
The View from Daniel Pike
The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.
Cast

Roddy McMillan
Daniel Pike
Seasons
E1Philomena and the Tattie-Howkers
Nov 25, 1971
When Michael Holmes goes missing from a squad of Irish tattie-howkers working as sweated labour, Pike is commissioned to find him, a dangerous business when working for Philomena Hawley.
E2The Manufactured Clue
Dec 2, 1971
Pike becomes personally involved in the murder of a street pie-man when Sweet Sam is the only witness. But Sam has lost her memory and Pike has to use his own methods to bring the murderer to book.
E3Little Bird Lost
Dec 9, 1971
Pike has his hands full sorting out the hawks from the doves as he investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl.
E4The Short Price Premium
Dec 16, 1971
When is a suicide not a suicide? And how can a corpse cash a betting slip? Pike arranges a meeting with the 'body' to find the answers.
E5A Tale of Two Cities
Dec 23, 1971
Pike becomes involved in drugs and murder when a body is found in a hearse... but in the front seat!
E6So This Is Olympus
Dec 30, 1971
Pike has to pick his way through a minefield of intrigue to reach a prodigal son, a university student implicated in the murder of a girl.
E1Big Fleas, Little Fleas
Dec 31, 1972
The Clearances seem to have come to Scotland again and Pike finds himself working on the side of villainy.
E2Credit Where It's Due
Jan 7, 1973
Pike finds himself a bad risk when he gets the credit for blackmailing an ex-employer.
E3Away Match
Jan 14, 1973
Employed to collect money owed for damage to a club, Pike gets involved in a complicated case of fraud.
E4None So Blind
Jan 21, 1973
Pike finds that a motorway site can be pretty unhealthy, even if you're trying to pay a debt instead of collecting it.
E5Pig in the Middle
Jan 28, 1973
Who is Pike really following? And come to that, who is really following Pike?
E6A Slight Case of Absalom
Feb 4, 1973
The search for a missing girl takes Pike to the Hebridean island of Falibost, where he encounters the army.
E7Four Walls
Feb 11, 1973
Pike is sought to help four bank robbers escape Glasgow, because one of them is his ex-wife.
Storyline
The View from Daniel Pike is a 1971–73 Scottish TV drama series created and written by Edward Boyd, and starring Roddy McMillan as Daniel Pike, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow. A few of the stories were later adapted into book form.























