Miniseries
7 episodes · May 8, 1977
Flaxborough, near the sea, near the countryside, seems such a nice town, so quiet, so charming. But underneath its placid surface, all kinds of scandalous things go on.
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- S1E1
Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
May 8, 197747mTravelling salesman Hopjoy has disappeared — to the relief of many husbands, the rage of innumerable creditors, and the alarm of two mystery men from London, who know him as a spy. Is he dead? Purbright investigates.
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Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
May 15, 197750mAfter solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Purbright turns his attention to a 'lonely hearts' killer, whose next victim might be the fragile-seeming Miss Teatime. But she's deceptive.
- S1E3
Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
May 22, 197750mMiss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? As Purbright appreciatively notices, she's tougher than she looks.
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The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
May 29, 197748mSeveral otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.
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The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
Jun 5, 197749mPurbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.
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Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
Jun 12, 197748mAfter the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife Helen is shocked to find that he's left his estate to a neighbour who is subsequently found electrocuted.
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Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 2
Jun 19, 197751mWhen a third member of the quintet of prominent citizens is murdered, Purbright uncovers the covert prostitution ring behind them.