The Fellows

The Fellows

1967 1 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 0.0 Drama Crime

Richard Vernon and Michael Aldridge star as Home Office-appointed criminologists in this clever, humorous and highly original Granada series. Devised and co-written by the award-winning Robin Chapman – the creator of the series’ famous prequel The Man in Room 17 – The Fellows charts the continuing work and often strained relationship of Room 17’s former occupants Oldenshaw and Dimmock. Now appointed to the Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints’ College, Cambridge, they no longer simply solve crimes, trap spies and hunt traitors; their new brief is to investigate the changing nature of crime, ultimately advising the police, legislature and government. But the familiar cat-and-mouse game with the criminal fraternity isn’t over yet, and and their ingeniously unorthodox tactics help to ensnare several lynchpins of organised crime – including infamous gangland boss Spindoe.

Richard Vernon and Michael Aldridge star as Home Office-appointed criminologists in this clever, humorous and highly original Granada series. Devised and co-written by the award-winning Robin Chapman – the creator of the series’ famous prequel The Man in Room 17 – The Fellows charts the continuing work and often strained relationship of Room 17’s former occupants Oldenshaw and Dimmock. Now appointed to the Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints’ College, Cambridge, they no longer simply solve crimes, trap spies and hunt traitors; their new brief is to investigate the changing nature of crime, ultimately advising the police, legislature and government. But the familiar cat-and-mouse game with the criminal fraternity isn’t over yet, and and their ingeniously unorthodox tactics help to ensnare several lynchpins of organised crime – including infamous gangland boss Spindoe.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Arson

Oldenshaw and Dimmock have taken up the Home Secretary's offer of the legendary Peel Research Fellowship at All Saints C

EP 2

Inside Out: Part 1

Oldenshaw and Dimmock turn their attention to the eternal menace of organised crime. Two worlds: one reflecting upon the

EP 3

Inside Out: Part Two

Dimmock is not investigating crime as vigorously as Oldenshaw would wish. Indeed, it could even be said that at present

EP 4

Where in Justice Lies

The underworld holds its own court, trying a man for allegedly stealing money from the protection racket fees he collect

EP 5

The Golden Goose

Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider Money. they decide there are three kinds. The first is carried and spent. The second is u

EP 6

Spindoe's Move

The Fellows' first experiment within the field of crime they are surveying succeeds - up to a point. After all, they wer

EP 7

A Snatch in Time

The fellows plan their own crime to catch a gang of crooks: the theft of radioactive isotopes from a government research

EP 8

The Domestic Diplomat

Oldenshaw loses a book on a train - nothing important, but irritating. As a result a girl's life hangs in the balance an

EP 9

Final Demand

Dimmock receives a letter demanding £2,000. What's more, Oldenshaw wrote it. And it's not the only one he's sent; Spind

EP 10

No Cage for This Bird

Safebreaker George Bird is of little use to his friends behind the bars of Strangeways Prison, so underworld boss Kerrig

EP 11

Violence

The field full of folk that the Home Office asked the Fellows to scrutinise becomes for them - as it has always been for

EP 12

The Straight Way

Having resolved their difficulties, Oldenshaw and Dimmock consider for a moment the policeman. He is an interesting phen

EP 13

The Solicitor

For Heaven's sake, do not applaud the honesty of the Fellows. It is not even worth considering why they have not committ

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