Episodes
1. A Way to Die
January 3, 1971
50 min
The body of a student is found in a pig-fattening shed. Hardy has to establish the cause of death.
Guest Stars:
Jenifer Armitage, Windsor Davies, Richard Easton, Donald Gee, Gawn Grainger
2. Where Are You Going?
January 10, 1971
50 min
The body of an attractive young girl is found by the roadside. Who was she? How did she get there? How did she die? Hardy and Fleming are faced with finding the answer.
Guest Stars:
Candace Glendenning
3. The Man on My Back
January 17, 1971
50 min
Fleming and Hardy are used to hit-and-run cases where they find a body but no car. In this curious case the situation is reversed: a blood-stained car but no body.
Guest Stars:
Edward Fox, Bernard Kay
4. Go Somewhere Else
January 24, 1971
50 min
Gypsies led by Samuel Brown arrive in the Hardy neighbourhood - to the horror of many residents. A public meeting is called to discuss the 'problem.' But protest can go too far.
5. Whose Child?: Part 1: The Wife
January 31, 1971
50 min
After fifteen years of childless marriage, Ruth Fletcher has a son. But she has a problem which she takes to Jo Hardy: is it possible that her husband is not the father?
6. Whose Child?: Part 2: The Husband
February 7, 1971
50 min
Dr Hardy has told Harry Fletcher that he could not be the father of his wife's child. Harry confronts his wife's lover, Michael Jackson.
Guest Stars:
Anthony Bate, Keith Campbell, Ann Lynn, James Maxwell, Barry Meteyard
7. Cedric
February 14, 1971
50 min
Cedric Lambert, a lonely 54-year-old bachelor, visits Dr Jo Hardy in her surgery. But apparently there is nothing wrong with his health - all he wishes to do is to show her an antique book.
Guest Stars:
Peter Jeffrey
8. A Scientific Fact
February 21, 1971
50 min
Hardy is much possessed by the problems surrounding the scientific fact of death. And in this story of an elderly retired Major, his wife and son, the police become totally involved as well.
Guest Stars:
Brian Badcoe, David Horovitch, Sylvia Coleridge, André Morell, Joanna Van Gyseghem
9. The Coat
February 28, 1971
50 min
Early one morning a young Maltese girl is found stabbed to death. Fleming is immediately convinced that her ex-boyfriend is guilty. Hardy has other ideas.
Guest Stars:
Steven Berkoff, Sheila Brennan, Kate Brown, Peter Diamond, Eric Dodson
10. True Confession
March 7, 1971
50 min
A young librarian finds a body in the woods. He does not tell the Police but the Press - which for Hardy and Fleming adds confusion to an already confusing case.
11. Smithereens
March 14, 1971
50 min
The milkman pays his morning call on Mrs Carr, and finds her lying unconscious on the conservatory floor. She is surrounded by fragments of a milk bottle - which lead to several sleepless nights for Hardy and Sandra.
12. Hothouse
March 21, 1971
50 min
Two young boys have their day's fishing disturbed when they find a body in the river. The question facing Fleming and Hardy: did he fall or was he pushed?
13. A Clear and Easy Duty
March 28, 1971
50 min
In the last of this series, Hardy and Fleming are faced with the kidnapping of a son of wealthy parents - not so unusual for them but strange and unfortunate for Jo when she becomes involved.
Guest Stars:
Brian Blessed, Faith Brook, William Lucas, Daniel Moynihan, Ian Pigot
