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Public Eye

  • TV Series
  • 1965–19751965–1975
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
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Alfred Burke in Public Eye (1965)
CrimeDrama
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
373
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    • Anthony Marriott(series based on an idea by)
    • Roger Marshall(series based on an idea by)
  • Stars
    • Alfred Burke
    • Ray Smith
    • Pauline Delaney
    • Anthony Marriott(series based on an idea by)
    • Roger Marshall(series based on an idea by)
  • Stars
    • Alfred Burke
    • Ray Smith
    • Pauline Delaney
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    • 17User reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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      • Roger Marshall(series based on an idea by)
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    • Trivia
      Most of the ABC Television episodes (seasons one through three) are lost, while the Thames Television episodes survive intact. The only ABC episodes to survive are Nobody Kills Santa Claus (1965), The Morning Wasn't So Hot (1965), Don't Forget You're Mine (1966), Works with Chess, Not with Life (1966), and The Bromsgrove Venus (1968)
    • Goofs
      The Golden Flower Chinese restaurant is visible through the kitchen window of Frank's Eton High Street office - but as seen in location work for editions such as Come Into the Garden, Rose (1971), the eaterie is actually found two doors down from Marker's premises on the same side of the street. The Thames production team designed the studio backdrop like this as they felt what actually faced the office was visually uninteresting.
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      (uncredited)

      Composed by Robert Sharples (as Robert Earley)

      [series theme tune]

    User reviews17

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    10/10
    Outstanding television drama
    These series in my opinion are British television at its very finest, centred around a marvellous sustained performance by Alfred Burke which stands comparison with anything to be seen anywhere in film, TV or theatre; and scripts of high intelligence, firmly grounded in the downbeat experiences of everyday English life, yet psychologically profound.

    The support acting rises to the occasion too, in all the episodes I have seen - Pauline Delaney's performance in Series 4 for example.

    By all accounts the show was widely popular when originally broadcast, and it is a mystery to this viewer why repeat broadcasts are so very seldom seen.
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    • Sep 28, 2006

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      • January 23, 1965 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • ABC Weekend Television
      • Thames Television
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