The third episode, “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Willesden,” opens with a vaudeville type act on stage in a seedy little club. As they’re going through their routine, one of them falls dead onstage. Again, it’s thought to be a natural causes death until Dangerous takes the time to read the autopsy. The list of suspects is long because, in spite of being into his sixties, the dead comedian had an address book full of women’s names in every city on his circuit. Not only does he have a string of girlfriends of all shapes, sizes, and colors, many of them are married, which only broadens the suspect list. Since the method used in the murder was poisoned wine, which he drank onstage, the field narrows somewhat. But it isn’t until the last few minutes of the show that somebody who hadn’t been a prime suspect is uncovered, again due to Dangerous’s efforts.

Episode four, “The Man From Montevideo,” opens appropriately with Dangerous walking the small horse that he calls a dog, and being offered a new suit for a great price from the trunk of a man’s car. When he shows his cop shop ID, the man takes off running. Dangerous gets his man, but during the chase the man’s trunk is being picked clean, thereby blowing the arrest.

The real case for this episode begins right afterward, when the owner of a small fleet of limos gets his throat cut with a broken bottle. The episode closes with Dangerous and his buddy Mod chasing a sheep. In between is an attempted bribe, a bent cop, a threatening boss, and a secret about Mod. How we go from a slit throat to chasing a sheep on a football pitch is a story you’ll have to watch. This particular episode was my favorite of the five.

The final episode is “Dead Peasant’s Society,” and it opens with Dangerous doing a good deed, getting called a pig by the woman he helped, and getting his coffee and sandwich pinched in the process. A typical day for our fearless hero. The real action begins with the very next scene, which takes place in the same type of venue as the last episode closed: on another soccer field. Blood is spilled again, this time by a ceremonial dagger; there’s a secret society; Dangerous sees his wife suspiciously leaving the house early, then meeting a strange man on two occasions; and Dangerous’s boss is stabbed, as well.

Overall this series is well written, imaginative, and with the right degree of comedy and confusion mingled in. Highly recommended. Special features include an interview with Peter Davison, a Leslie Thomas biography and booklist, and cast filmographies.