Public Eye
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
- 1965-1975
- 7 seasons
- Suspense, Drama
Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Season 7 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1975
Episode 1
Nobody Wants to Know
50 mins
Marker has one week in which to find a witness. When he does so, he'll never forget the girl - or what his involvement cost her.
Episode 2
How About a Cup of Tea?
51 mins
Bruised and battered during his last case, Marker receives a surprise visitor to his hospital bed - DI Firbank - who has a proposition to put to him.
Episode 3
How About It, Frank?
50 mins
A new beginning for Marker. Ron Gash wants him as new partner. But are Gash's methods of detection compatible with Marker's?
Episode 4
They All Sound Simple at First
52 mins
Called in by a cabinet-maker to recover £700 he's owed for an antique clock, Marker finds that even the easiest of cases isn't all that simple.
Episode 5
The Fall Guy
51 mins
A girl named Tuesday brings more than beauty into Marker's life when he gets mixed up with the less-than-hospitable Lord of the Manor.
Episode 6
What's to Become of Us ?
51 mins
Finding himself facing a very strange client, Marker decides it is time to head for fresh fields - providing his client allows him to leave.
Episode 7
Hard Times
50 mins
A new 'home', a new 'office', and his first client. A day to remember - a day of trouble. Marker's new starting point leaves a lot to be desired.
Episode 8
No Orchids for Marker
51 mins
A chance to make £1,000 for 'keeping an eye on things'. An offer too good to refuse finds Marker all at sea - without a life jacket.
Episode 9
The Fatted Calf
52 mins
Marker's search for a young university student brings him face to face with violence - and a group of revolutionaries.
Episode 10
Lifer
51 mins
Frank is hired by a husband to find his estranged wife and her lover. But he discovers the client's real motive is vengeance for a murder committed fifteen years earlier.
Episode 11
Take No for an Answer
50 mins
An office clerk (Jenks) is acting strangely at home, so his worried daughter asks Marker to investigate, leading him to some strange office practices and a bit of fraudulent activity and greed by Jenks and his office manager..
Episode 12
Fit of Conscience
52 mins
A tower block collapses and local council officials are under suspicion for bribery and corruption. Frank Marker uncovers some murky dealings between councillors and the builders who used sub standard materials in return for bribes taken for the lowest bid. The architect is adamant he is not involved but money has exchanged hands at some point, but between which parties.
Episode 13
Unlucky for Some
50 mins
Case number 87. Marker bows out with a strange and intriguing case involving two villains who appear to have it made - until Marker arrives on the scene.