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Acclaimed 1970s British thriller starring Michael Caine as a hardened gangster returning to his hometown in search of the truth behind his brother's death. Though originally from Newcastle, Jack Carter (Caine) has made his name in London as a tough enforcer for the crime boss, Gerald Fletcher (Terence Rigby). On hearing of his brother's death, Carter returns to Newcastle for his funeral and to investigate his suspicion that his sibling may have been murdered. After visiting local gangster Cyril Kinnear (John Osborne), Carter is threatened and advised to head back to London. Jack refuses and descends further and further into the city's underworld as his investigations begin to pay off. His search is merciless, unrelenting and fraught with danger and it becomes clear that he will stop at nothing to exact his own brand of justice.
Roger Moore and Ray Milland star in this 1970s action drama. Rod Slater (Moore) becomes involved in a web of intrigue following a rock fall at a South African gold mine owned by Harry Hirschfeld (Milland), in which general manager and veteran miner Frank Lemmer (Norman Coombes) is killed. Hirschfield's managing director, Manfred Steyner (Bradford Dillman), is plotting with financier Farrell (John Gielgud) to flood the Big Dyke, thus destroying the mine and raising the value of gold worldwide, and tricks Slater into excavating the seam of gold beyond the river. Meanwhile, Slater becomes passionately involved with Steyner's wife (Susannah York), unaware that the scheme hatched by her husband will result in his death.
All 26 episodes of the Yorkshire Television drama following the police officers of a small village in Yorkshire. A precursor to the success of 'Heartbeat', the show sees PC Moss Parkin (John Flanagan) and DC Ron Radley (Gareth Thomas) struggle to keep the citizens of Fickley on the right side of the law, with cases ranging from petty theft to abduction. The episodes are: 'Hoot Nor Horn', 'Lock, Stock and...', 'Dead Or Alive?', 'Fame of a Kind', 'Bonus', 'The Good Listener', 'The Deserter', 'The Way Home', 'Boys', 'A Pair of Good Shoes', 'The Birmingham Con', 'Nothing Personal', 'Everybody Knew But Me', 'No Friendship for Coppers', 'Manchester Passenger', 'The Journey', 'Regulation 17', 'Vickory', 'Fox Among the Chickens', 'Wisemen', 'This Little Piggy', 'Low Moon', 'The Spider's Web', 'It's Got to Be Local', 'The Link' and 'Two Gentlemen Standing'.
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