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EP1  State Visit
Mar. 18,1965
State Visit

An elderly Jewish man, a survivor of the German concentration camps, becomes obsessed with the arrival of the West German President for a state reception in London. His desire for revenge leads to an assassination plot.

EP2  The 'V' Men
Mar. 25,1965
The 'V' Men

The Victory Movement is a fascist political party that is contesting the next election and a bomb is exploded outside the flat of the party's leader. A woman is a witness but Gideon has to find her and convince her to talk.

EP3  The Firebug
Apr. 01,1965
The Firebug

Fires are being set at random in south London, all in abandoned properties, until one kills some squatters,and C.I.D. looks into it. The arsonist is a quiet, seemingly normal man who's gone psycho after a fire killed his loved ones.

EP4  The Big Fix
Apr. 08,1965
The Big Fix

A stable hand is beaten to death and, in his dying confession, he says he was beaten up because he was asked to dope a horse. Gideon is asked to investigate race fixing at the local racecourse.

EP5  The Housekeeper
Apr. 15,1965
The Housekeeper

A serial murderess is on the loose, a woman that poses as a housekeeper that preys on OAPs with money. She eludes capture by her penchant for disguises.

EP6  The Lady-Killer
Apr. 22,1965
The Lady-Killer

The new husband of Inspector Keen's girlfriend's best friend has the worst luck - his wives keep turning up dead. When it's discovered that he's using aliases, suspicions arise and lead to a CID investigation.

EP7  To Catch a Tiger
Apr. 29,1965
To Catch a Tiger

The victim of a car accident gives a death bed statement that says a man murdered his first wife with an overdose of morphine. Gideon is determined to prove the man is a killer but the court case doesn't quite go as planned.

EP8  Big Fish Little Fish
May. 06,1965
Big Fish Little Fish

Gideon's car almost hits a young pick-pocket, who is being controlled by his mother. This leads him to investigate a fence who is controlling the petty crime but arrogantly believes he is above the law.

EP9  The White Rat
May. 13,1965
The White Rat

A series of warehouse robberies are led by a creepy albino mastermind who obsesses over a pet rat. After a night watchman is killed during a heist, one of CID's veteran detectives suspects and then goes after him, with violent results.

EP10  How to Retire Without Really Working
May. 20,1965
How to Retire Without Really Working

A middle-age couple commit a small time crime once a month and live off the swag, but after a threatening visit from Gideon, they plan one last grand heist to retire on.

EP11  Subway to Revenge
May. 27,1965
Subway to Revenge

A man tries to push an accountant off a crowded subway platform. Only his friend takes it seriously and pesters Gideon to look for the would-be killer. Gideon finds three more sudden deaths and the race is on to find a motive.

EP12  The Great Plane Robbery
Jun. 03,1965
The Great Plane Robbery

A group of thieves successfully steal a £1 000 000 shipment of gold from a plane that has just landed from Moscow. It was very well organised and Gideon is in charge of finding the criminals.

EP13  Gang War
Jun. 10,1965
Gang War

A protection-racketing gang of thugs is in a bloody turf war, but their leader sees a way out of the slums and on to the good life by way of his wife seducing a straight-laced bank clerk with access to a fortune in used bills.

EP14  The Tin God
Jun. 17,1965
The Tin God

Two criminals make a murderous escape from prison with a carefully executed plan. One is a violent gangster intent on revenge against his wife who helped the police put him away. He uses his son, who idolises him, to carry out his plan.

EP15  The Alibi Man
Jun. 24,1965
The Alibi Man

A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic he proceeds to cover up the crime by establishing alibis. Gideon knows that they're guilty but proving it is difficult.

EP16  Fall High Fall Hard
Apr. 15,1966
Fall High Fall Hard

There is corruption in the building industry by the co-owner of the building company. One clerk was murdered and another was bribed. When the other co-owner finds out, more crimes are committed to keep the police from finding out.

EP17  The Wall
Sep. 16,1965
The Wall

Netta's husband, Michael, has a big win on the football pools but then disappears. It appears as though he has run off but he is actually the victim of foul play. The clues come together and the murderer is uncovered.

EP18  The Prowler
Apr. 22,1966
The Prowler

A young man with a domineering mother snaps after the suicide of his fiancée, and goes about foggy London evenings choking girls and cutting off locks of their hair.

