Synopsis
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.
Episodes
1E1Philomena and the Tattie-HowkersWhen 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.50m2E2The Manufactured CluePike 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.50m3E3Little Bird LostPike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.50m4E4The Short Price PremiumWhen 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.50m5E5A Tale of Two CitiesPike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!50m6E6So This Is OlympusPike 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.50m
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