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Season 3

  • S03E01 House of the Dead

    • January 10, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S03E02 Sea Burial

    • January 17, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul Temple and his wife meet an old acquaintance, ex-gangster Ingmar Hansen, on a deserted island in Sweden. He asks Paul for help. Not an easy story, because there will soon be a dead person...

  • S03E03 Night Train

    • January 24, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S03E04 Corrida

    • February 7, 1971
    • BBC One

    Bulls, Christian martyrs and gladiators have met their end throughout the centuries at the ancient arena in Arles. But is the bullring about to be used for another sport - like the killing of escaped criminals?

  • S03E05 Death for Divers' Reasons

    • February 14, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S03E06 A Greek Tragedy

    • February 21, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S03E07 The Specialists

    • February 28, 1971
    • BBC One

    Specialists are strange people, and Temple must content with them in his latest case.The specialist can be a bodyguard one day, and an assassin the next. Above all, they are very efficient and reliable to the man who pays them - first.

  • S03E08 Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

    • March 7, 1971
    • BBC One

    Very efficient, these intelligence agents. Almost clever enough to conceal the truth from the Temples as they make a surprise visit on an old friend in a small Riviera fishing port.

  • S03E09 Requiem for a Don

    • March 14, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S03E10 Motel

    • March 21, 1971
    • BBC One

    Why should a lonely Scottish motel be the gathering point for a gang of hardened criminals? Another mystery for the Temples to solve.

  • S03E11 Cue Murder!

    • March 28, 1971
    • BBC One

    Tension and drama build up to a breathless climax as Paul Temple reveals a murderer before a television studio audience.

  • S03E12 Death of Fasching

    • April 4, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul (Francis Matthews) takes a strange partner at the Fasching Ball in Munich, and thereafter has to watch his step!

  • S03E13 Catch Your Death

    • April 11, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul (Francis Matthews) and Sammy (George Sewell) between them track down a dangerous thief - and nearly catch a nasty cold!

Season 4

  • S04E01 Paper Chase

    • June 9, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S04E02 Death Sentence

    • June 16, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S04E03 Ricochet

    • June 23, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul goes on a visit to St Moritz with Steve to meet his accountant, but soon finds he has other problems to contend with beyond balancing the books.

  • S04E04 With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies?

    • June 30, 1971
    • BBC One

    Sammy is accused of murder, with surprising results.

  • S04E05 Party Piece

    • July 7, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S04E06 The Quick and the Dead

    • July 14, 1971
    • BBC One

    'The old priests have been dead for centuries... And they can't harm anybody...' Episode of series starring Francis Matthews as Paul Temple.

  • S04E07 The Man Who Forged Real Money

    • July 21, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S04E08 A Family Affair

    • July 28, 1971
    • BBC One

  • S04E09 The Guilty Must Die

    • August 4, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul (Francis Matthews) goes away to the country for a few days leaving Steve (Ros Drinkwater) to witness a murder...

  • S04E10 Game, Set and Match

    • August 11, 1971
    • BBC One

    When Andy King (John Gregg), tough king of professional tennis, arrives in the country for another tournament, trouble isn't far behind...

  • S04E11 Long Ride to Red Gap

    • August 18, 1971
    • BBC One

    Sammy claims he was ambushed and attacked by a band of Red Indians whilst on a car journey near Godalming in Surrey... And he's not joking!

  • S04E12 Winner Take All

    • August 25, 1971
    • BBC One

    Paul becomes involved in the world of horseracing, and soon finds himself involved in a takeover bid between two sides of a large criminal organisation.

  • S04E13 Critics Yes! But This Is Ridiculous!

    • September 1, 1971
    • BBC One

    A library intruder, fueled by sinister motives, rips up several of Paul's novels.

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