An elderly Jewish man, a survivor of the German concentration camps, becomes obsessed with the arrival of the West German President for a state reception in London. His desire for revenge leads to an assassination plot.
Guest Stars:
Christine Finn, Angela Douglas, Allan Cuthbertson, Keith Baxter, Basil Dignam
The Victory Movement is a fascist political party that is contesting the next election and a bomb is exploded outside the flat of the party's leader. A woman is a witness but Gideon has to find her and convince her to talk.
Guest Stars:
Alan Rothwell, Duncan Lamont, Sue Lloyd, Jo Rowbottom, Andrea Allan
Fires are being set at random in south London, all in abandoned properties, until one kills some squatters,and C.I.D. looks into it. The arsonist is a quiet, seemingly normal man who's gone psycho after a fire killed his loved ones.
Guest Stars:
Patsy Smart, Glyn Houston, Meredith Edwards, Ian Fleming, Raymond Huntley
A stable hand is beaten to death and, in his dying confession, he says he was beaten up because he was asked to dope a horse. Gideon is asked to investigate race fixing at the local racecourse.
Guest Stars:
Michael Cashman, John Hurt, Arthur Lovegrove, Derren Nesbitt, Jennifer Wilson
A serial murderess is on the loose, a woman that poses as a housekeeper that preys on OAPs with money. She eludes capture by her penchant for disguises.
Guest Stars:
Gerald Harper, Julian Holloway, David Lodge, Jack Gwillim, Catherine Lacey
The new husband of Inspector Keen's girlfriend's best friend has the worst luck - his wives keep turning up dead. When it's discovered that he's using aliases, suspicions arise and lead to a CID investigation.
Guest Stars:
Ray McAnally, Virginia Maskell, Sue Lloyd, Dermot Kelly, David Gregory
The victim of a car accident gives a death bed statement that says a man murdered his first wife with an overdose of morphine. Gideon is determined to prove the man is a killer but the court case doesn't quite go as planned.
Guest Stars:
George Cole, Avril Elgar, Martin Boddey, Aubrey Richards, Peter Reeves
Gideon's car almost hits a young pick-pocket, who is being controlled by his mother. This leads him to investigate a fence who is controlling the petty crime but arrogantly believes he is above the law.
Guest Stars:
Ray Barrett, Rosemary Leach, Justine Lord, Timothy Bateson, Howard Lang
A series of warehouse robberies are led by a creepy albino mastermind who obsesses over a pet rat. After a night watchman is killed during a heist, one of CID's veteran detectives suspects and then goes after him, with violent results.
Guest Stars:
Michael Ripper, Margery Mason, Sandra Payne, Robert Brown, Max Bacon
A middle-age couple commit a small time crime once a month and live off the swag, but after a threatening visit from Gideon, they plan one last grand heist to retire on.
Guest Stars:
Angela Baddeley, Suzan Farmer, Sydney Tafler, Harry Towb, Jack MacGowran
A man tries to push an accountant off a crowded subway platform. Only his friend takes it seriously and pesters Gideon to look for the would-be killer. Gideon finds three more sudden deaths and the race is on to find a motive.
Guest Stars:
Harry Fowler, Richard Davies, Kay Walsh, John Martin, Barbara Couper
A group of thieves successfully steal a £1 000 000 shipment of gold from a plane that has just landed from Moscow. It was very well organised and Gideon is in charge of finding the criminals.
Guest Stars:
Anton Rodgers, Derek Fowlds, Jean Marsh, Annette Andre, Pauline Munro
A protection-racketing gang of thugs is in a bloody turf war, but their leader sees a way out of the slums and on to the good life by way of his wife seducing a straight-laced bank clerk with access to a fortune in used bills.
Guest Stars:
Michael Robbins, Glyn Houston, Victor Maddern, Sarah Lawson, Mike Pratt
Two criminals make a murderous escape from prison with a carefully executed plan. One is a violent gangster intent on revenge against his wife who helped the police put him away. He uses his son, who idolises him, to carry out his plan.
Guest Stars:
Pauline Yates, Ian MacNaughton, Ann Bell, John Barrie, Megs Jenkins
A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic he proceeds to cover up the crime by establishing alibis. Gideon knows that they're guilty but proving it is difficult.
Guest Stars:
Bryan Pringle, Esmond Knight, Alan Browning, Noel Dyson, Anne Lawson
There is corruption in the building industry by the co-owner of the building company. One clerk was murdered and another was bribed. When the other co-owner finds out, more crimes are committed to keep the police from finding out.
Guest Stars:
Ronald Lacey, Jane Merrow, Ray Brooks, Frederick Bartman, Donald Morley
Netta's husband, Michael, has a big win on the football pools but then disappears. It appears as though he has run off but he is actually the victim of foul play. The clues come together and the murderer is uncovered.
Guest Stars:
Jack Hedley, Sheila Allen, Jennifer Daniel, James Culliford, Nicola Pagett
A young man with a domineering mother snaps after the suicide of his fiancée, and goes about foggy London evenings choking girls and cutting off locks of their hair.
Guest Stars:
Thomas Heathcote, Andrea Allan, David Collings, Fanny Rowe, Gillian Lewis
The Balaclava Silver, which is the regimental silver crockery of a proud Scottish regiment, is gradually being stolen and replaced with fake replicas. Gideon is asked to discretely find out who is stealing the silver pieces.
Guest Stars:
Edwin Richfield, Gary Miller, George Baker, George Murcell, Freda Bamford
A stockbroker and safe-cracker join forces to pull jobs in wealthy homes. After the upper class crook commits a murder at one job, the cracksman is caught at the next. His lawyer then accuses Gideon of police brutality.
Guest Stars:
Gordon Jackson, Donald Pickering, Finlay Currie, Allan Cuthbertson, Basil Dignam
A well-known criminal has started a romance with the daughter of a rich couple from America and Gideon is suspicious. When she is kidnapped Gideon immediately knows who's to blame, but proving it and freeing the girl is more difficult.
Guest Stars:
Kay Walsh, Shelagh Fraser, Norman Bowler, Johnny Sekka, Basil Dignam
After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends and instructors, her troubled beau, and with a drug pusher seething with contempt.
Guest Stars:
Royston Tickner, Michael Craze, George Sewell, Michael Standing, Joe Gladwin
A milquetoast boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife, then, fearing his hard bitten police surgeon father, runs away and is joined by a young escapee.
Guest Stars:
Jean Marsh, Richard Davies, Alec Mango, Patrick Allen, Terence Donovan
Some neighborhood thugs, who run a garage/stolen car ring, beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. When they figure out that she saw them, the CID must protect her.
Guest Stars:
Gretchen Franklin, Trevor Bannister, Gloria Paul, Reginald Jessup, Mike Pratt
A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. Though many offer damning testimony, and his knife is found at the murder scene, Gideon suspects a frame-up.
Guest Stars:
Donald Sutherland, Lois Maxwell, Harold Goodwin, Richard James, Reginald Jessup
A group of bored and rich young people go from endless pot and booze parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city. Their creepy leader has an obsessive hate for middle class morality, and calls their misdeeds "giggles".
Guest Stars:
Henry McGee, Eric Barker, Charles Lloyd Pack, Joyce Grant, William Mervyn