The Family Affair starring Martin Jarvis - episode 3 (1980) - mystery/thriller

[All six episodes will be uploaded this week]
Sam Harvey (Martin Jarvis) plans to quit the force for a career as a children's writer, but his plans are put on hold when his parents are killed in a bizarre accident.
Broadcast 25th January 1980

[@violette4841]

I woke up in the middle of the night with this opening tune in my head. I have never heard anything like it before and it has my attention. Dadadada!

[@schnittke100]

my day has just had a major endorphin rush, thanks!

[@assiamouhoub7393]

Love it! ❤Thanks you very much! Looking forward to the next episodes !

[@alanbrown1848]

Ahh, now I get it. More episodes will be uploaded next week. Thank you.

[@LouiseMannigel]

Great! Loving these

[@graceperry2623]

Still intriguing......

[@ageingfeminist]

thanks for uploading

[@rosemarymccarron3887]

Thank you...

[@paulmaryon9088]

And the plot thickens! Thanks CBT

[@kimmccabe1422]

British do it best! What a find. Thank you❤

[@l.5832]

When both parties have a gun, I can never understand why they have a fist fight.....

[@davidgreenwood5241]

Well I don’t either party would want to be accused of murdering

[@joinertanner]

Because there protecting there hearing 😂

[@cynthiaslater7445]

Actually, British police aren't allowed to carry guns unless they get special permission. It avoids "shooting accidents."

[@universallovepeaceharmony2258]

Queensbury rules!!!
Harvey is a sportsman🧐
Not much point taking a knife to gunfight😹⚡️🫧

[@Tesserae]

Voss had no intent in killing a policeman in his apartment. His gun was supposed to be a deterrent until his backup arrived to take the policeman somewhere else.

[@louisemackay4804]

Fantastic..thank you

[@soniavadnjal7553]

This is the best of the Durbridge scripts/series. I think. How does he do it?

[@eshaibraheem4218]

And having Martin Jarvis in it certainly helps.m

[@EyeByBrian]

Jarvis is terrific as an Oxford don in the ‘Inspector Morse’ episode ‘Greeks Bearing Gifts’ (1991).👍🏻

[@eshaibraheem4218]

@EyeByBrian He's also marvellous at reading audiobooks. I used to hear him reading on the BBC and thought he read beautifully.

[@eilis5813]

Mela (Diamante Lil) White behind the bar just like in Bergerac. Anybody remember Simon Oates (Larry Foster) in Doomwatch?

[@Tesserae]

I always enjoy watching older series for the mise-en-scene: smoking is permitted in hospitals, that giant VISA card…

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Interesting that the opening attempted murder scene is shot on video tape (from the looks of it) yet the next scene at the hospital is clearly shot on celluloid!

[@Tesserae]

Yes, that is quite normal for productions; studio scenes shot were on tape and on-location scenes shot on film.

[@Tesserae]

Yes, that is quite normal for productions; studio scenes shot were on tape and on-location scenes shot on film.

[@alanbrown1848]

Thanks for uploading, but either there is a fourth episode, or the conclusion of episode three was poor.

[@kjbirby]

It's a six-part series.

[@heartscontent]

Next episode next week!

[@cynthiaslater7445]

Episode 3 and only 3 dead bodies? Not the typical Durbridge.

[@mikejames4540]

Looks strangely like ‘product placement’ to me. BBC would normally have had an unknown brand of cigars. But Mannikin so clearly visible? (25.03)

[@fevkin]

Looks like I'm in a minority of one. Find the action implausible and the acting pretty amateurish

[@Tesserae]

I always enjoy watching older series for the mise-en-scene: smoking is permitted in hospitals, that giant VISA card…