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Gideon's Way (1965)

Gideon's Way poster
Genre
detective fiction
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 26 episodes
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The series follows Detective Commander George Gideon as he solves crimes in London. Each episode focuses on a different case from his workload as head of Scotland Yard's CID.

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What happens

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series that was made by ITC Entertainment and broadcast by ITV in 1964–1966, following the 1958 film, Gideon’s Day. The film and series are based on novels by John Creasey (writing as 'J. J. Marric') and follow the character George Gideon of Scotland Yard. The series was made at Elstree Studios in twin production with The Saint television series, which was likewise produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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