All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 The Treasure Hunt

    • April 23, 1969
    • ITV1

    Mr. Reeder investigates a poison-pen letter accusing a baronet of doing away with his wife. Meanwhile, a convicted forger is released after a ten-year sentence and seeks revenge.

  • S01E02 The Stealer of Marble

    • April 30, 1969
    • ITV1

    Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearance of the managing director of the Telfer Consolidated, along with £150,000. He is meanwhile intrigued by the petty theft of some marble chips from a local stonemason's yard.

  • S01E03 The Green Mamba

    • May 7, 1969
    • ITV1

    A woman seeks revenge on Mr. Reeder after her husband is convicted of forgery.

  • S01E04 Sheer Melodrama

    • May 14, 1969
    • ITV1

    A failed jewel thief from India and a successful forger find that they have a hatred of J. G. Reeder in common.

  • S01E05 The Strange Case

    • May 21, 1969
    • ITV1

    Lord Sellington asks the D.P.P. to investigate his estranged son, whom he suspects of stealing from the Sellington Refugee Fund.

  • S01E06 The Poetical Policeman

    • May 28, 1969
    • ITV1

    Mr. Lambton Green, branch manager of the London Scottish and Midland Bank, is arrested for embezzlement, but Mr. Reeder doubts his guilt.

  • S01E07 The Troupe

    • June 4, 1969
    • ITV1

    Mr. Reeder pits his wits against Art Lomer, producer of a U.S. theatrical company and a successful international confidence trickster, in London to pull off an audacious fraud.

  • S01E08 The Investors

    • June 11, 1969
    • ITV1

    Mr. Reeder investigates the disappearances of several people who had invested in a secretive company.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Duke

    • April 19, 1971
    • ITV1

    The Duke is a Chicago gangster who has come across to England to claim an inheritance of a country estate. Mr Reeder is called in when an attempt is made on The Duke’s life. Who is behind the attempts, and what is their motive?

  • S02E02 Man with a Strange Tattoo

    • April 26, 1971
    • ITV1

    A robbery attempt goes badly wrong when Lady Rothbard accidentally shoots and kills an intruder. Mr Reeder investigates, but an examination of the body suggests that someone is not telling the truth.

  • S02E03 The Shadow Man

    • May 3, 1971
    • ITV1

    Mr Reeder is called in to investigate when a bank manager draws out a huge cash sum from his own branch, converts it into foreign currency, and then vanishes without trace. Was his motivation as simple as it looks?

  • S02E04 Death of an Angel

    • May 10, 1971
    • ITV1

    Clara White, a silent movie star, has been murdered. The authorities think they have the man responsible, but Sir James is not convinced, and so mobilises Mr Reeder to investigate. Interrogating the defendant in his cell, Reeder reckons Sir James may have a point.

  • S02E05 The Willing Victim

    • May 17, 1971
    • ITV1

    A bomb arrives in Mr Reeder’s office, a car almost runs him down, and his head is almost knocked clean off by a chunk of falling masonry from above while walking home. Not one to be easily intimidated, Reeder is determined to find out the motivation for the attacks.

  • S02E06 The Fatal Engagement

    • May 24, 1971
    • ITV1

    Music hall star Hetty Malone has been murdered, leaving several Peers of the Realm as prime suspects. Sir Jason asks Mr Reeder to attempt to prove all the men innocent of any involvement with the popular star.

  • S02E07 Find the Lady

    • May 31, 1971
    • ITV1

    A young debutante is whisked away as her arrival is about to be announced at ‘The Palace’. Mr Reeder is assigned this as his latest case, and is disturbed to find that there may well be a connection to a white slave trade.

  • S02E08 The Treasure House

    • June 7, 1971
    • ITV1

    Mr Reeder is determined to find out what is behind the attempts to kill a reformed safe cracker. His discoveries lead him to suspect that a villain’s word is not his bond, and may not always be trusted