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The Worst Episodes of Gideon's Way

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Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 1 - State Visit
    0.0/10(68 votes)

    #1 - State Visit

    S1:E1

    An elderly Jewish man, a survivor of the German concentration camps, becomes obsessed with the arrival of the West German President for a state reception in London. His desire for revenge leads to an assassination plot.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Alun Falconer

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  2. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 2 - The 'V' Men
    0.0/10(70 votes)

    #2 - The 'V' Men

    S1:E2

    The Victory Movement is a fascist political party that is contesting the next election and a bomb is exploded outside the flat of the party's leader. A woman is a witness but Gideon has to find her and convince her to talk.

    Directors:John Gilling, Gerald Gibbs
    Writer:Jack Whittingham

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  3. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 3 - The Firebug
    0.0/10(66 votes)

    #3 - The Firebug

    S1:E3

    Fires are being set at random in south London, all in abandoned properties, until one kills some squatters,and C.I.D. looks into it. The arsonist is a quiet, seemingly normal man who's gone psycho after a fire killed his loved ones.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 4 - The Big Fix
    0.0/10(55 votes)

    #4 - The Big Fix

    S1:E4

    A stable hand is beaten to death and, in his dying confession, he says he was beaten up because he was asked to dope a horse. Gideon is asked to investigate race fixing at the local racecourse.

    Director:John Gilling
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 5 - The Housekeeper
    0.0/10(68 votes)

    #5 - The Housekeeper

    S1:E5

    A serial murderess is on the loose, a woman that poses as a housekeeper that preys on OAPs with money. She eludes capture by her penchant for disguises.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 6 - The Lady-Killer
    0.0/10(73 votes)

    #6 - The Lady-Killer

    S1:E6

    The new husband of Inspector Keen's girlfriend's best friend has the worst luck - his wives keep turning up dead. When it's discovered that he's using aliases, suspicions arise and lead to a CID investigation.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 7 - To Catch a Tiger
    0.0/10(74 votes)

    #7 - To Catch a Tiger

    S1:E7

    The victim of a car accident gives a death bed statement that says a man murdered his first wife with an overdose of morphine. Gideon is determined to prove the man is a killer but the court case doesn't quite go as planned.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 8 - Big Fish Little Fish
    0.0/10(60 votes)

    #8 - Big Fish Little Fish

    S1:E8

    Gideon's car almost hits a young pick-pocket, who is being controlled by his mother. This leads him to investigate a fence who is controlling the petty crime but arrogantly believes he is above the law.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 9 - The White Rat
    0.0/10(66 votes)

    #9 - The White Rat

    S1:E9

    A series of warehouse robberies are led by a creepy albino mastermind who obsesses over a pet rat. After a night watchman is killed during a heist, one of CID's veteran detectives suspects and then goes after him, with violent results.

    Director:James Hill
    Writer:Jack Whittingham

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  10. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 10 - How to Retire Without Really Working
    0.0/10(68 votes)

    #10 - How to Retire Without Really Working

    S1:E10

    A middle-age couple commit a small time crime once a month and live off the swag, but after a threatening visit from Gideon, they plan one last grand heist to retire on.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 11 - Subway to Revenge
    0.0/10(71 votes)

    #11 - Subway to Revenge

    S1:E11

    A man tries to push an accountant off a crowded subway platform. Only his friend takes it seriously and pesters Gideon to look for the would-be killer. Gideon finds three more sudden deaths and the race is on to find a motive.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 12 - The Great Plane Robbery
    0.0/10(60 votes)

    #12 - The Great Plane Robbery

    S1:E12

    A group of thieves successfully steal a £1 000 000 shipment of gold from a plane that has just landed from Moscow. It was very well organised and Gideon is in charge of finding the criminals.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 13 - Gang War
    0.0/10(63 votes)

    #13 - Gang War

    S1:E13

    A protection-racketing gang of thugs is in a bloody turf war, but their leader sees a way out of the slums and on to the good life by way of his wife seducing a straight-laced bank clerk with access to a fortune in used bills.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 14 - The Tin God
    0.0/10(92 votes)

