List of Public Eye episodes

Public Eye is a British television drama series that ran from 1965 to 1975, a total of 87 episodes were produced over a run of seven series over the course of ten years. The first three series were produced by ABC Television, and the remaining four series were produced by Thames Television. The series was created by Roger Marshall and Anthony Marriott, and it deals with an enquiry agent Frank Marker who handles various cases and investigations through the course of the series.

Series 1 (1965)

The first series was set in London, and premiered on ABC Television on the 23 January 1965; although at the time the series was not given a network broadcast across the ITV Network, since at the time the regional companies were given the freedom to broadcast programmes at different dates or choose not to take up the show at all. Only Southern Television and Ulster Television broadcast this series at the same time as ABC, while this series was broadcast later the same year by Associated Television, Border, [ITV ITV Channel Television|Channel Television|Channel], Grampian, Scottish Television, Tyne Tees, TWW and Westward. Just one episode, i.e. The Morning Wasn't So Hot, was shown by Teledu Cymru, while the series was not taken up by Anglia. At fifteen episodes long the series has the longest run of the seven series that were produced, though due to the archival policies at the time many of the episodes from this series were junked or lost, and today only two episodes are currently known to survive in the archives. Initially the episode "The Morning Wasn't So Hot" was slated to be the opening episode, but in the end ABC replaced with "All For a Couple of Ponies" instead, and the former episode was broadcast later on in the series.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
1	1	"All For a Couple of Ponies"	23 January 1965	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
2	2	"Nobody Kills Santa Claus"	30 January 1965	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	16mm TR
3	3	"They Go Off in the End - Like Fruit"	6 February 1965	Robert Tronson	Martin Worth	Missing	No
4	4	"Dig You Later"	13 February 1965	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
5	5	"I Went to Borrow a Pencil and Look What I Found"	20 February 1965	Jonathan Alwyn	Terence Frisby	Missing	No
6	6	"But the Joneses Never Get Letters"	27 February 1965	Laurence Bourne	William Emms	Missing	No
7	7	"A Harsh World For Zealots"	6 March 1965	Laurence Bourne	Michael Cahill	Missing	No
8	8	"And a Very Fine Fiddle Has He"	13 March 1965	Laurence Bourne	Robert Holmes	Missing	No
9	9	"My Life, That's a Marriage"	20 March 1965	Kim Mills	Michael Hastings	Missing	No
10	10	"You'll Think It'll Be Marvellous – But It's Always a Rabbit"	27 March 1965	Mark Lawton	Robert Holmes	Missing	No
11	11	"Protection is a Man's Best Friend"	3 April 1965	Laurence Bourne	Mike Watts	Missing	No
12	12	"The Morning Wasn't So Hot"	10 April 1965	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	405 VT
13	13	"You Should Hear Me Eat Soup"	17 April 1965	Patrick Dromgoole	Terence Frisby	Missing	No
14	14	"You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere"	24 April 1965	Tony Robertson	Martin Worth	Missing	No
15	15	"Have It On The House"	1 May 1965	Guy Verney	Roger Marshall	Missing	No

Series 2 (1966)

