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    Comedy Drama TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    It’s Murder But Is It Art

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    1 9 7 2 (UK)
    6 x 30 minute episodes

    This six-part comedy-thriller series from the BBC starred Arthur Lowe as an eccentric artist-turned-detective called Phineas Drake.

    Beautiful blonde Tina Kent is discovered murdered in the drawing-room of Brigadier Austin Binghop (Richard Hurndall)

    Inspector Hook (Dudley Foster) is convinced that Binghop is the culprit and takes him into custody. But Mr Drake thinks otherwise and begins investigating – placing himself in considerable personal jeopardy – with the trail leading him to the house of Chelsea socialite Mrs MacPherson (Sheila Keith).

    His endeavours to track down the culprit result in a second, untimely murder, and soon the killer targets Drake to ensure that Binghop is found guilty of the original crime.

    Mr Phineas Drake
    Arthur Lowe
    Inspector Hook
    Dudley Foster
    Sillitoe
    Arthur Howard
    Det. Sgt. Watson
    Anthony Sagar
    Brian Gower
    John Nolan
    Brigadier Austin Binghop
    Richard Hurndall
    Mrs MacPherson
    Sheila Keith
    Tony Holland
    Philip Dunbar
    Julian Tomkin
    Christopher Owen
    Helen Hunter
    Vicki Woolf
    Samantha Preston
    Jill Allen
    Fanny Templer
    Petronella Barker

    Episodes

    Mister Drake Takes a Hand | Mister Drake Goes to Jail | Mister Drake and Ars Gratia Artis | Mister Drake Has Visitors | Mister Drake Asks Questions | Mister Drake Reveals All

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