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Sergeant Cork

Season 4 1964

  • 1964-08-21T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 6h (6 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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1964-08-21T23:00:00Z

4x01 The Case of the Vengeful Garnet

Season Premiere

4x01 The Case of the Vengeful Garnet

  • 1964-08-21T23:00:00Z1h

A thief confesses to stealing Sergeant Cork's wallet; in doing so, he states publicly that Cork had traced him first--and had been bought off with a £50 bribe. Cork is suspended from duty, pending further inquiries...

4x02 The Case of the Wounded Warder

  • 1964-08-28T23:00:00Z1h

Sergeant Cork is called to investigate a serious accident to a warder in a prison and in doing so, he has to resort to unorthodox methods.

4x03 The Case of the African Murder

  • 1964-09-04T23:00:00Z1h

Sergeant Cork and Bob Marriott arrive at Lagos to investigate the murder of a French West Africa company agent.

Personal sympathy becomes an official assignment when a Chinese friend of Sergenat Cork appeals for help in tracing his missing daughter. When the girl is found strangled, her young suitor is brought in as a suspect - but Cork is certain he must look elsewhere for the killer.

4x05 The Case of the Pious Patriarch

  • 1964-09-18T23:00:00Z1h

A series of anonymous threatening letters received by Enoch Chatterton, MP and well-known moral crusader, prompts the Home Secretary to appeal to Scotland Yard for help. Is there a connection between the letters and the odd behaviour of Chatterton's equally puritanical family?

Season Finale

1964-09-25T23:00:00Z

4x06 The Case of the Merry Widower

Season Finale

4x06 The Case of the Merry Widower

  • 1964-09-25T23:00:00Z1h

When Harry Bell marries for a second time, there are three women in his home: second wife Ruth, her Austrian companion Greta, and his daughter Julia. It is the latter who falls under suspicion when Harry discovers that the jewels he intended to present to Ruth are missing and, unwilling to involve the local police, he calls on an old friend: Sergeant Cork.

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