For the second series, the setting changed to Birmingham as Marker is forced to move operations as London becomes increasingly unaffordable for him. This change in location was in part motivated by ABC's drive to produce more of their shows in the Midlands, at their studios in Aston, near Birmingham. Only Ulster simultaneously broadcast this series at the same time as ABC, other ITV companies such as Anglia, Border, Grampian, Associated-Rediffusion, Southern and Tyne Tees transmitted the series a day earlier, while Channel, Scottish Television, TWW and Westward started transmitting the series later in July or in August. Teledu Cymru only showed five episodes of Series 2. This series is slightly shorter than the previous, a total of thirteen episodes were produced. Likewise with the previous series, only two episodes are currently known to survive from this series, although audio recordings for the last five episodes have been recovered.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
16	1	"All the Black Dresses She Wants"	2 July 1966	Kim Mills	Martin Worth	Missing	No
17	2	"Don't Forget You're Mine"	9 July 1966	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	16mm TR
18	3	"I Could Set It To Music"	16 July 1966	Basil Coleman	Julian Bond	Missing	No
19	4	"It's a Terrible Way to Be"	23 July 1966	Guy Verney	Hugh Leonard	Missing	No
20	5	"You Can Keep the Medal"	30 July 1966	Guy Verney	Julian Bond	Missing	No
21	6	"You're Not Cinderella, Are You?"	6 August 1966	Quentin Lawrence	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
22	7	"Works with Chess, Not with Life"	13 August 1966	Basil Coleman	Roger Marshall	Exists	405 VT
23	8	"It Had to Be a Mouse"	20 August 1966	Kim Mills	Robert Holmes	Missing	No
24	9	"Tell Me About the Crab"	27 August 1966	Jonathan Alwyn	Jack Trevor Story	Missing	Audio only
25	10	"No. No, Nothing Like That"	3 September 1966	Quentin Andrews	James Andrew Hall	Missing	Audio only
26	11	"There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth"	10 September 1966	Tony Robertson	Julian Bond	Missing	Audio only
27	12	"Twenty Pounds of Heart and Muscle"	17 September 1966	Piers Haggard	Robert Holmes	Missing	Audio only
28	13	"What's the Matter? Can't You Take a Sick Joke?"	24 September 1966	Guy Verney	Hugh Leonard	Missing	Audio only

Series 3 (1968)

The third and final series to be produced by ABC Television, prior to the company losing their weekend franchise in July 1968 following the franchise review called on by the ITA on the 12 June 1967. This was the last series not be networked across the ITV regional companies. This series was broadcast later the same year by Border, Grampian, Scottish Television, Southern, Tyne Tees and Ulster, though the series was not taken up by Anglia, Channel, Westward and TWW. This series has the worst survival rate out of all seven series, only one episode "The Bromsgrove Venus" is known to survive in the archives. A further 5 minute fragment from another episode "It Must Be the Architecture - Can't Be the Climate" was recovered from a Umatic recording of an ABC Promotional Reel produced at the time. It was also the second and last series to be set in Birmingham, and also the last to be broadcast on a Saturday, a practice that had been maintained for the past three series.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
29	1	"If This is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah"	20 January 1968	Patrick Dromgoole	David Whitaker	Missing	No
30	2	"But What Good Will The Truth Do?"	27 January 1968	Quentin Lawrence	Martin Worth	Missing	No
31	3	"Memories of Meg"	3 February 1968	Dennis Vance	Robert Banks Stewart	Missing	No
32	4	"Have Mud, Will Throw"	10 February 1968	Peter Duguid	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
33	5	"But They Always Come Back For Tea"	17 February 1968	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
34	6	"Mercury in an Off-White Mac"	24 February 1968	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Missing	No
35	7	"Strictly Private and Confidential"	2 March 1968	Patrick Dromgoole	Alun Falconer	Missing	No
36	8	"Honesty Is the Best Policy - But Who Can Afford the Premiums?"	9 March 1968	Robert Tronson	Bill Craig	Missing	No
37	9	"The Bromsgrove Venus"	16 March 1968	Jim Goddard	Anthony Skene	Exists	405 VT
38	10	"It Must Be the Architecture - Can't Be the Climate"	23 March 1968	Jim Goddard	Robert Holmes	Missing	Excerpt Only
39	11	"It's Learning About the Lies That Hurts"	30 March 1968	Kim Mills	Robert Holmes	Missing	No
40	12	"There's No Future in Monkey Business"	6 April 1968	Alan Gibson	Brian Hayles	Missing	No
41	13	"Cross That Palm When We Come to It"	13 April 1968	Peter Duguid	Roger Marshall	Missing	No

Series 4 (1969)