    #14 - The Tin God

    S1:E14

    Two criminals make a murderous escape from prison with a carefully executed plan. One is a violent gangster intent on revenge against his wife who helped the police put him away. He uses his son, who idolises him, to carry out his plan.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 15 - The Alibi Man
    0.0/10(70 votes)

    #15 - The Alibi Man

    S1:E15

    A racing car driver accidentally kills his accountant over some missing money. With the help of his mechanic he proceeds to cover up the crime by establishing alibis. Gideon knows that they're guilty but proving it is difficult.

    Director:Roy Ward Baker
    Writer:Norman Hudis

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  16. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 16 - Fall High Fall Hard
    0.0/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Fall High Fall Hard

    S1:E16

    There is corruption in the building industry by the co-owner of the building company. One clerk was murdered and another was bribed. When the other co-owner finds out, more crimes are committed to keep the police from finding out.

    Director:Quentin Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 17 - The Wall
    0.0/10(63 votes)

    #17 - The Wall

    S1:E17

    Netta's husband, Michael, has a big win on the football pools but then disappears. It appears as though he has run off but he is actually the victim of foul play. The clues come together and the murderer is uncovered.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 18 - The Prowler
    0.0/10(66 votes)

    #18 - The Prowler

    S1:E18

    A young man with a domineering mother snaps after the suicide of his fiancée, and goes about foggy London evenings choking girls and cutting off locks of their hair.

    Director:Robert Tronson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 19 - The Thin Red Line
    0.0/10(60 votes)

    #19 - The Thin Red Line

    S1:E19

    The Balaclava Silver, which is the regimental silver crockery of a proud Scottish regiment, is gradually being stolen and replaced with fake replicas. Gideon is asked to discretely find out who is stealing the silver pieces.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 20 - A Perfect Crime
    0.0/10(70 votes)

    #20 - A Perfect Crime

    S1:E20

    A stockbroker and safe-cracker join forces to pull jobs in wealthy homes. After the upper class crook commits a murder at one job, the cracksman is caught at the next. His lawyer then accuses Gideon of police brutality.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 21 - The Millionaire's Daughter
    0.0/10(68 votes)

    #21 - The Millionaire's Daughter

    S1:E21

    A well-known criminal has started a romance with the daughter of a rich couple from America and Gideon is suspicious. When she is kidnapped Gideon immediately knows who's to blame, but proving it and freeing the girl is more difficult.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 22 - Morna
    0.0/10(72 votes)

    #22 - Morna

    S1:E22

    After a beautiful blonde is found murdered, her story is unraveled in flashbacks about her relationship to her posh girl's school friends and instructors, her troubled beau, and with a drug pusher seething with contempt.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 23 - Boy with Gun
    0.0/10(66 votes)

    #23 - Boy with Gun

    S1:E23

    A milquetoast boy shoots a punk that threatened him with a knife, then, fearing his hard bitten police surgeon father, runs away and is joined by a young escapee.

    Director:Leslie Norman
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 24 - The Reluctant Witness
    0.0/10(68 votes)

    #24 - The Reluctant Witness

    S1:E24

    Some neighborhood thugs, who run a garage/stolen car ring, beat a man to death. A timid shop girl is the only witness. When they figure out that she saw them, the CID must protect her.

    Director:Jeremy Summers
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Gideon's Way Season 1 Episode 25 - The Rhyme and the Reason
    0.0/10(75 votes)

    #25 - The Rhyme and the Reason

    S1:E25

    A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. Though many offer damning testimony, and his knife is found at the murder scene, Gideon suspects a frame-up.

    Director:Cyril Frankel
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"State Visit" is the worst rated episode of "Gideon's Way". It scored /10 based on 68 votes. Directed by Cyril Frankel and written by Alun Falconer, it aired on 3/18/1965. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The 'V' Men".