Episodes
1. Hopjoy Was Here: Part 1
May 8, 1977
47 min
Travelling salesman Hopjoy has disappeared — to the relief of many husbands, the rage of innumerable creditors, and the alarm of two mystery men from London, who know him as a spy. Is he dead? Purbright investigates.
Guest Stars:
Moray Watson, John Comer, John Normington, Lynn Farleigh, Michael Robbins
2. Hopjoy Was Here: Part 2 / Lonelyheart 4122: Part 1
May 15, 1977
50 min
After solving the mystery of the missing Hopjoy, Purbright turns his attention to a 'lonely hearts' killer, whose next victim might be the fragile-seeming Miss Teatime. But she's deceptive.
Guest Stars:
Moray Watson, John Comer, Brenda Bruce, John Normington, Lynn Farleigh
3. Lonelyheart 4122: Part 2
May 22, 1977
50 min
Miss Teatime and her mysterious suitor both get an unexpected comeuppance, but will the former escape being murdered? As Purbright appreciatively notices, she's tougher than she looks.
Guest Stars:
Brenda Bruce, John Carson, John Carson, Gillian Martell, Erin Geraghty
4. The Flaxborough Crab: Part 1
May 29, 1977
48 min
Several otherwise reputable sexagenarian Flaxborough men seem to be under the influence of a potent aphrodisiac in a series of assaults on local women.
Guest Stars:
Moray Watson, John Comer, Brenda Bruce, Derek Waring, Barbara Hicks
5. The Flaxborough Crab: Part 2
June 5, 1977
49 min
Purbright traces the drug affecting the male senior citizens in Flaxborough to either a herb supplement or an experimental prescription drug.
Guest Stars:
Moray Watson, John Comer, Brenda Bruce, Derek Waring, Patrick Newell
6. Coffin Scarcely Used: Part 1
June 12, 1977
48 min
After the death of Harold Carobleat, his wife Helen is shocked to find that he's left his estate to a neighbour who is subsequently found electrocuted.
Guest Stars:
John Comer, Peter Sallis, James Grout, Caroline Blakiston, Antony Carrick