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Sergeant Cork

Season 1 1963

  • 1963-06-28T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
John Barrie is Sergeant Cork, one of the early members of London's Metropolitan Police C.I.D. - plain clothes detectives tasked with maintaining law and order in the seething metropolis of Victorian London. Assisted by Bob Marriott (William Gaunt) from his attic at Old Scotland Yard, Cork has to contend with the heavy crimewave created by the massive population boom, industrial expansion and an ever-widening gap between the rich and poor.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1963-06-28T23:00:00Z

1x01 The Case of the Reluctant Widow

Series Premiere

1x01 The Case of the Reluctant Widow

  • 1963-06-28T23:00:00Z1h

If it was murder, who was responsible? The dead man's wife, Julie? The young cafe assistant, Clive?

Sergeant Cork, one of the pioneers of the newly formed C.I.D., applies his unique methods of detection to the case.

1x02 The Case of the Girl Upstairs

  • 1963-07-05T23:00:00Z1h

Lucy Beasley is certain that a crime is being committed in the Beasley household and she implores Cork to investigate. Is she a bitter, frustrated woman out to cause trouble, or are her fears justified?

1x03 The Case of the Two Drowned Men

  • 1963-07-12T23:00:00Z1h

When Cork and Marriott begin their investigations to find two criminals wanted for murdering a bank messenger; a tip off takes them to the London waterfront, where they uncover a sordid riverside trade.....

1x04 The Case of the Knotted Scarf

  • 1963-07-19T23:00:00Z1h

Cork and Marriott are called in to investigate the murder of a retired general's young wife, found strangled in a derelict bungalow in the grounds of an old country house is Devonshire.

Kate Seymour, a young star of the music hall, receives poison pen letters threatening her engagement to John Stratton, a stagedoor Johnnie.

Cork and Marriott are called in to investigate what appears to be a case of suicide when Mr Bertram, a respectable and deeply religious man, is found dead by his housekeeper, Mrs Holland.

1x07 The Case of the Slithy Tove

  • 1963-08-09T23:00:00Z1h

An urchin sees a mysterious gentleman visiting Trumble, an ex-criminal, in his slum house. When Trumble is later found dead, the urchin goes to Cork.

Prince Frederick of Silecia arrives in London on a trade mission for his country. Cork is made responsible for his safety, and faces the problem of discovering those who are plotting the Prince's assassination.

In spite of opposition from the Melrose family, Cork is determined to discover the murderer of a laundry maid, whose body is found in their stable by a drunken coachman.

1x10 The Case of the Soldier's Rifle

  • 1963-08-30T23:00:00Z1h

A strike at a factory; the army is called in to keep order, and during a riot outside the gates a striker is shot. Accident or murder?

1x11 The Case of the Public Paragon

  • 1963-09-06T23:00:00Z1h

Cook is summoned when an up-and-coming politician is murdered. His wife and the maidservant found a burglar standing over his body, but they are unable to distinguish any of his features.

1963-09-13T23:00:00Z

1x12 The Case of Ella Barnes

1x12 The Case of Ella Barnes

  • 1963-09-13T23:00:00Z1h

Ella Barnes - a sewing girl from the East End of London - is found drowned in a canal. At the inquest, however, it is revealed that she had been attacked before she drowned.

Season Finale

1963-09-20T23:00:00Z

1x13 The Case of the Gold Salesman

Season Finale

1x13 The Case of the Gold Salesman

  • 1963-09-20T23:00:00Z1h

Klein, a money lender, suspects fraud when a man called Carylon offers to sell him gold bars at a cut price. He calls in Cork and Marriott, who set a trap to discover whether Klein's suspicions are justified.

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