The first series to be produced by Thames Television following the franchise review in 1967 where ABC lost their licence for weekend broadcasting, and had merged with Associated-Rediffusion to form Thames Television. At seven episodes long, this series had the shortest run of the show's tenure. This series was also the first to be fully networked across the ITV regions, and the first series to have all its episodes survive in the archives. The series marks a change in tone after two series set in Birmingham; following on from Frank's arrest and sentencing to prison at the end of the previous series, he is released on probation and attempts to rebuild his life by relocating to Brighton. Each episode was written by co-creator Roger Marshall and constructed as a seven part serial. In the run up to the commencement of colour broadcasting on both BBC1 and ITV in November 1969, the final episode of the series, "A Fixed Address" was taped in colour, although the episode still used the same monochrome title sequence from that series and was also broadcast in monochrome. This series also saw the introduction of semi-regular supporting characters, which was a feature absent up to this point in the show's run. This series introduced Marker's landlady Helen Mortimer who would appear in almost every episode in this series and would appear on a semi regular basis on subsequent series. John Grieve also regularly appeared through this series as his probabtion officer Jim Hull. Up to now the series had been broadcast on Saturday, but with the show now being produced by Thames whose licence only extended to weekday broadcasting, the transmission day was switched to Wednesday, and it would remain this way until the end of Series 6.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
42	1	"Welcome to Brighton?"	30 July 1969	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
43	2	"Divide and Conquer"	6 August 1969	Jim Goddard	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
44	3	"Paid in Full"	13 August 1969	Guy Verney	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
45	4	"My Life's My Own"	20 August 1969	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
46	5	"Case For the Defence"	27 August 1969	Guy Verney	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
47	6	"The Comedian's Graveyard"	3 September 1969	Jonathan Alwyn	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
48	7	"A Fixed Address"	10 September 1969	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT

Series 5 (1971)

For the fifth series, the setting changed again to Eton and the surrounding Windsor area, it would remain as the primary setting until early on in Series 7. At thirteen episodes long, this series was double the length from the previous series, and this format would remain this way for the remainder of the show's tenure. Filming on the series commenced in late November 1970, a few weeks after the ITV Colour Strike commenced when technicians went on strike after demanding higher wages for using the new colour studio equipment, and subsequently five episodes from this series were taped in monochrome. The first episode to be taped in colour was "I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool" in March 1971, a few weeks after the strike had ended. Due to the series being shot out of sequence, the monochrome episodes were changed around for broadcast and were not transmitted together. This series also marked the only one without any episodes written by series co-creator Roger Marshall. This series also saw the introduction of DS Percy Firbank who keeps a close eye on Marker after he sets up business in the area, over time they would establish a friendship and assist each other on cases, he would become the series longest running supporting character, making a total of fourteen appearances over three series. Nell Holdsworth also made frequent appearances through this series.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
49	1	"A Mug Named Frank"	7 July 1971	Quentin Lawrence	Michael Chapman	Exists	625 VT
50	2	"Well-There Was This Girl, You See..."	14 July 1971	Jim Goddard	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
51	3	"Slip Home in the Dark"	21 July 1971	Peter Duguid	Ray Jenkins	Exists	625 VT
52	4	"I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool"	28 July 1971	Dennis Vance	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
53	5	"The Beater and the Game"	4 August 1971	Peter Duguid	Michael Chapman	Exists	625 VT
54	6	"Come Into the Garden, Rose"	11 August 1971	Bill Bain	David Livingstone	Exists	625 VT
55	7	"And When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser"	18 August 1971	Piers Haggard	Trevor Preston	Exists	625 VT
56	8	"Who Wants to Be Told Bad News?"	25 August 1971	Douglas Camfield	Trevor Preston	Exists	625 VT
57	9	"The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets"	1 September 1971	James Gatward	Richard Harris	Exists	625 VT
58	10	"Ward of Court"	8 September 1971	William G. Stewart	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
59	11	"Transatlantic Cousins"	15 September 1971	Dennis Vance	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
60	12	"Shades of White"	22 September 1971	Piers Haggard	Robert Muller	Exists	625 VT
61	13	"John VII, Verse 24"	29 September 1971	David Wickes	Peter Hill	Exists	625 VT

Series 6 (1972-3)

