Public Eye (1971): Intro & outro.

Frank marker superbly played by Alfred Burke is one of the truly iconic series of all time.i first watched in 1965 at the age of ten.currently showing on talking pictures,second re run, best thing on telly 55 years later

OMG I've been wanting to see Alfred Lynch walk down that alley into the camera for FORTY YEARS. Thanks

We've just been enjoying Public Eye on The Talking Pictures Channel. I said to my husband that this reminds me of Tales of the Unexpected. However that's on the Sky Arts Channel. Google doesn't know what the music is so I just went to YouTube and typed "1971, Public Eye". I was six years old. Thank you for posting. Erin go Bragh🇮🇪 🥰🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇯🇲🕊️🔥✝️

Now l am at the end part of my life,l shall and have always been grateful that l had Public Eye in my life.l have the box set now,oddments,books and a assortment of T- shirt,you could say,l a bit of a fan.Always well acted,understated but interesting storylines and plots and a actor with a face perfect for the star role.Dont get me started on the music,to some degree the soundtrack to life.From the heady days of being a ' Mod' ( still am) to now,l appreciate that this series has been one of my constant's.A big shout out to Alfred Burke ,a true great in his role as the down at heel detective.

I love seeing the still Thames frontcap on the first few early EPs

@SeventiesMania Yes, Peter Sallis had a multiple life with different women. Marker doesn't even tell any of them at the end. He's always drinking tea as well. I've always remembered the music to this series even though I was too young to remember anything from the episodes or even that it was called Public Eye. It seems slow-paced by modern standards but like Crown Court, it's a quality programme that's great to see again now its on DVD.

Could've been worse - you could've said Kenny Lynch. The tiny excerpt in the middle sums up Marker's luck, I seem to recall he was often gluing the handle of his mug back on as well. Great series.

The description is incorrect. This series, like all ITV programmes since late 1969, this was supposed to have been made in colour, but a technician's strike over pay for using colour equipment forced the ITV companies to switch off the chroma signal on their cameras and make programmes in black and white. This strike affected all ITV recordings between about September 1970 and April 1971

Public Eye was & is the perfect crime series, really. Realistic, absolutely not ridiculous; Frank Marker believable and carefully portrayed by Alfred Burke. The music is a treat in itself, but so right for the opening and closing scenes; and there's an odd similarity with the Strand cigarette advert. Now then: does anyone know, please, the location of the train (an 8-SUB) pulling into a station (island platform)?

Aside from Peter Sallis I note the credits also include Gareth Thomas & Colin Baker . Are these Blake of Blakes 7 & Dr Who !

Six guineas a day PLUS expenses. ;-)

@mutinyonthekitkat Ah, that's not bad for me to remember that, as I haven't seen it since UKGold showed it in about 1995! I ought to get the DVD boxsets now, really :-) Crown Court, ahhhh. I have a complete CC story from around 1974, the one with the Count Dracula stage show that went wrong. I really ought to post it in bits on here, and see if YouTubers can come up with the right verdict.

You beauty, I've been looking for this for ages. Didn't 'The Man Who Didn't Eat Sweets' turn out to be a polygamist? Frank Marker charged six guineas a day I seem to recall, ha ha.

@matelot95 Yes, sorry - my brain was crossing wires with "Manhunt".

@gratecourt Alfred Burke

Swinging light bulb

Irreplaceable Frank Marker