The Expert (Season 3)

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.

A Way to Die 0.0
Air date: 1971-01-03
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The body of a student is found in a pig-fattening shed. Hardy has to establish the cause of death.
Where Are You Going? 0.0
Air date: 1971-01-10
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The body of an attractive young girl is found by the roadside. Who was she? How did she get there? How did she die? Hardy and Fleming are faced with finding the answer.
The Man on My Back 0.0
Air date: 1971-01-17
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Fleming and Hardy are used to hit-and-run cases where they find a body but no car. In this curious case the situation is reversed: a blood-stained car but no body.
Go Somewhere Else 0.0
Air date: 1971-01-24
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Gypsies led by Samuel Brown arrive in the Hardy neighbourhood - to the horror of many residents. A public meeting is called to discuss the 'problem.' But protest can go too far.
Whose Child?: Part 1: The Wife 0.0
Air date: 1971-01-31
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: After fifteen years of childless marriage, Ruth Fletcher has a son. But she has a problem which she takes to Jo Hardy: is it possible that her husband is not the father?
Whose Child?: Part 2: The Husband 0.0
Air date: 1971-02-07
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Dr Hardy has told Harry Fletcher that he could not be the father of his wife's child. Harry confronts his wife's lover, Michael Jackson.
Cedric 0.0
Air date: 1971-02-14
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Cedric Lambert, a lonely 54-year-old bachelor, visits Dr Jo Hardy in her surgery. But apparently there is nothing wrong with his health - all he wishes to do is to show her an antique book.
A Scientific Fact 0.0
Air date: 1971-02-21
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Hardy is much possessed by the problems surrounding the scientific fact of death. And in this story of an elderly retired Major, his wife and son, the police become totally involved as well.
The Coat 0.0
Air date: 1971-02-28
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Early one morning a young Maltese girl is found stabbed to death. Fleming is immediately convinced that her ex-boyfriend is guilty. Hardy has other ideas.
True Confession 0.0
Air date: 1971-03-07
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: A young librarian finds a body in the woods. He does not tell the Police but the Press - which for Hardy and Fleming adds confusion to an already confusing case.
Smithereens 0.0
Air date: 1971-03-14
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The milkman pays his morning call on Mrs Carr, and finds her lying unconscious on the conservatory floor. She is surrounded by fragments of a milk bottle - which lead to several sleepless nights for Hardy and Sandra.
Hothouse 0.0
Air date: 1971-03-21
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Two young boys have their day's fishing disturbed when they find a body in the river. The question facing Fleming and Hardy: did he fall or was he pushed?
A Clear and Easy Duty 0.0
Air date: 1971-03-28
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: In the last of this series, Hardy and Fleming are faced with the kidnapping of a son of wealthy parents - not so unusual for them but strange and unfortunate for Jo when she becomes involved.