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The Detectives Season 5 Episodes

7 Episodes 1997 - 1997

Episode 1

Special Branch

28 mins

Briggs and Louis spring into action when they spot a suicidal man, Cottam asks for help with saving his granddaughter from the riot squad, and a booby trap reveals the true identity of a pair of ageing hippies.

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Episode 2

Cardiac Arrest

A bank robber ends up in hospital after being shot by police, a doctor's concerns leave Bob worrying about the state of his own health, and the leader of the gang tries to make sure that the injured man doesn't talk.

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Episode 3

The Beast of Hackney Marshes

28 mins

An escaped grizzly bear is rumoured to be roaming Hackney Marshes.

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Episode 4

The Curse of the Comanches

A Comanche Indian travels to England to collect an ancient artifact that belonged to his people, however it is stolen and Louis and Briggs are tasked with retrieving it and the search leads to a forgery plot, along with Louis believing himself cursed for having handled the artifact.

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Episode 5

Best Man

28 mins

Briggs is asked to be best man at a colleague's wedding.

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Episode 6

Mine's a Large One

28 mins

Briggs and Louis are assigned to the river police - just as an old war mine resurfaces.

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Episode 7

Go West Old Man

48 mins

The detectives track down missing Superintendent Cottam in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.

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