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Typical Army attitudes of 1960's soldiers and the investigations of crimes of Army and related civilian incidents by British Army in Germany by the Army Special Investigation Branch Detectives and their uniform colleagues commonly known as 'Redcaps' due to the Red cover on the Uniform headgear. Occassionly assisted and assisting German Police with crimes related to civilian incidents as well as Army discipline incidents. A young John Thaw in one of his earliest Crime dramas makes for gripping and interesting viewing as an SIB Investigator goes through his investigations sometimes assisted by, but often frustrated by attitudes by some Officers and their snobbish attitude to Junior ranks
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I had already bought the second series of Redcap, so when the first series became available at a reasonable price (what is a reasonable price varies from person to person so I won't tell you what mine was) it was natural to buy it. There is a correlation between the actor and the character in that both are feeling their way in something new to them: John Thaw in his first television drama lead role, and Sgt Mann in his early days as a redcap. Both are very successful. Guest stars include Keith Barron, Yootha Joyce, Leonard Rossiter, Ian McShane, Warren Mitchell, Windsor Davies......in fact all of the thirteen episodes have familiar faces. If you're a John Thaw fan it's a must have. If you're a sixties t.v. fan (this was made in 1964/5) it's a good addition to your collection. It's very enjoyable television, unless you don't like watching in black and white, in which case just forget it and go back to watching Big Brother or however else you waste your time.Read full review
This short-lived series gave a first starring role to John Thaw ("The Sweeney"; "Inspector Morse"), here playing Sgt John Mann, a short-tempered military policeman.
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