The View from Daniel Pike

All Episodes 1971 - 1973

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  • 1971-11-25T00:00:00Z
  • 50m
  • 10h 50m (13 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
The View from Daniel Pike was a Scottish TV drama series in the early 1970s. It starred Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow, and was written by Edward Boyd. A few of the stories were adapted into book form.

13 episodes

Series Premiere

1971-11-25T00:00:00Z

1x01 Philomena And The Tattie-Howkers

Series Premiere

1x01 Philomena And The Tattie-Howkers

  • 1971-11-25T00:00:00Z50m

When Michael Homes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him. A dangerous business when you are working for Philomena.

1971-12-02T00:00:00Z

1x02 The Manufactured Clue

1x02 The Manufactured Clue

  • 1971-12-02T00:00:00Z50m

Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory, and Pike has to use his own methods to bring the murderer to book.

1971-12-09T00:00:00Z

1x03 Little Bird Lost

1x03 Little Bird Lost

  • 1971-12-09T00:00:00Z50m

Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves.

1971-12-16T00:00:00Z

1x04 The Short Price Premium

1x04 The Short Price Premium

  • 1971-12-16T00:00:00Z50m

When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.

1971-12-23T00:00:00Z

1x05 A Tale Of Two Cities

1x05 A Tale Of Two Cities

  • 1971-12-23T00:00:00Z50m

Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse. But on the front seat!

1971-12-30T00:00:00Z

1x06 So This Is Olympus

1x06 So This Is Olympus

  • 1971-12-30T00:00:00Z50m

Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son.

Season Premiere

1972-12-31T00:00:00Z

2x01 Big Fleas, Little Fleas

Season Premiere

2x01 Big Fleas, Little Fleas

  • 1972-12-31T00:00:00Z50m

The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike soon finds himself working on the side of the villains.

1973-01-07T00:00:00Z

2x02 Credit Where It's Due

2x02 Credit Where It's Due

  • 1973-01-07T00:00:00Z50m

Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.

1973-01-14T00:00:00Z

2x03 Away Match

2x03 Away Match

  • 1973-01-14T00:00:00Z50m

A visit to the Death House turns a piece of debt collection into something quite different.

1973-01-21T00:00:00Z

2x04 None So Blind

2x04 None So Blind

  • 1973-01-21T00:00:00Z50m

Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.

1973-01-28T00:00:00Z

2x05 Pig In The Middle

2x05 Pig In The Middle

  • 1973-01-28T00:00:00Z50m

Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?

1973-02-04T00:00:00Z

2x06 A Slight Case Of Absalom

2x06 A Slight Case Of Absalom

  • 1973-02-04T00:00:00Z50m

What's the army up to on the island of Folibost? Where's Deidre Tyler? And who is The Apricot?

1973-02-11T00:00:00Z

2x07 Four Walls

2x07 Four Walls

  • 1973-02-11T00:00:00Z50m

Why is Pike helping four bank robbers escape from Glasgow? Is it because one of them is his ex-wife?

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