Season 3

Season 3 (1971)






Episodes List

Ep.1 A Way to Die

Air Date: 1971-01-03

The body of a student is found in a pig-fattening shed. Hardy has to establish the cause of death.

Ep.2 Where Are You Going?

Air Date: 1971-01-10

The body of an attractive young girl is found by the roadside. Who was she? How did she get there? How did she die? Hardy and Fleming are faced with finding the answer.

Ep.3 The Man on My Back

Air Date: 1971-01-17

Fleming and Hardy are used to hit-and-run cases where they find a body but no car. In this curious case the situation is reversed: a blood-stained car but no body.

Ep.4 Go Somewhere Else

Air Date: 1971-01-24

Gypsies led by Samuel Brown arrive in the Hardy neighbourhood - to the horror of many residents. A public meeting is called to discuss the 'problem.' But protest can go too far.

Ep.5 Whose Child?: Part 1: The Wife

Air Date: 1971-01-31

After fifteen years of childless marriage, Ruth Fletcher has a son. But she has a problem which she takes to Jo Hardy: is it possible that her husband is not the father?

Ep.6 Whose Child?: Part 2: The Husband

Air Date: 1971-02-07

Dr Hardy has told Harry Fletcher that he could not be the father of his wife's child. Harry confronts his wife's lover, Michael Jackson.

Ep.7 Cedric

Air Date: 1971-02-14

Cedric Lambert, a lonely 54-year-old bachelor, visits Dr Jo Hardy in her surgery. But apparently there is nothing wrong with his health - all he wishes to do is to show her an antique book.

Ep.8 A Scientific Fact

Air Date: 1971-02-21

Hardy is much possessed by the problems surrounding the scientific fact of death. And in this story of an elderly retired Major, his wife and son, the police become totally involved as well.

Ep.9 The Coat

Air Date: 1971-02-28

Early one morning a young Maltese girl is found stabbed to death. Fleming is immediately convinced that her ex-boyfriend is guilty. Hardy has other ideas.

Ep.10 True Confession

Air Date: 1971-03-07

A young librarian finds a body in the woods. He does not tell the Police but the Press - which for Hardy and Fleming adds confusion to an already confusing case.

Ep.11 Smithereens

Air Date: 1971-03-14

The milkman pays his morning call on Mrs Carr, and finds her lying unconscious on the conservatory floor. She is surrounded by fragments of a milk bottle - which lead to several sleepless nights for Hardy and Sandra.

Ep.12 Hothouse

Air Date: 1971-03-21

Two young boys have their day's fishing disturbed when they find a body in the river. The question facing Fleming and Hardy: did he fall or was he pushed?

Ep.13 A Clear and Easy Duty

Air Date: 1971-03-28

In the last of this series, Hardy and Fleming are faced with the kidnapping of a son of wealthy parents - not so unusual for them but strange and unfortunate for Jo when she becomes involved.