Public Eye

- Season 1

(1965)

Accused of robbery, Marker has a hard time proving his innocence to the police. Stone, the one man who can verify his alibi, has disappeared.

When an overbearing young high-pressure business man receives death threats, Marker is put on as bodyguard. The arrogant executive is having an affair with an employee's wife, so the husband makes a move against him- but is he the only one?

Requested to repossess a client's car for ten per cent of the finder's fee, Marker issues a cheque - and almost winds up broke.

When a client asks him to find his office telephonist, a young blonde to whom he was getting married, Marker finds more than he bargained for.

Engaged to keep his eye on his wife of a man who suspects her of playing around, Marker becomes suspicious when the man requests no evidence - just her boyfriend's name.

When his daughter starts to receive anonymous letters, Mr Hordern employs Marker to keep an eye on his daughter's flat - a place that Marker finds empty.

Assigned to check into reports that a shop assistant is helping himself to more than his share of the takings, Marker uncovers some very odd behaviour.

Hired to check into reports that a solicitor's client is being blackmailed, Marker finds himself earning his fee the hard way - nose down on the pavements.

Marker's enquiries into why George left Alice, the girl he loves, in the lurch bring some very surprising results - not all of which Alice wants to hear.

James Sale, the occupant of Ward C in the County Hospital, employs Marker to discover the driver of the car that run him down. But where does Marker begin?

Marker's attempts to track down the head man in a betting shop extortion racket leads him into trouble with the law - and the unlawful.

Runaways from the country are lured by the glamour of London, only to fall into the hands of recruiters for call girl rings. Jennie is one, and she soon becomes hard and cynical. Marker is hired to find her and coax her to return home.

When an old adversary sets foot on his doorstep, Marker decides to book a seat on the first available plane to anywhere - but his adversary has other ideas.

Why is a solicitor so upset that his marriage has broken down? Employed to find the answer, Marker learns more than he's supposed to know.

Hired to track down a military man who has duped a woman out of £700, Marker's instinct tells him he's being taken for a fool - but conning an expert can prove dangerous.