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The Best Episodes of Redcap

Every episode of Redcap ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Redcap!

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Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend Television and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Redcap Season 1 Episode 9 - A Regiment of the Line
    9.0/10(7 votes)

    #1 - A Regiment of the Line

    S1:E9

    A Scots contingent serves duty in a west German town, but they fight and bully their way amongst the locals. When three of them murder the owner of a pub, Mann must discern who is responsible.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Redcap Season 1 Episode 5 - Corporal McCann's Private War
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Corporal McCann's Private War

    S1:E5

    No description available

    Director:Peter Graham Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Redcap Season 1 Episode 7 - Night Watch
    8.3/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Night Watch

    S1:E7

    No description available

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Redcap Season 1 Episode 10 - The Man They Did
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #4 - The Man They Did

    S1:E10

    When a soldier dies of exhaustion on a routine hike with pack, The officers above him are at odds with whether he was intentionally overworked or if he was unfit for service to begin with.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Redcap Season 1 Episode 3 - Epitaph for a Sweat
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #5 - Epitaph for a Sweat

    S1:E3

    In Aden, a tough Sargent badly beats a native boy,enough to hospitalize him. Mann is sent to look into it, but midway through the investigation, the Sargent meets with a deadly accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Redcap Season 1 Episode 6 - The Orderly Officer
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #6 - The Orderly Officer

    S1:E6

    No description available

    Director:Bill Bain
    Writer:Julian Bond

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  7. Redcap Season 1 Episode 2 - A Town Called Love
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #7 - A Town Called Love

    S1:E2

    In West Berlin, a British solder has injured a call girl, and rather than face charges, defects to the East Germans. To spare the soldier's wife, Mann goes "Over The Wall" too in an attempt to bring him back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Redcap Season 1 Episode 12 - A Place of Refuge
    7.6/10(7 votes)

    #8 - A Place of Refuge

    S1:E12

    In West Germany, an officer's suicide leads to a supposed refugee hospital, where almost twenty years after the war, there's few residents, but dangerous drugs in abundance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Redcap Season 2 Episode 5 - Rough Justice
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Rough Justice

    S2:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Julian Bond

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  10. Redcap Season 1 Episode 1 - It's What Comes After
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #10 - It's What Comes After

    S1:E1

    Mann's investigation of a soldier going AWOL uncovers a sexual attack on an officer's wife, and that officer's inexplicable reluctance to do anything about it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Redcap Season 1 Episode 4 - Misfire
    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #11 - Misfire

    S1:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Redcap Season 2 Episode 13 - Information Received
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Information Received

    S2:E13

    In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Redcap Season 1 Episode 8 - The Boys of B Company
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Boys of B Company

    S1:E8

    At a base where boys are trained as would-be soldiers, one has nearly committed suicide and another several petty crimes in the nearby town. Mann learns that an overzealous boy officer may have pushed them to the breaking point.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Redcap Season 1 Episode 11 - A Question of Initiative
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - A Question of Initiative

    S1:E11

    When a German civilian is run down by a group of British soldiers in a stolen car, Mann finds out the pressures on the men that pushed them to do it, and those involving the base and it's personnel with local politics.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Redcap Season 1 Episode 13 - The Patrol
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - The Patrol

    S1:E13

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Redcap Season 2 Episode 1 - Crime Passionel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - Crime Passionel

    S2:E1

    Mann investigates how and why a soldier murdered his sergeant in the middle of a crowded mess tent, and gets conflicting accounts from the witnesses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Redcap Season 2 Episode 2 - The Pride of the Regiment
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Pride of the Regiment

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Redcap Season 2 Episode 3 - The Killer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Killer

    S2:E3

    A member of an elite commando unit is accused of killing his own fellow soldiers while on dangerous missions.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Redcap Season 2 Episode 4 - Buckingham Palace
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Buckingham Palace

    S2:E4

    A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Redcap Season 2 Episode 6 - The Moneylenders
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - The Moneylenders

    S2:E6

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Redcap Season 2 Episode 7 - Strictly by the Book
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Strictly by the Book

    S2:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Redcap Season 2 Episode 8 - Peterson's Private Army
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Peterson's Private Army

    S2:E8

    Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Redcap Season 2 Episode 9 - Stag Party
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Stag Party

    S2:E9

    Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Julian Bond

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  24. Redcap Season 2 Episode 10 - An Ambush Among Friends
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - An Ambush Among Friends

    S2:E10

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Redcap Season 2 Episode 11 - The Alibi
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The Alibi

    S2:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Regiment of the Line" is the best rated episode of "Redcap". It scored 9/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/12/1964. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Corporal McCann's Private War".