A ex-con whose DNA possesses an extra Y chromosome, supposedly giving him a disposition toward criminality, tries to go straight but finds his talents as a former cat burglar to be very much in demand by both the criminal underworld and the British secret service. Based on the series of novels by Kenneth Royce.
Show Details:
Start date: Jul 1976
End date: Aug 1977
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ITV (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 13 eps
Genre(s): Drama
End date: Aug 1977
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ITV (UK)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 13 eps
Genre(s): Drama
Credits:
- Stephen Yardley as William 'Spider' Scott
- Don Henderson as Det. Sgt. George Bulman
- Vivienne McKee as Maggie Parsons
- Dennis Blanch as Det. Con. Derek Willis recurring:
- Mark Dignam as Fairfax
- Fiona Curzon as Penny
- Sarah Bullen as Lucy Mahler
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 03 Jul 76 | The Proposition |
| 2. | 1-2 | 10 Jul 76 | The Execution |
| 3. | 1-3 | 17 Jul 76 | The Resolution |
| Season 2 | |||
| 4. | 2-1 | 27 Jun 77 | Friends and Enemies |
| 5. | 2-2 | 04 Jul 77 | The Missing Civil Servant |
| 6. | 2-3 | 11 Jul 77 | The Big Bang |
| 7. | 2-4 | 18 Jul 77 | At the Bottom of the River |
| 8. | 2-5 | 25 Jul 77 | When We Were Very Greedy |
| 9. | 2-6 | 01 Aug 77 | Now We Are Dead |
| 10. | 2-7 | 08 Aug 77 | Whisper Who Dares |
| 11. | 2-8 | 15 Jul 77 | Law and Order |
| 12. | 2-9 | 22 Aug 77 | The Detrimental Robot |
| 13. | 2-10 | 29 Aug 77 | A View to a Death |
The first of the novels by Kenneth Royce is available:
|
The XYY Man (book 1)  |