Harry (British TV series)

• Harry Salter – Michael Elphick
• Snappy – Ian Bartholomew
• Alice – Julie Graham
• Jonathan – Tom Hollander

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|Title= First Strike

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|18|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry Salter was once a Fleet Street high-flier: he got the stories, he got the expense account and he got drunk. But now he is living on his wits running a news agency in Darlington. His first task is to investigate a death that looks like suicide and track down a rogue tattooist.

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|EpisodeNumber= 2

|EpisodeNumber2= 2

|Title= Time Like This

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|25|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Earlier in his career he'd reached features editor status on Fleet Street, before the drink took hold. Now he's sniffing out the stories for the news agency in Darlington that he runs. In this time, a routine patrol with the motorway police uncovers a dramatic incident.

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|EpisodeNumber= 3

|EpisodeNumber2= 3

|Title= Thought Invigoration

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|2|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Three grave-robbers think they've struck lucky until an antiques expert enlightens them. Meanwhile, Harry is anxiously awaiting the arrival of an old friend.

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|EpisodeNumber= 4

|EpisodeNumber2= 4

|Title= Tooth to Claw

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Rob Walker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|9|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry's fictional Fleet Street colleagues feature in this week's episode when an ex-army officer is murdered on his patch. Harry goes off in hot pursuit of the IRA suspects, intent on selling the story to the national papers, but finds that the real villain is somewhat nearer home.

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|EpisodeNumber= 5

|EpisodeNumber2= 5

|Title= Seeing Birthdays

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Rob Walker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|16|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Jonathan takes his video camera to cover a sick child's birthday party which turns into a major news story. Harry is contacted by the sinister owner of a champion fighting dog.

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|EpisodeNumber= 6

|EpisodeNumber2= 6

|Title= Waiting for The Day

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Rob Walker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|23|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry could go to jail for what he did at the scene of a siege, but he insists on dealing with the problem in his own way.

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|EpisodeNumber= 7

|EpisodeNumber2= 7

|Title= Clamouring

|WrittenBy= Chris Ould

|DirectedBy= Martin Stellman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|30|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Darlington's fearless newshounds stumble across the perfect tabloid shocker this week when Harry, just out of prison, sees a man breaking down a door with an axe. But this turns out to be even more juicy than the average Mad Axeman story, for the door in question belongs to a "glamour" photographer who has been producing pornographic pictures of local girls. Further investigations reveal a thriving business in pornography and prostitution being plied by local students desperate to supplement their grants. And one of them is the daughter of a town councillor who is a highly vocal campaigner against pornography.

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|EpisodeNumber= 8

|EpisodeNumber2= 8

|Title= Outshined

|WrittenBy= Chris Ould

|DirectedBy= Martin Stellman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|11|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= With an important Italian client to impress, Harry turns to invention. At the same time, he has an exclusive interview with a local football hero, but how can he make him sound interesting?

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|EpisodeNumber= 9

|EpisodeNumber2= 9

|Title= Dealing with The Devil

|WrittenBy= Jim Hill

|DirectedBy= Martin Stellman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|11|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Nothing more than a conventional Sunday-paper tribute would seem to be called for, as far as Harry's news agency is concerned. But a visit to ex-reporter Dan Finch raises the ghost of a 15-year-old murder trial with Masonic entanglements. Also involved is Harry's friend , Nick then a young detective constable.

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|EpisodeNumber= 10

|EpisodeNumber2= 10

|Title= Pointless Situations

|WrittenBy= Chris Ould

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|11|27|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= During a surprise party to celebrate the broadcast of Jonathan's "Video Diary", he gives Harry some bad news which causes bad feeling all round. But Harry is soon on the trail of a financial scandal involving a local employer.

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|EpisodeNumber= 11

|EpisodeNumber2= 11

|Title= Out of the Black – Part 1

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|12|4|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= A surgeon appeals for help, but Harry's on the trail of a much bigger story – so big that he's prepared to ditch Rita, Snappy and Alice and follow his lead to London and abroad.

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|EpisodeNumber= 12

|EpisodeNumber2= 12

|Title= Out of the Black – Part 2

|WrittenBy= Mick Ford

|DirectedBy= Mary McMurray

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|12|11|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= He goes out with a real scoop, which causes a disgraced MP to resign, earns plaudits and more work from his Fleet Street masters and manages to upset his wife and staff back at the news agency in Darlington.

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|EpisodeNumber= 13

|EpisodeNumber2= 1

|Title= Over the Hills

|WrittenBy= Andrew Holden

|DirectedBy= Lawrence Moody

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|2|22|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry has left everyone behind to chase the big story in Spain and the big money in Fleet Street. But he comes down to earth with a bump and returns to pick up the pieces of his north east agency.

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|EpisodeNumber= 14

|EpisodeNumber2= 2

|Title= Cloak and Dagger

|WrittenBy= Peter Bowker

|DirectedBy= Lawrence Moody

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|3|1|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Jonathan investigates the intimidation of a teenage witness to a murder case. Harry offers to protect the witness, but then loses him.

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|EpisodeNumber= 15

|EpisodeNumber2= 3

|Title= Swindled

|WrittenBy= Dave Sheasby

|DirectedBy= Lawrence Moody

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|3|8|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry investigates blackmail as a clean-cut footballer's image is threatened by his wife's past.

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|EpisodeNumber= 16

|EpisodeNumber2= 4

|Title= Rocks and Stone

|WrittenBy= Robin Mukherjee

|DirectedBy= Sid Roberson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|3|15|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= A soldier with a secret can be a dangerous business, especially when the establishment conspires to cover it up. When Harry finally uncovers the shocking truth, will he be allowed to tell it? Meanwhile, Snappy and Jonathan stake out an ageing rock star who returnsfrom the dead.

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|EpisodeNumber= 17

|EpisodeNumber2= 5

|Title= Hell's Ghost

|WrittenBy= Arthur McKenzie

|DirectedBy= Lawrence Moody

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|3|22|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Harry suspects that a local bigtime criminal, known as the Phantom and now living on the Costa Del Sol, is back in town. Harry is keen to get the exclusive. Ex-detective Jack Crow is also keen to find the Phantom, but for a different reason. It's a race to see who can find him first. To throw news-hungry Cheryl off the scent of his scoop, Harry uses some underhand methods to encourage her to investigate a devil-worship story that unexpectedly turns out to be connected with the Phantom.

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|EpisodeNumber= 18

|EpisodeNumber2= 6

|Title= The Tangled Fish

|WrittenBy= Andrew Holden

|DirectedBy= Rob Walker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|3|29|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Snappy and Jonathan are in line for a "Good News" award. But events take a turn for the worse when a young prostitute disappears and her friends think she has been murdered. Alice is a dead ringer for the missing girl and decides to act as bait for the killer. Harry suspects a local judge. If he's right it will be a front page story; if he's wrong Alice could be the next victim.

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|EpisodeNumber= 19

|EpisodeNumber2= 7

|Title= A Question of Truth

|WrittenBy= Robin Mukherjee

|DirectedBy= Rob Walker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|4|5|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Dean Hawkins breaks out of prison to settle a score with the local police and politicians who destroyed his father, especially parliamentary candidate Frank Melhouse. Meanwhile, Harry is beingfed information on Melhouse by an anonymous source.

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|EpisodeNumber= 20

|EpisodeNumber2= 8

|Title= One Last Call

|WrittenBy= Sam Snape

|DirectedBy= Lawrence Moody

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|4|12|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= A child is kidnapped and Alice doesn't want Harry involved as the parents are friends of hers. But Harry can't pass up the chance of an exclusive.

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{{reflist}}

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071114091615/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/23001 Episode guide at BFI Film and TV database]
• {{IMDb title|id=0106021|title=Harry}}

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