EP19  The Thin Red Line
Feb. 03,1966
The Thin Red Line

The Balaclava Silver, which is the regimental silver crockery of a proud Scottish regiment, is gradually being stolen and replaced with fake replicas. Gideon is asked to discretely find out who is stealing the silver pieces.

EP20  A Perfect Crime
Feb. 10,1966
A Perfect Crime

A stockbroker and safe-cracker join forces to pull jobs in wealthy homes. After the upper class crook commits a murder at one job, the cracksman is caught at the next. His lawyer then accuses Gideon of police brutality.

EP21  The Millionaire's Daughter
Feb. 17,1966
The Millionaire's Daughter

A well-known criminal has started a romance with the daughter of a rich couple from America and Gideon is suspicious. When she is kidnapped Gideon immediately knows who's to blame, but proving it and freeing the girl is more difficult.

EP22  Morna
Feb. 24,1966
Morna

After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends and instructors, her troubled beau, and with a drug pusher seething with contempt.

EP23  Boy with Gun
Mar. 03,1966
Boy with Gun

A milquetoast boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife, then, fearing his hard bitten police surgeon father, runs away and is joined by a young escapee.

EP24  The Reluctant Witness
Apr. 26,1966
The Reluctant Witness

Some neighborhood thugs, who run a garage/stolen car ring, beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. When they figure out that she saw them, the CID must protect her.

EP25  The Rhyme and the Reason
May. 03,1966
The Rhyme and the Reason

A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. Though many offer damning testimony, and his knife is found at the murder scene, Gideon suspects a frame-up.

EP26  The Nightlifers
May. 10,1966
The Nightlifers

A group of bored and rich young people go from endless pot and booze parties aboard a houseboat to violent crimes in the city. Their creepy leader has an obsessive hate for middle class morality, and calls their misdeeds "giggles".

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Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.

Gideon's Way Audience Reviews

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.
graduatedan For years, Edwin Astley's theme song from Gideon's Way stuck in my mind. I remembered it as well as John Gregson's splendid performance as the show's title character. Imagine my delight at finding Gideon's Way on DVD. Although produced over forty years ago, the show is as compelling as any recent TV offering. I think John Gregson captures the essence of the character he plays. He's surrounded by a solid supporting cast and guest stars like a very young John Hurt. The black and white photography is an asset to the programme; it gives Gideon's Way a gritty realism. Some of the prints used for the DVD seem a bit soft, but all are watchable. Movies and TV shows that survive as more than quaint time capsules do so because they are still relevant in some way. The human drama of Gideon's Way proves this.
steve powell With the arrival of the box set of Gideons Way, hopefully more people will get a view of the superb John Gregson. Jack Hawkins played Gideon in a very flaccid film directed by John Ford. As much as I love Jack Hawkins, John Gregson is the definitive George Gideon. The series really does evoke England of the sixties and there is a multitude of famous names cropping up in this series. John Gregson was a superb actor and he is largely forgotten now 30 years after his death in Porlock Weir. With this box set and his appearances in Genevieve and Rooney perhaps now people will realise how good he was. There is a web site showcasing the great man designed by his great nephew http://www.johngregson.org.uk/. John Gregson is George Gideon but George Gideon is the great John Gregson
post-235 Happily 'Gideons Way' was recently released on DVD in the UK in full. At 32, I obviously missed the series first time round, and some may suppose a B&W police series for 1965 may be somewhat old fashioned for a thirtysomething. However, its blend of well crafted story lines, an often shocking brutality for 1960s television, and the honest and natural acting make it unmissable. It represents now a lost London : of gangs and protection rackets, Soho coffee bars, undeveloped docklands and seedy rooming houses. Superb!John Gregson was hugely underrated as an actor. A biography on this talented man is highly overdue. Anyone know of one? Or shall I have to write one myself?!
cyclonev The 'Gideon's Way' TV series was based on a series of novels by John Creasey. The series was written/published, under the pseudonym of J J Marrick, between 1955 ('Gideon's Day') and 1976 ('Gideon's Drive'). I picked up another Gideon novel at an op shop (thrift shop) which was written and published after after John Creasey's death but was written by someone else using the pseudonym J J Marrick (it was very poor).As with the 60s TV series, 'The Baron', John Creasey is again strangely not credited here as at least the creator of the characters.