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Sergeant Cork

Season 6 1966

  • 1966-04-08T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 21h 16m (22 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.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1966-04-08T23:00:00Z

6x01 The Case of the Fellowship Murder

Season Premiere

6x01 The Case of the Fellowship Murder

  • 1966-04-08T23:00:00Z1h

Maude Mallow, secretary of a charitable organisation, is found murdered in her office, and a pearl pin and a brooch are missing. But Cork does not belief the thief is also the killer.

6x02 The Case of the Wayward Wife

  • 1966-04-15T23:00:00Z1h

A prominent politician is to be offered the post of Home Secretary, and a woman who finds her suport of women's rights and her love both threatened takes dramatic action...

Albert Quigg, a cabinet maker, has been cheating his workers of their wages. When he is stabbed with a hatpin, however, the finer points to either his wife or his mistress.

Charles Stevens, who has invented a horseless carriage, is found beaten to death. His assistant commits suicide leaving a note claiming he killed Stevens 'accidentally'. Cork does not think the case is closed.

A renowned actor goes to great lengths to get a divorce, but when he resorts to an attempt on Sergeant Cork's life, he finds his act will have to be played in a cell.

6x06 The Case of the Dutiful Bride

  • 1966-05-13T23:00:00Z1h

A simple girl with some money of her own is married off by her family. Cork is alarmed by her circumstances, but the law cannot interfere between man and wife

Early trade union politics and a company trying to blacken an innocent victim's good name are 'meat' for Sergeant Cork's clear thinking.

6x08 The Case of the Notorious Nun

  • 1966-05-27T23:00:00Z1h

A young nun is attacked by an intruder in a London convent, but the mother superior is reluctant to assist enquiries. Cork finds that romance and religion add up to crime.

6x09 The Case of the Rogue Regiment

  • 1966-05-31T23:00:00Z1h

Captain Marchmont, military hero and recipient of a VC, enters politics. But he finds that the soldiers of his late regiment have long memories, and a score to settle...

The owner of a travelling circus is bound and gagged, and his safe robbed. Marriott narrows the suspects down to two, but there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Businessman James Meredeith is disturbed at tea with his fiancee, Emma, by a knife thrown by an intruder. Marriott finds the knife was bought by an employee of Emma's father.

Called in to investigate the fatal shooting of an eminent Victorian, Cork finds the body has vanished. When his nephew is charged, Sir Charles is found shot again--this time in Wales.

Marriott is sent to India to discover who wants to kill Prince Ratanbir, the young ruler of a small state that is vital to British interests.

An MP has his death foretold, and when he is murdered to exactly the circumstances predicted, Sergeant Cork calls in the 'prophet' for questioning.

6x15 The Case of the Unpopular Judge

  • 1966-07-22T23:00:00Z1h

Sergeant Cork investigates when two attempts are made on the life of an unpopular judge married to a beautiful young woman.

A touring company show ends with the heroine getting shot. But when the curtain falls, this is found to be a reality. Who could have wanted her death so much?

An old family scandal is brought to light by the kidnapping of a 10-year-old boy. For once, however, Cork decides that it is better to let sleeping dogs lie.

A West London policeman i scharged with a series of warehouse robberies, but Sergeant Cork is convinced of his innocence.

Wanted by French police, a clever young woman escapes to England and organises a currency forgery--but a murder puts Sergeant Cork on the trail.

Season Finale

1966-09-09T23:00:00Z

6x20 The Case of the Fallen Family

Season Finale

6x20 The Case of the Fallen Family

  • 1966-09-09T23:00:00Z48m

When Bob Marriott becomes involved with the daughter of a genteel, impoverished family, his aunt's detective instincts are aroused.

6x21 The Case of the Crystal Ball

  • 1966-09-15T23:00:00Z50m

How much does medium Madame Zina really know about the theft of a diamond necklace? Sergeant Cork is suspicious of her information...

6x22 The Case of the Silent Bell

  • 1966-09-23T23:00:00Z50m

A man returns from Canada to find the aunt he has lived on has vanished, and he is supected of murder. He is not the murderer--but neither is he the heir...

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