Episode list

Dial 999

The Killing Job

Sat, Jul 05, 1958
First outing in this series introduces Canadian cop new to London. With his taciturn English counterpart he grapples with a protection war between rival gangs.
6.8 /10
Illegal Entry

Sat, Aug 16, 1958
Maguire intercepts a gang smuggling jewels into London on a fishing trawler.
7 /10
Thames Division

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A murder on a boat moored in the Thames starts Mike on the trail of a vicious gang of heroin smugglers.
6.9 /10
Honeymoon

Fri, Sep 26, 1958
Frank and Jane, while honeymoon in London, have their pockets picked by Mickey who find an insurance policy for diamonds. Mickey turns the info over to a mobster friends who plans to steal the jewels if McGuire doesn't stop him.
7.1 /10
77 Bus

Fri, Oct 10, 1958
Police are baffled by robberies known as "the red rose series". Maguire and his partner suspect a seemingly innocent jeweler.
7.2 /10
Night Mail

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A gang tries to steal diamonds from the Glasgow to London postal train.
7.4 /10
Escape

Sat, Jul 12, 1958
Bill Killian is caught in the act of opening a safe. His brother springs him from court and attempts to smuggle him out of the country with the police in pursuit.
6.7 /10
The Big Fish

Sat, Jul 05, 1958
Maguire and Inspector Dean investigate a scheme to manipulate racing odds by a crooked owner and a firm of bookmakers.
7 /10
Special Branch

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A team of assassins seize a taxicab company in order to launch a multi-pronged attempt on the life of a visiting American scientist.
7 /10
The Mechanical Watchman
A silent mechanical alarm alerts to police to a thieves stealing high class furs, removing identifying marks and settling remodeled versions.
7.4 /10
Ghost Squad

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Maguire infiltrates a dockyard gang who are smuggling out freight boxes.
7.6 /10
50,000 Hands

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Two crooks rob an office, but one is badly wounded; they hijack an ambulance to escape. They hide out in the town. It would be very difficult for police to fingerprint everybody in a town of 25,000.
7 /10
Fashions in Crime
Maguire investigates when a London fashion house reports that it's designs are being stolen and copied in New York.
7 /10
Rolling Racketeers
Gang of car thieves hit upon a clever ruse to dispose of their booty under the noses of the police.
6.7 /10
24 Hours a Day

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Maguire spots Caldwell a Canadian criminal whom is planning to rob a bank by breaking in from the little shop next door.
6.6 /10
Hunter, Hunted

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
After an international criminal commits murder in Britain, Maguire is assigned the task of capturing him with no support.
6.7 /10
A Mined Area

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A robber is released from prison but is shadowed by police and other criminals who are interested in finding where he hid the loot.
7.1 /10
Extradition

Sat, Dec 20, 1958
Maguire must serve a warrant to an America gangster seeking sanctuary in England to ensure he is sent back to the US
7.1 /10
Gun Rule

Fri, Oct 17, 1958
A gang tries to kill one of its members but a policeman gets shot by mistake.
7 /10
Key Witness

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
A criminal pursues a murder witness through London streets in order to kill him and so stop him testifying.
7.5 /10
Deadly Blackmail
Crooks hijack a serum needed to save the life of a lawyer's daughter and ransom it for £20,000.
7.2 /10
The Motorbike Bandits
This episode tells the story of a case in 1950's London, Which the Police have nick-named 'Spaceman'. It starts off with a robbery by gunpoint, where the robber escapes by hanging on the back of a removals lorry, after standing on the top to rob an office's payroll through the first floor window. After their escape the robbers change their van for motorbikes. Maguire is then called in to investigate, he finds the lorry and continues his search for the gang. One of the trio of crooks is Sue a woman (played by Jo Owen)while the two men in the gang are Kemp (played by Neil McCarthy) and Groves (Michael Ely). While checking for evidence around the stolen lorry Maguire notices some holes in the ground made by a woman's high heels.
7 /10
An Inside Job

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Maguire changes places with a smuggler of counterfeit plates, members of whose gang pursue him to Battersea funfair.
6.8 /10
Rat Trap

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Dockland gang murder a policeman but are caught thanks to a sandwich board.
7.5 /10
Heads or Tails

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Convict fresh out of jail plans to kill the three witnesses who had put him away.
7.1 /10
Radio Active

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Thieves steal a car that has a box of radio-active bars in it, and its a race against time to track it down.
7.6 /10
Death Ride

Wed, Dec 31, 1969
Scotland Yard is called in after the wife of a wealthy lawyer is killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances.
6.8 /10
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