1971-08-11T21:15:00Z1h

Marker has to be very discreet indeed when he investigates a theft at an exclusive home for genteel ladies.

Marker is hired to investigate the motives behind a suicide, but the more he digs the more sinister the situation becomes.

A routine background check leads Marker into the murky world of credit fraud.

5x09 The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets

  • 1971-09-01T21:15:00Z1h

Marker is asked to check on a suspected infidelity, but his investigations turn up something altogether more unexpected.

1971-09-08T21:15:00Z

5x10 Ward of Court

5x10 Ward of Court

  • 1971-09-08T21:15:00Z1h

Marker encounters conflicted loyalties when he's asked to track down a father who has abducted his own son.

1971-09-15T21:15:00Z

5x11 Transatlantic Cousins

5x11 Transatlantic Cousins

  • 1971-09-15T21:15:00Z1h

Marker is hired by a rich American to track down the English branch of his family tree.

1971-09-22T21:15:00Z

5x12 Shades of White

5x12 Shades of White

  • 1971-09-22T21:15:00Z1h

Marker is asked to keep an eye on a daughter whose suspect friends may be responsible for a string of petty thefts.

Season Finale

1971-09-29T21:15:00Z

5x13 John VII, Verse 24

Season Finale

5x13 John VII, Verse 24

  • 1971-09-29T21:15:00Z1h

Marker helps a suspended policeman but he has to act carefully when he discovers that the officer is consorting with known criminals.

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