Van der Valk has one of the most iconic themes … Simon Parke’s Eye Level … plus it was a good concept … Barry Foster was ok, his screen wife drop dead gorgeous, the plots generally ok, up and down, it was in that Morse and Bergerac genre of the time.

This episode, unfortunately, though well plotted and well cast, well acted … could not run the theme tune without YT interference, with other dropouts here and there, as well as only reasonable picture quality. Worth it? Oh yes, I’d say so … fun, if regulation.