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The Fellows

Season 1 1967

  • 1967-05-19T19:00:00Z on ITV Granada
  • 1h
  • 13h (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • Crime, Drama
The Fellows reunites the characters of Edwin G Oldenshaw (Richard Vernon) and Ian Dimmock (Michael Aldridge) from the earlier series The Man in Room 17. This series saw the pair relocated to All Saints College, Cambridge University, where they were appointed to the Peel Research Fellowship. Their research was "to investigate the general proposition that, in a period of rapid social change, the nature of crime (and therefore criminals) would change." Their research lead them into encounters (though never physical) with gangland boss Alec Spindoe (Ray McAnally), who eventually ended up behind bars thanks (unknown to Spindoe) to psychological pressure from Oldenshaw. The Spindoe character was to return in his own series, Spindoe in 1968, which charted his attempts to regain his criminal empire after release from prison.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1967-05-19T19:00:00Z

1x01 Arson

Series Premiere

1x01 Arson

  • 1967-05-19T19:00:00Z1h

Oldenshaw and Dimmock have taken up the Home Secretary's offer of the legendary Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints College, Cambridge. Their brief is to investigate the changing causes and nature of crime and, ultimately, to advise the police, the legislature, and the government.

1967-05-26T19:00:00Z

1x02 Inside Out - Part One

1x02 Inside Out - Part One

  • 1967-05-26T19:00:00Z1h

Oldenshaw and Dimmock turn their attention to the eternal menace of organised crime. Two worlds: one reflecting upon the others dark reflection...

1967-06-02T19:00:00Z

1x03 Inside Out - Part Two

1x03 Inside Out - Part Two

  • 1967-06-02T19:00:00Z1h

Dimmock is not investigating crime as vigorously as Oldenshaw would wish. Indeed, it could even be said that at present no-one except the villain is gainfully employed...

1967-06-09T19:00:00Z

1x04 Wherein Justice Lies

1x04 Wherein Justice Lies

  • 1967-06-09T19:00:00Z1h

The underworld holds its own court, trying a man for allegedly stealing money from the protection racket fees he collected. Oldenshaw does a little research on Spindoe, the self-appointed judge, while Dimmock is preoccupied with the theft of his ancient bicycle...

1967-06-16T19:00:00Z

1x05 The Gilded Goose

1x05 The Gilded Goose

  • 1967-06-16T19:00:00Z1h

Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider Money. they decide there are three kinds. The first is carried and spent. The second is unearned, and grows in the dark. And the last is other people's - limitless, twinkling...

1967-06-23T19:00:00Z

1x06 Spindoe's Move

1x06 Spindoe's Move

  • 1967-06-23T19:00:00Z1h

The Fellows' first experiment within the field of crime they are surveying succeeds - up to a point. After all, they were not to know that Alec Spindoe's rawest recruit should like driving cars more than stealing them!

1967-06-30T19:00:00Z

1x07 A Snatch In Time

1x07 A Snatch In Time

  • 1967-06-30T19:00:00Z1h

The fellows plan their own crime to catch a gang of crooks: the theft of radioactive isotopes from a government research station. As expected, the underworld hears of the scheme, and the Kerrigan gang decide to swoop first. The trap is ready to be sprung...

1967-07-07T19:00:00Z

1x08 The Domestic Diplomat

1x08 The Domestic Diplomat

  • 1967-07-07T19:00:00Z1h

Oldenshaw loses a book on a train - nothing important, but irritating. As a result a girl's life hangs in the balance and Oldenshaw is forced to re-examine his own motives for studying crime. Neither Dimmock nor Mrs. Hollinczech like the look of the new Oldenshaw...

1967-07-14T19:00:00Z

1x09 Final Demand

1x09 Final Demand

  • 1967-07-14T19:00:00Z1h

Dimmock receives a letter demanding £2,000. What's more, Oldenshaw wrote it. And it's not the only one he's sent; Spindoe has received a demand for £20,000, with threats to his wife if it isn't paid. Dimmock is appalled by the tactic, and Spindoe starts planning a big job...

1967-07-21T19:00:00Z

1x10 No Cage For This Bird

1x10 No Cage For This Bird

  • 1967-07-21T19:00:00Z1h

Safebreaker George Bird is of little use to his friends behind the bars of Strangeways Prison, so underworld boss Kerrigan plans to spring him. The Fellows, still not on speaking terms, take a look at prison escape organisations.

1967-07-28T19:00:00Z

1x11 Violence

1x11 Violence

  • 1967-07-28T19:00:00Z1h

The field full of folk that the Home Office asked the Fellows to scrutinise becomes for them - as it has always been for others - a battlefield. And many of those involved have been maimed for life.

1967-08-04T19:00:00Z

1x12 The Straight Way

1x12 The Straight Way

  • 1967-08-04T19:00:00Z1h

Having resolved their difficulties, Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider for a moment the policeman. He is an interesting phenomenon...after all, very few animals select others of their kind to look after them.

1967-08-11T19:00:00Z

1x13 The Solicitor

1x13 The Solicitor

  • 1967-08-11T19:00:00Z1h

For Heaven's sake, do not applaud the honesty of the Fellows. It is not even worth considering why they have not committed a crime. They live as if they had. In this episode, two men fight to defend their property...

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