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📊 Series Specifications
Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~25 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 6
Original Language EN
Creator Francis Durbridge
The Desperate People (1963)
Created by Francis Durbridge
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Ended Series Status:
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Synopsis
Famous photographer Larry Martin receives a visit from his brother Philip, on leave from military service in West Germany. Philip is trying to find the wife of a deceased friend and his search takes him to Dublin. Sometime later, Larry learns that Philip never went to Dublin, but instead has disappeared.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
6 Episodes E1 Part 1
Philip briefly returns to his brother Larry from the Army, with a story about needing to head to Ireland, but instead stays in a hotel, where tragedy awaits.
E2 Part 2
Larry is convinced his brother's death wasn't suicide, and, with another close death, takes matters into his own hands.
E3 Part 3
Larry is questioned by Hyde as his prints are found on the knife. Larry and Ruth visit a nightclub and find a familiar looking couple.
E4 Part 4
Larry talks with the couple in the strange photo, and discovers his brother was in possession of a vast sum of cash.
E5 Part 5
Larry must think on his feet to deal with an armed assailant, and also has to make a decision about a parcel intended for his brother.
E6 Part 6
Larry is placed in real danger, as efforts to get hold of the key he'd copied are stepped up.