Public Eye was a series like no other. It focused on a private detective, Frank Marker. His world was one which we would all recognise. It was not one of glamour but of gloom and grime. If he was investigating crime it was much more likely to be seedy and petty – fraud, deception, handling stolen goods, blackmail. A lot of the time he was dealing with tales of simple human misery – divorce cases, missing persons, lack of trust. By the end of the final season in 1975, Public Eye had successfully delivered to the viewers a diverse range of quality stories which, whilst covering a wide range of subjects, still succeeded in presenting possibly the most ‘realistic’ depiction of the shadowy, seedy, morally ambiguous world which Frank Marker inhabited. With a tremendously convincing and sustained central performance from Alfred Burke, Public Eye was a series of genuine dramatic depth.
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#1 – A Mug Named Frank
Season 5 – Episode 1
Marker follows a lead on a shoplifting case from Brighton to Windsor, straight into the arms of the police.
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#2 – Well-There was This Girl, You See…
Season 5 – Episode 2
A suspect proposition brings Marker into contact with stolen goods.
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#3 – Slip Home in the Dark
Season 5 – Episode 3
A case of blackmail puts Marker in the firing line and he gets his office turned over as a result.
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#4 – I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool
Season 5 – Episode 4
Marker has to bone up on the fine arts when he is asked to investigate a counterfeit paintings scam.
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#5 – The Beater and the Game
Season 5 – Episode 5
A missing person case turns sour when Marker suspects that he’s being used to get to someone.
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#6 – Come into the Garden, Rose
Season 5 – Episode 6
Marker has to be very discreet indeed when he investigates a theft at an exclusive home for genteel ladies.
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#7 – And When You’ve Paid the Bill, You’re None the Wiser
Season 5 – Episode 7
Marker is hired to investigate the motives behind a suicide, but the more he digs the more sinister the situation becomes.
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#8 – Who Wants to Be Told Bad News?
Season 5 – Episode 8
A routine background check leads Marker into the murky world of credit fraud.
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#9 – The Man Who Didn’t Eat Sweets
Season 5 – Episode 9
Marker is asked to check on a suspected infidelity, but his investigations turn up something altogether more unexpected.
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#10 – Ward of Court
Season 5 – Episode 10
Marker encounters conflicted loyalties when he’s asked to track down a father who has abducted his own son.
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