Public Eye

Public Eye

Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls.

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."

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Seasons

1. All for a Couple of Ponies

Air Date: 1965-01-23

2. Nobody Kills Santa Claus

Air Date: 1965-01-30

3. They Go off in the End - Like Fruit

Air Date: 1965-02-06

4. Dig You Later

Air Date: 1965-02-13

5. I Went to Borrow a Pencil and Look What I Found

Air Date: 1965-02-20

6. But the Joneses Never Get Letters

Air Date: 1965-02-27

7. A Harsh World for Zealots

Air Date: 1965-03-06

8. "And a Very Fine Fiddle Has He"

Air Date: 1965-03-13

9. My Life - That's a Marriage

Air Date: 1965-03-20

10. You Think It'll Be Marvellous - but It's Always a Rabbit

Air Date: 1965-03-27

11. Protection Is a Man's Best Friend

Air Date: 1965-04-03

12. The Morning Wasn't So Hot

Air Date: 1965-04-10

13. You Should Hear Me Eat Soup

Air Date: 1965-04-17

14. You Have to Draw the Line Somewhere

Air Date: 1965-04-24

15. Have It on the House

Air Date: 1965-05-01

1. All the Black Dresses She Wants

Air Date: 1966-07-02

2. Don't Forget You're Mine

Air Date: 1966-07-09

3. I Could Set It To Music

Air Date: 1966-07-16

4. It's a Terrible Way to Be

Air Date: 1966-07-23

5. You Can Keep the Medal

Air Date: 1966-07-30

6. You're Not Cinderella, Are You?

Air Date: 1966-08-06

7. Works with Chess, Not with Life

Air Date: 1966-08-13

8. It Had to be a Mouse

Air Date: 1966-08-20

9. Tell Me About the Crab

Air Date: 1966-08-27

10. No, No, Nothing like That

Air Date: 1966-09-03

11. There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth

Air Date: 1966-09-10

12. Twenty Pound of Heart and Muscle

Air Date: 1966-09-17

13. What's the Matter? Can't You Take a Sick Joke?

Air Date: 1966-09-24

1. If This Is Lucky, I'd Rather Be Jonah

Air Date: 1968-01-20

2. But What Good Will the Truth Do?

Air Date: 1968-01-27

3. Memories of Meg

Air Date: 1968-02-03

4. Have Mud, Will Throw

Air Date: 1968-02-10

5. But They Always Come Back for Tea

Air Date: 1968-02-17

6. Mercury in an Off-White Mac

Air Date: 1968-02-24

7. Strictly Private and Confidential

Air Date: 1968-03-02

8. Honesty Is The Best Policy - But Who Can Afford the Premiums?

Air Date: 1968-03-09

9. The Bromsgrove Venus

Air Date: 1968-03-16

10. It Must Be the Architecture - Can't Be the Climate

Air Date: 1968-03-23

11. It's Learning about the Lies that Hurts

Air Date: 1968-03-30

12. There's No Future in Monkey Business

Air Date: 1968-04-06

13. Cross that Palm When We Come to It

Air Date: 1968-04-13

1. Welcome to Brighton?

Air Date: 1969-07-30

Released on Parole Frank finds it difficult back on the outside.

2. Divide and Conquer

Air Date: 1969-08-06

3. Paid in Full

Air Date: 1969-08-13

Frank is accused of stealing a colleagues wages.

4. My Life's My Own

Air Date: 1969-08-20

5. Case for the Defence

Air Date: 1969-08-27

6. The Comedian's Graveyard

Air Date: 1969-09-03

Frank looks for a missing girl.

7. A Fixed Address

Air Date: 1969-09-10

Mrs. Mortimer's husband returns after 7 years.

1. A Mug Named Frank

Air Date: 1971-07-07

2. Well - There Was this Girl, You See...

Air Date: 1971-07-14

3. Slip Home in the Dark

Air Date: 1971-07-21

4. I Always Wanted a Swimming Pool

Air Date: 1971-07-28

5. The Beater and the Game

Air Date: 1971-08-04

6. Come into the Garden, Rose

Air Date: 1971-08-11

7. When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser

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8. Who Wants to be Told Bad News?

Air Date: 1971-08-25

9. The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets

Air Date: 1971-09-01

10. Ward of Court

Air Date: 1971-09-08

11. Transatlantic Cousins

Air Date: 1971-09-15

12. Shades of White

Air Date: 1971-09-22

13. John VII, Verse 24

Air Date: 1971-09-29

1. The Bankrupt

Air Date: 1972-11-08

2. Girl in Blue

Air Date: 1972-11-15

3. Many a Slip

Air Date: 1972-11-29

4. Mrs Podmore's Cat

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Frank is hired to look after a pet cat named Bertie.

5. The Man Who Said Sorry

Air Date: 1972-12-13

6. Horse And Carriage

Air Date: 1972-12-20

A husband asks Marker to investigate his wife thinking she's having an affair, but is he having an affair aswell?

7. A Family Affair

Air Date: 1973-01-03

8. The Golden Boy

Air Date: 1973-01-10

Frank is hired to find a missing man.

9. The Windsor Royal

Air Date: 1973-01-17

10. It's a Woman's Privilege

Air Date: 1973-01-24

11. Home and Away

Air Date: 1973-01-31

12. Egg and Cress Sandwiches

Air Date: 1973-02-07

13. The Trouble with Jenny

Air Date: 1973-02-14

1. Nobody Wants to Know

Air Date: 1975-01-06

2. How about a Cup of Tea?

Air Date: 1975-01-13

3. How About It, Frank?

Air Date: 1975-01-20

4. They All Sound Simple at First

Air Date: 1975-01-27

5. The Fall Guy

Air Date: 1975-02-03

6. What's to Become of Us?

Air Date: 1975-02-10

7. Hard Times

Air Date: 1975-02-17

Marker moves into his new office and a troublesome first day.

8. No Orchids for Marker

Air Date: 1975-02-24

An offer from a wealthy client is to much for Marker to refuse.

9. The Fatted Calf

Air Date: 1975-03-03

10. Lifer

Air Date: 1975-03-10

11. Take No for an Answer

Air Date: 1975-03-17

12. Fit of Conscience

Air Date: 1975-03-24

13. Unlucky For Some

Air Date: 1975-04-07

Frank goes undercover at a hotel when the owner is convinced that her son's new wife is a gold digger. This is the very final episode of the series. At the time Alfred Burke told the TV Times that that was it but also said that was the case every season.

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Rating

7.8/10

Release Date

1965-01-23

Episodes

87 (7 seasons)

Status

Ended

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