The View from Daniel Pike

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The View from Daniel Pike
Genre Drama
Written by Edward Boyd
Starring Roddy McMillan
Country of origin Scotland
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13
Release
Original network BBC 2
Original release25 November 1971 (1971-11-25) 
25 February 1973 (1973-02-25)

The View from Daniel Pike was a Scottish television drama series in the early 1970s, which starred Roddy McMillan as the eponymous title character, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow, and was written by Edward Boyd. [1] Some of the stories were adapted into book form. [2]

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References

  1. "The View from Daniel Pike". 18 November 1971. p. 65 via BBC Genome.
  2. "Daniel Pike". www.thrillingdetective.com.