The sixth series and the first to be taped entirely in colour. This series was beset by a couple of broadcast delays, the transmission date for episode three "Many a Slip" was delayed by a week due to Boxing coverage of the bout between Muhammad Ali vs. Bob Foster from the previous day, and it also faced a mid series delay when episode seven "A Family Affair" was postponed by a week, as there was no broadcast scheduled immediately after Christmas. This was also the second and last series to wholly be set in Eton, since the setting would change early on in the following series. It was also the last series to be broadcast on a Wednesday, a practise that had been maintained since Series 4.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
62	1	"The Bankrupt"	8 November 1972	James Gatward	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
63	2	"Girl in Blue"	15 November 1972	Dennis Vance	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
64	3	"Many a Slip"	29 November 1972	David Wickes	John Kershaw	Exists	625 VT
65	4	"Mrs. Podmore's Cat"	6 December 1972	Bill Bain	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
66	5	"The Man Who Said Sorry"	13 December 1972	Jonathan Alwyn	Richard Harris	Exists	625 VT
67	6	"Horse and Carriage"	20 December 1972	Bill Bain	Richard Harris	Exists	625 VT
68	7	"A Family Affair"	3 January 1973	Douglas Camfield	John Kershaw	Exists	625 VT
69	8	"The Golden Boy"	10 January 1973	Douglas Camfield	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
70	9	"The Windsor Royal"	17 January 1973	Douglas Camfield	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
71	10	"It's a Woman's Privilege"	24 January 1973	Jim Goddard	Michael Chapman	Exists	625 VT
72	11	"Home and Away"	31 January 1973	Robert Knights	Brian Finch	Exists	625 VT
73	12	"Egg and Cress Sandwiches"	7 February 1973	Graham Evans	Michael Chapman	Exists	625 VT
74	13	"The Trouble with Jenny"	14 February 1973	David Wickes	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT

Series 7 (1975)

For the seventh and final series, the setting changed several times, moving from Eton to Walton, and ultimately to Chertsey midway during the series. This series operated around three loose story arcs as Marker moved onto another location, and as a result it also saw the departure of long running supporting character DS Percy Firbank when Marker relocates to Walton in the episode "How About It Frank?". In the same episode Ron Gash makes his first appearance, a former policeman and friend of Percy's, who runs a private investigation agency in the area and offers Frank a job with his agency at the end of the episode. Scheduling of this series was switched to Monday, and the transmission date for the last episode of the series "Unlucky For Some" was delayed for a week, due to it being postponed over Easter. Due to the series being produced out of sequence, the last episode that was produced and taped was "How About it Frank?" in late November 1974.

No. overall	No. in Series	Title	Air Date	Directed By	Written By	Status	Media
75	1	"Nobody Wants to Know"	6 January 1975	Douglas Camfield	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
76	2	"How About a Cup of Tea?"	13 January 1975	Bill Bain	John Kershaw	Exists	625 VT
77	3	"How About it Frank?"	20 January 1975	Bill Bain	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
78	4	"They All Sound Simple at First"	27 January 1975	David Wickes	John Kershaw	Exists	625 VT
79	5	"The Fall Guy"	3 February 1975	Douglas Camfield	Brian Finch	Exists	625 VT
80	6	"What's to Become Of Us?"	10 February 1975	Douglas Camfield	Richard Haris	Exists	625 VT
81	7	"Hard Times"	17 February 1975	Simon Langton	James Doran	Exists	625 VT
82	8	"No Orchids for Marker"	24 February 1975	Graham Evans	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT
83	9	"The Fatted Calf"	3 March 1975	Jonathan Alwyn	Brian Finch	Exists	625 VT
84	10	"Lifer"	10 March 1975	David Wickes	Bob Baker	Exists	625 VT
85	11	"Take No for an Answer"	17 March 1975	Kim Mills	Roger Marshall	Exists	625 VT
86	12	"Fit of Conscience"	24 March 1975	Mike Vardy	David Ambrose	Exists	625 VT
87	13	"Unlucky For Some"	7 April 1975	Jonathan Alwyn	Philip Broadley	Exists	625 VT