Hugh Burden stars as J. G. Reeder, an investigator with the Public Prosecutor's Office, in this Thames Television production.

Hugh Burden stars as J. G. Reeder, an investigator with the Public Prosecutor's Office. The series is based on The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder, a book written in 1925 by Edgar Wallace. This period crime and mystery series set in the 1920s had a run of only 16 episodes: season one in 1969 and season two in 1971.

Reeder has an uncanny ability to think like a criminal and thus, armed only with this insight is able to solve any mystery he encounters. Hugh Burden is perfectly cast as Reeder, who is happier with a cup of tea, as opposed to something stronger! Willoughby Goddard also starred as Reeder's boss at the Department, Sir Jason Toovey, and Mona Bruce played assistant Mrs. Houchin.

 

J. G. Reeder - Hugh Burden

Sir Jason Toovey - Willoughby Goddard

Mrs Houchin - Mona Bruce

Miss Belman - Gillian Lewis

Producers

Kim Mills (1969)
Robert Love (1971) Executive Producer
Lloyd Shirley Series Incidental Music by Paul Lewis

A Thames Television Production: 1969 & 1971 - 16 x 60 minute episodes (b&w)

 

Series One

The Investors (11/06/1969)
The Troupe (04/06/1969)
The Poetical Policeman (28/05/1969)
The Strange Case (21/05/1969)
Sheer Melodrama (14/05/1969)
The Green Mamba (07/05/1969)
The Stealer of Marble (30/04/1969)
The Treasure Hunt (23/04/1969)

Series Two

The Treasure House (07/06/1971)
Find the Lady (31/05/1971)
The Fatal Engagement (24/05/1971)
Willing Victim (17/05/1971)
Death of an Angel (10/05/1971)
The Shadow Man (03/05/1971)
Man with a Strange Tattoo (26/04/1971)
The Duke (19/04/1971)