The Fellows

Season 1

1967 · 13 episodes · 13h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. Arson

   19 May 1967 · 60 min

   Oldenshaw and Dimmock have taken up the Home Secretary's offer of the legendary Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints College, Cambridge. Their brief is to investigate the changing causes and nature of crime and, ultimately, to advise the police, the legislature, and the government.

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   2. Inside Out: Part 1

   26 May 1967 · 60 min

   Oldenshaw and Dimmock turn their attention to the eternal menace of organised crime. Two worlds: one reflecting upon the others dark reflection...

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   3. Inside Out: Part Two

   2 Jun 1967 · 60 min

   Dimmock is not investigating crime as vigorously as Oldenshaw would wish. Indeed, it could even be said that at present no-one except the villain is gainfully employed...

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   4. Where in Justice Lies

   9 Jun 1967 · 60 min

   The underworld holds its own court, trying a man for allegedly stealing money from the protection racket fees he collected. Oldenshaw does a little research on Spindoe, the self-appointed judge, while Dimmock is preoccupied with the theft of his ancient bicycle...

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   5. The Golden Goose

   16 Jun 1967 · 60 min

   Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider Money. they decide there are three kinds. The first is carried and spent. The second is unearned, and grows in the dark. And the last is other people's - limitless, twinkling...

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   6. Spindoe's Move

   23 Jun 1967 · 60 min

   The Fellows' first experiment within the field of crime they are surveying succeeds - up to a point. After all, they were not to know that Alec Spindoe's rawest recruit should like driving cars more than stealing them!

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   7. A Snatch in Time

   30 Jun 1967 · 60 min

   The fellows plan their own crime to catch a gang of crooks: the theft of radioactive isotopes from a government research station. As expected, the underworld hears of the scheme, and the Kerrigan gang decide to swoop first. The trap is ready to be sprung...

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   8. The Domestic Diplomat

   7 Jul 1967 · 60 min

   Oldenshaw loses a book on a train - nothing important, but irritating. As a result a girl's life hangs in the balance and Oldenshaw is forced to re-examine his own motives for studying crime. Neither Dimmock nor Mrs. Hollinczech like the look of the new Oldenshaw...

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   9. Final Demand

   14 Jul 1967 · 60 min

   Dimmock receives a letter demanding £2,000. What's more, Oldenshaw wrote it. And it's not the only one he's sent; Spindoe has received a demand for £20,000, with threats to his wife if it isn't paid. Dimmock is appalled by the tactic, and Spindoe starts planning a big job...

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    10. No Cage for This Bird

    21 Jul 1967 · 60 min

    Safebreaker George Bird is of little use to his friends behind the bars of Strangeways Prison, so underworld boss Kerrigan plans to spring him. The Fellows, still not on speaking terms, take a look at prison escape organisations.

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    11. Violence

    28 Jul 1967 · 60 min

    The field full of folk that the Home Office asked the Fellows to scrutinise becomes for them - as it has always been for others - a battlefield. And many of those involved have been maimed for life.

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    12. The Straight Way

    18 Aug 1967 · 60 min

    Having resolved their difficulties, Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider for a moment the policeman. He is an interesting phenomenon...after all, very few animals select others of their kind to look after them.

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    13. The Solicitor

    11 Aug 1967 · 60 min

    For Heaven's sake, do not applaud the honesty of the Fellows. It is not even worth considering why they have not committed a crime. They live as if they had. In this episode, two men fight to defend their property...