The Expert

The body of a student is found in a pig-fattening shed. Hardy has to establish the cause of death. Guest stars Windsor Davies, Richard Easton, Gawn Grainger, Roger Hammond, George Waring and Donald Gee.

The body of an attractive young girl is found by the roadside. Who was she? How did she get there? How did she die? Hardy and Fleming are faced with finding the answer. Guest stars Jonathan Newth, Candace Glendenning, Mike Pratt, Nicolette Roeg, Stuart Saunders, Ralph Arliss, Diana Chappell, Bernard G. High and Tim Condren.

Fleming and Hardy are used to hit-and-run cases where they find a body but no car. In this curious case the situation is reversed: a blood-stained car but no body. Guest stars Edward Fox, Bernard Kay and Charles Pemberton.

Gypsies led by Samuel Brown arrive in the Hardy neighbourhood – to the horror of many residents. A public meeting is called to discuss the 'problem'. But protest can go too far. Guest stars David Garfield, Dorothy Gordon, Godfrey James, Kenton Moore, Salvin Stewart and Jack Woolgar.

After fifteen years of childless marriage, Ruth Fletcher has a son. But she has a problem, which she takes to Jo Hardy: is it possible that her husband is not the father? Guest stars Anthony Bate, Ann Lynn, James Maxwell and Geoffrey Palmer.

Dr Hardy has told Harry Fletcher that he could not be the father of his wife's child. Harry confronts his wife's lover, Michael Jackson. Guest stars Anthony Bate, Ann Lynn, James Maxwell and Aubrey Richards.

Cedric Lambert, a lonely 54-year-old bachelor, visits Dr Jo Hardy in her surgery. But apparently there is nothing wrong with his health – all he wishes to do is to show her an antique book. Guest stars Peter Jeffrey, John Cater, Margot Thomas and Renu Setna.

Hardy is much possessed by the problems surrounding the scientific fact of death. And in this story of an elderly retired Major, his wife and son, the police become totally involved as well. Guest stars Sylvia Coleridge, David Horovitch, André Morell and Brian Badcoe.

Early one morning a young Maltese girl is found stabbed to death. Fleming is immediately convinced that her ex-boyfriend is guilty. Hardy has other ideas. Guest stars Steven Berkoff, David Horovitch, Peter Diamond, Eric Dodson, Nerys Hughes and David March.

A young librarian finds a body in the woods. He does not tell the police but the press, which for Hardy and Fleming adds confusion to an already confusing case. Guest stars Barry McCarthy, Hamilton Dyce, Derrick Gilbert and George Giles.

The milkman pays his morning call on Mrs Carr, and finds her lying unconscious on the conservatory floor. She is surrounded by fragments of a milk bottle – which lead to several sleepless nights for Hardy and Sandra. Guest stars Lucy Griffiths, Robert Grange, William Morgan Sheppard and Paul Humpoletz.

Two young boys have their day's fishing disturbed when they find a body in the river. The question facing Fleming and Hardy: did he fall or was he pushed? Guest stars Peter Diamond, Noel Johnson and Sarah Lawson.

In the last of this series, Hardy and Fleming are faced with the kidnapping of a son of wealthy parents – not so unusual for them but strange and unfortunate for Jo when she becomes involved. Guest stars Brian Blessed and William Lucas.