Series · 1976
Dangerous Knowledge

The series
A gritty six-part mystery thriller serial from 1976, starring John Gregson as Bill Kirby. Bill is an insurance salesman travelling back to the UK from France. Accompanied by Laura Marshall (Prunella Ransome), he has to evade the two armed agents that are following him. A series of murders follow and Bill tries to unmask who's behind them.
Episodes
Season 1 · 6 episodes · 1976
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Episode 119 May 197625m
Comprehensive Cover
Kirby tries to avoid a pair of suspicious-looking men whom he first observed on the Channel ferry from Le Havre. By scooping up a pretty young woman's luggage, he manages to elude them long enough to arrive at her marina, where he convince…
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Episode 226 May 197625m
A Deadly Policy
Roger Fane complements Laura Marshall, his step-daughter, on the way she kept tabs on Bill Kirby after he left the Channel Ferry and asks her to maintain contact. He explains that he fears that Kirby has learned something vital that could …
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Episode 32 Jun 197625m
Clause for Concern
A key contact of Kirby's is found shot dead, returning to France he discover the dead man had links to the KGB.
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Episode 49 Jun 197625m
Death Risk
Kirby obtains evidence that a key advisor to the British was a trained as Russian KGB agent and enters into negotiations with an American who implies he's working for the CIA. Kirby doesn't entirely trust the man, but agrees to secret rend…
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Episode 516 Jun 197625m
Surrender Value
Kirby staggers home after being wounded at an intended rendezvous. He sends his son, Robin, to convince Laura not to return to school for the next term immediately and join him in an attempt to convince her stepfather that a dangerous trai…
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Episode 623 Jun 197625m
Dividends
Kirby, Fane, Vincent and Laura travel to Normandy to listen to Madame Lafois' claims that Fane's American political adviser is actually an undercover Soviet agent, but learn that the old woman died after meeting with Kirby the previous wee…



