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Sergeant Cork is a British detective television series which first aired between 1963 and 1968 on ITV. It was a police procedural show that followed the efforts of two police officers and their battle against crime in Victorian London. In all 66 hour-long episodes were aired during the five-year run, although the last episode was not broadcast until January 1968, 16 months after the others. Journalist Tom Sutcliffe has credited it as a first example of the use of the Victorian-era policeman in a television crime series. A 1969 review in The Age opined that rather than suspense, the strengths of the series were its "excellent period settings and wonderfully thick pea-soupers" which "add up to splendid evocative stuff", as well as the performance of star John Barrie. At no time during the whole series is Sergeant Cork's first name given.
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- E1 Case of the Reluctant WidowNext upJun 29, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
If it was murder, who was responsible? The dead man's wife, Julie? The young cafe assistant, Clive? Sergeant Cork, one of the pioneers of the newly formed C.I.D., applies his unique methods of detection to the case.
Guest stars: Christopher Guinee (Clive Graham), Jean Trend (Julie Oxley), John Richmond (Superintendent Billy Nelson), George Day (Constable Page), Hazel Coppen (Mrs. Beeny), Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Peter Halliday (Dr. Cato), Hilda Barry (Kate Oxley)
- E2 The Case of the Girl UpstairsJul 6, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lucy Beasley is certain that a crime is being committed in the Beasley household and she implores Cork to investigate. Is she a bitter, frustrated woman out to cause trouble, or are her fears justified?
Guest stars: Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Joseph Fürst (Ernst Lukas), Mary Kenton (Charity Beasley), Meg Ritchie (Jane Beasley), Philip Latham (Arthur J. Lowman MD), Hilda Fenemore (Nellie), Margaret Diamond (Lucy Beasley), Carmen Silvera (Mrs. Fielding)
- E3 The Case of the Two Drowned MenJul 13, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
When Cork and Marriott begin their investigations to find two criminals wanted for murdering a bank messenger; a tip off takes them to the London waterfront, where they uncover a sordid riverside trade.....
Guest stars: Tony Beckley (Steve Gurling), Paul Curran (Joe Hornby), Sheila Steafel (Annie Blake), Victor Brooks (Sergeant Dempsey), James Mellor (Alf Blake), Graham Payn (Jack Simons), Georgina Patterson (Nancy Stevens), Barbara Archer (Maud)
- E4 The Case of the Knotted ScarfJul 20, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Cork and Marriott are called in to investigate the murder of a retired general's young wife, found strangled in a derelict bungalow in the grounds of an old country house is Devonshire.
Guest stars: Robert Arnold (Jean-Pierre Ducane), Brewster Mason (General Sir Gerald Langford), Valerie White (Mrs. Helen Henderson), Royston Tickner (Inspector Bolam), Alan Haines (Constable Crabb), David Spenser (Kulil), Edwina Carroll (Sorya), Mischa De La Motte (Doctor)
- E5 The Case of the Stagedoor JohnnieJul 27, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Kate Seymour, a young star of the music hall, receives poison pen letters threatening her engagement to John Stratton, a stagedoor Johnnie.
Guest stars: Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Cicely Courtneidge (Bessy Seymour), Eira Heath (Kate Seymour), Michael Meacham (The Hon. James Stratton), Jeremy Longhurst (Lord George Creighton), David Burke (Arthur Stephens), Robin Wentworth (Harry Marlowe), Peter Hoar (Chairman)
- E6 The Case of the Respectable SuicideAug 3, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Cork and Marriott are called in to investigate what appears to be a case of suicide when Mr Bertram, a respectable and deeply religious man, is found dead by his housekeeper, Mrs Holland.
Guest stars: June Watts (Polly Read), Diana King (Mrs. Holland), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Terence Soall (James Lord), Joy Stewart (Sarah Parry), Robert S. Young (Mr. Forrest), Norman Scace (Rev. Septimus Barrow), David Rose (Victor Brandon)
- E7 The Case of the Slithy ToveAug 10, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
An urchin sees a mysterious gentleman visiting Trumble, an ex-criminal, in his slum house. When Trumble is later found dead, the urchin goes to Cork.
Guest stars: Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Ann Lynn (Nora Trumble), Bruce Beeby (Lake), John Junkin (Perryman), Robert James (Doctor Stuart), Peter Fraser (Sam Manners), Beaufoy Milton (Trumble)
- E8 The Case of the Persistant AssassinAug 17, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Prince Frederick of Silecia arrives in London on a trade mission for his country. Cork is made responsible for his safety, and faces the problem of discovering those who are plotting the Prince's assassination.
Guest stars: John Richmond (Superintendent Billy Nelson), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Garfield Morgan (Prince Frederick of Silesia), Lawrence Davidson (Leon Kortner), Redmond Phillips (Mr. Smith), Liane Aukin (Irene Stone), Jack Lambert (Inspector Henson), Langley Howard (Takov)
- E9 The Case of the Sleeping CoachmanAug 24, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
In spite of opposition from the Melrose family, Cork is determined to discover the murderer of a laundry maid, whose body is found in their stable by a drunken coachman.
Guest stars: Carmen Silvera (Mrs. Fielding), Rosalie Crutchley (Victoria Melrose), Mark Dignam (Sir Henry Melrose), Barry Linehan (Jim Whittaker), Beatrice Kane (Lady Melrose), John Harvey (Inspector Armstrong), Philip Bond (George Melrose), Patricia Clapton (Sarah)
- E10 The Case of the Soldier's RifleAug 31, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
A strike at a factory; the army is called in to keep order, and during a riot outside the gates a striker is shot. Accident or murder?
Guest stars: John Richmond (Superintendent Billy Nelson), Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Jane Wenham (Ivy Strong), John Boyd-Brent (Alf Strong), Neal Arden (Mr. Charles Robinson), Brian Badcoe (Mr. Clarence), Tom Macaulay (Mr. Cook)
- E11 Case of the Public ParagonSep 7, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Cook is summoned when an up-and-coming politician is murdered. His wife and the maidservant found a burglar standing over his body, but they are unable to distinguish any of his features.
Guest stars: John Richmond (Superintendent Billy Nelson), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Jack Gwillim (Sir Gervase Walworth), Yvonne Coulette (Mrs. Manley), Natasha Pyne (Jenny), Mischa De La Motte (Dr. Buller), Anne Tirard (Mrs. Barnes), Ray Austin (Tom Barnes)
- E12 The Case of Ella BarnesSep 14, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ella Barnes - a sewing girl from the East End of London - is found drowned in a canal. At the inquest, however, it is revealed that she had been attacked before she drowned.
Guest stars: Holly Doone (Maria Brunst), John Richmond (Superintendent Billy Nelson), Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Isa Miranda (Magda Brandel), Robert Cartland (Brandel), Gwendolyn Watts (Rose Wolf), Rosemary Ashford (Barbara Ellis), Wynne Clark (Mrs. Agnes Sinkins)
- E13 The Case of the Gold SalesmenSep 21, 1963 · 60 min
Synopsis
Klein, a money lender, suspects fraud when a man called Carylon offers to sell him gold bars at a cut price. He calls in Cork and Marriott, who set a trap to discover whether Klein's suspicions are justified.
Guest stars: Freddie Fowler (Chalky White), Arnold Diamond (Inspector Joseph Bird), Derek Francis (Klein), Newton Blick (Evans), Jill Melford (Tamara Andreyev), John Lee (Cartwright), Hugh Futcher (Solomons), John Woodvine (Carlyon)
Cast & crew
Created by Ted Willis
William Gaunt
John Barrie
