The Hanged Man

After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.

en
Drama
Crime
Created By

Edmund Ward

First Aired on

Feb 15, 1975

1 seaons till Apr 05, 1975

Popularity: 8.851
2 votes
Networks
(GB)
Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Ring of Return

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 8 episodes

Season 1

Aired

8 Episodes
  • Episode 1Wheel of Fortune51 min

    The wheel spins from a wounded scramble across moors to a wages robbery to raise funds for survival.

  • Episode 2Tower of Destruction51 min

    The tower is the high skeletal framework above a power station under construction. Burnett and Crowe go back over the private airfield and the ashes of the plane crash that killed Burnett's wife.

  • Episode 3Knave of Coins51 min

    The Knave is an accountant in Locarno, protected by bodyguards and an electrified fence - the architect of embezzlement. And some of it is Burnett's money.

  • Episode 4Chariot of Earth51 min

    The chariot drives across the coast of Scotland where North Sea oil and the land where it will devour conflict in a struggle for the world's highest stakes. This is where one of Burnett's ex-partners realised ambition when he bought a Highland estate and its lairdship.

  • Episode 5The Bridge Maker51 min

    That's what they called Lew Burnett when he ran a contract in a totalitarian police state. If he goes back to find answers he will find himself accessory to corruption, under sentence of death, and will be chained to a prison wall.

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