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The View from Daniel Pike

The View from Daniel Pike

1971•50m•Crime•Drama
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The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateNov 25, 1971

Episodes

E150m

Philomena and the Tattie-Howkers

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

Nov 25, 1971

E250m

The Manufactured Clue

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.

Dec 2, 1971

E350m

Little Bird Lost

Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.

Dec 9, 1971

E450m

The Short Price Premium

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.

Dec 16, 1971

E550m

A Tale of Two Cities

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

Dec 23, 1971

E650m

So This Is Olympus

Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.

Dec 30, 1971

Actors

Roddy McMillan

Roddy McMillan

Daniel Pike

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