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A six-part prequel to Treasure Island which explains how Ben Gunn became a pirate, where the buried treasure in Treasure Island came from, and how John Silver lost his leg.
These four Noel Coward plays, made by Granada and broadcast over a month in 1964 in their Play Of The Week schedule, were slotted into an abundance of one off dramas being produced by the regional ITV companies at the time.
"Whilst the cases which made up the bulk of the show's episodes were often fun, ingenious riffs on the standard spy/caper craze of that particular decade, where the series really scored was in the interplay between the three central characters involved."
A flamboyant playboy investigator and author sets off on a series of adventures.