The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.
The View from Daniel Pike (Season 1)
Philomena and the Tattie-Howkers (Episode 1)
Writer: Edward Boyd
Air date: 1971-11-25
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: When Michael Holmes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him, a dangerous business when working for Philomena Hawley.
The Manufactured Clue (Episode 2)
Writer: Jan Read
Air date: 1971-12-02
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory and Pike has to use his own methods to bring the murderer to book.
Little Bird Lost (Episode 3)
Writer: Jeremy Burnham
Air date: 1971-12-09
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.
The Short Price Premium (Episode 4)
Writer: John Cresswell
Air date: 1971-12-16
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.
A Tale of Two Cities (Episode 5)
Writer: Edward Boyd
Air date: 1971-12-23
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!
So This Is Olympus (Episode 6)
Writer: Anthony Coburn
Air date: 1971-12-30
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 7