The Cheaters

E1 Episode 1: An Obituary for a Champion

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• Dec 10, 1961

Champion boxer Kirk Carter is found drowned on the eve of his next fight. Eastern Insurance asks John Hunter has to investigate. Carter's fiancee Verna Matthews is suspicious about the recent behaviour of promoter Sam Harvey.

E2 Episode 2: Lamb to the Slaughter

• Dec 17, 1961

Gene Walker asks Rudy Lamb to stage a hold up in his own home so he can steal his wife's diamonds. Lamb follows his instructions but sees Walker shoot his wife before killing him. Eastern Insurance asks John Hunter to investigate.

E3 Episode 3: Washday S.O.S.

• Jan 7, 1962

Eastern European doctor, Austice Serafin dies giving aid in an epidemic in Kolitz. He has a large insurance policy with Eastern Insurance with brother flying into collect it however Serafin's widow claims he is still alive.

E4 Episode 4: A Case of Larceny

• Jan 14, 1962

Walter Allan gets a call from the husband of his cousin that he has been robbed. He and John Hunter to go and help and find the man strangled. The police have been given the name Ralph Nixon but he has vanished.

E5 Episode 5: The Slope of Death

• Jan 21, 1962

Joy Allington is nearly killed on a skiing holiday in Switzerland. She sends a letter to Walter Allen telling him that her husband was trying to kill her. As the couple have accident insurance he sends Hunter to investigate.

E6 Episode 6: The Mighty Warrior

• Jan 27, 1962

Champion steeplechase horse 'The Mighty Warrior' falls and dies during a race costing Eastern Insurance £20,000. Hunter is sent to investigate Jefford and O'Shea stables and discovers that trainer Betty Fuller vanished after the race.

E7 Episode 7: A Tale of Two Ships

• Feb 3, 1962

SS Tilman sinks with all hands. Owner Gormley sells it's sister ship, the SS Sircon for scrap. After collecting the insurance he buys a new freighter. When crewman Varga, who was on the Tilman, is found murdered questions are asked.

E13 Episode 13: Obituary for a Champion

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E14 Episode 14: Lamb to the Slaughter

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E15 Episode 15: Washday S.O.S.

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E16 Episode 16: A Case of Larceny

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E17 Episode 17: Slope of Death

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E18 Episode 18: Mighty Warrior

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• May 27, 1961

E19 Episode 19: A Tale of Two Ships

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E20 Episode 20: Killian's Cut

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E21 Episode 21: Murder Fugue

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E23 Episode 23: Flash in the Sky

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E24 Episode 24: Single or Double Indemnity

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E25 Episode 25: Affairs of the Heart

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E26 Episode 26: The Bite

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E27 Episode 27: A Hood from Canada

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• Mar 31, 1962

E28 Episode 28: The Hair of the Dog

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E29 Episode 29: Time to Kill

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E30 Episode 30: The Dashing Major

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E31 Episode 31: Legs - £50,000 Each

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E32 Episode 32: The Case of George Peterson

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E33 Episode 33: Green for Danger

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• Jun 3, 1961

E35 Episode 35: Back of Beyond

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• May 26, 1962

E36 Episode 36: The Broker

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E37 Episode 37: Knight of the Road

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E38 Episode 38: Diamond Studded Malaria

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