Miniseries

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Wheel of Fortune

   15 Feb 1975 · 51 min

   The wheel spins from a wounded scramble across moors to a wages robbery to raise funds for survival.

2. 2

   2. Tower of Destruction

   22 Feb 1975 · 51 min

   The tower is the high skeletal framework above a power station under construction. Burnett and Crowe go back over the private airfield and the ashes of the plane crash that killed Burnett's wife.

3. 3

   3. Knave of Coins

   1 Mar 1975 · 51 min

   The Knave is an accountant in Locarno, protected by bodyguards and an electrified fence - the architect of embezzlement. And some of it is Burnett's money.

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   4. Chariot of Earth

   8 Mar 1975 · 51 min

   The chariot drives across the coast of Scotland where North Sea oil and the land where it will devour conflict in a struggle for the world's highest stakes. This is where one of Burnett's ex-partners realised ambition when he bought a Highland estate and its lairdship.

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   5. The Bridge Maker

   15 Mar 1975 · 51 min

   That's what they called Lew Burnett when he ran a contract in a totalitarian police state. If he goes back to find answers he will find himself accessory to corruption, under sentence of death, and will be chained to a prison wall.

6. 6

   6. Grail and Platter

   22 Mar 1975 · 51 min

   The polished practitioners of organised crime in Detroit learn that Burnett is alive and can still provide something they want.

7. 7

   7. Laws of Fortune

   29 Mar 1975 · 51 min

   The laws are the tricky rules of high finance which Burnett has played all his commercial life and has to play again, on the run and under darkness.

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   8. Ring of Return

   5 Apr 1975 · 51 min

   Tons of concrete are poured onto a motorway bridge - and the police want Crowe and Burnett for murder.