Andrew Burt Movies

Under the leadership of Tarrant (Steven Pacey), the Liberator crew steals the Kairopan crystal harvest, which would otherwise be used for the Federation's weaponry. Unfortunately, Servalan (Jacqueline Pearce) and her Federation minions have managed to board the disabled Liberator, leaving the crew stranded on Kairos, now a dangerous place, indeed. The fate of the good guys may well rest with the ship's computer, Zen -- but only if Servalan is unable to corrupt Zen's memory banks. "The Harvest of Kairos" first aired on February 4, 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the third episode of the four-part story "Terminus," young Turlough (Mark Strickson), acting on orders from the Black Guardian (Valentine Dyall), has locked the TARDIS into the flight pattern of a space stration peopled by victims of the dreaded Lazar's Disease. The Doctor (Peter Davison) tries to deal with this contingency, as well as a greater danger: An unstable thrust engine which may explode at any minute -- thereby destroying the entire Universe. First telecast on February 23, 1983, "Terminus, Episode 3" was written by Stephen Gallagher. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the second episode of the four-part story "Terminus," the efforts by Turlough (Mark Strickson) to destroy the TARDIS forces the vessel to lock itself into the flight pattern of an alien space station. To the Doctor (Peter Davison), this is danger enough, but things are far worse than they seem; the space station is populated by victims of the highly contagious Lazar's Disease. First telecast on February 16, 1983, "Terminus, Episode 2" was written by Stephen Gallagher. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Peter Davison stars as bespectacled, aristocratic private detective Albert Campion in this two-part adaptation of Margery Allingham's novel Death of a Ghost. Each year, the friends of a deceased painter gather to unveil one of his final 12 paintings. It is during one of these annual unveilings that the lights suddenly go out--and when they go back on again, a rather unpleasant young artist named Dacre (Patrick Bailey) turns up murdered. Before long, Dacre's own painting begin mysteriously vanishing. Campion has a pretty good idea who is the killer and thief, but Inspector Oakes (Andrew Burt) is not so easily persuaded--at least, not until murder rears its ugly head yet again. In America, "eath of a Ghost" was telecast November 9 and 16, 1989, as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Peter Davison stars as bespectacled, aristocratic private detective Albert Campion in this two-part adaptation of Margery Allingham's novel Police at the Funeral. This time, Campion finds himself in Cambridge, at the ancestral home of the dissolute Faraday family. Most of the family members are hanging around, waiting anxiously for wealthy, strong-willed Caroline Faraday (Marry Morris) to shuffle off her mortal coil. It is not Caroline who dies, however, but instead two of the greedy relatives: Uncle Andrew Seely (John Franklyn-Robbins) is found floating in a nearby river, and then Aunt Julia (Gillian Martell) is poisoned. With no shortage of suspects with motive and opportunity, Campion is somewhat relieved when yet another Faraday shows up, claiming to have witnessed Uncle Andrew's demise -- but can this relative, or anyone else for that matter, be trusted? In America, "Police at the Funeral" was telecast October 26 and November 2, 1989, as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Peter Davison stars as bespectacled, aristocratic private detective Albert Campion in this two-part adaptation of Margery Allingham's novel Flowers for the Judge. Campion finds it curous that no one seems terribly concerned when the director of London's prestigious House of Barnabas publishing firm suddenly vanishes. An investigation is conducted the vault in the director's office, yielding a rare old manuscript--and also the missing man's corpse. With a plethora of suspects and a paucity of clues, Campion may not be able to solve this case, which by his own admission has "more holes than a string bag." In America, "lowers for the Judge" was telecast December 27, 1990, and January 3, 1991 as part of the PBS anthology Mystery! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Peter Davison stars as bespectacled, aristocratic private detective Albert Campion in this two-part adaptation of Margery Allingham's novel Sweet Danger. On this occasion, Campion endeavors to prove that Britain's Fitton family are the rightful heirs to a Balkan throne. Disguising himself as the king of the monarchy in question, Campion sets about to locate the monarch's missing crown, which of course will verify the Fittons' right to ascension. His search leads to a sinister scheme involving newly discovered oil deposits. In America, "weet Danger" was telecast November 15, 1990, as a single two-hour episode of the PBS anthology Mystery! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi