Redcap is a British

United Kingdom

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 television series produced by ABC Weekend Television

Associated British Corporation

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 and broadcast on the ITV

ITV

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 network.

It starred John Thaw

John Thaw

John Edward Thaw, CBE was an English actor, who appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles, his most popular being police and legal dramas such as Redcap, The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC.-Early life:Thaw came from a working class background, having been born in Gorton,...

 as Sergeant

Sergeant

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 John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch

Special Investigation Branch

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 of the Royal Military Police

Royal Military Police

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and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966, being about 47 minutes in a 60 minute time slot. Surprisingly for an ABC weekend television programme, 23 of the 26 episodes still exist.

Episodes

Episode	Air Date	Episode Title
Season 1
1	17 Oct 64	It's What Comes After
2	24 Oct 64	A Town Called Love
3	31 Oct 64	Epitaph for a Sweat
4	7 Nov 64	Misfire
5	14 Nov 64	Corporal McCann's Private War
6	21 Nov 64	The Orderly Officer
7	28 Nov 64	Nightwatch
8	5 Dec 64	The Boys of B Company
9	12 Dec 64	A Regiment of the Line
10	19 Dec 64	The Man They Did
11	2 Jan 65	A Question of Initiative
12	9 Jan 65	A Place of Refuge
13	16 Jan 65	The Patrol
Season 2
14	2 Apr 66	Crime Passionel
15	9 Apr 66	The Pride of the Regiment
16	16 Apr 66	The Killer
17	23 Apr 66	Buckingham Palace
18	30 Apr 66	Rough Justice
19	7 May 66	The Moneylenders
20	14 May 66	Strictly by the Book
21	21 May 66	Peterson's Private Army
22	28 May 66	Stag Party
23	4 Jun 66	An Ambush Among Friends
24	11 Jun 66	The Alibi
25	18 Jun 66	The Proper Charlie
26	25 Jun 66	Information Received