Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:20 pm
You are right, the generic title of the series doesn't appear anywhere, as this British 13-episodes series was never aired in Great-Britain, it was just shown theatrically - and partially - as two features and one featurette in 1952 and 1954. But it was aired in America, under this title, in 1954/55, on WGN-TV and others. The stills partially reproduced above comes from the British Film Archives where I got them years ago.
The two "features" (each composed of three episodes) were KING OF THE UNDERWORLD (rel. 1952) and MURDER AT SCOTLAND YARD (rel. 1954). The featurette was MURDER AT THE GRANGE, shown in recent years (and probably for the first time in England) on BBC. I have five of these episodes, one of them, THE RED FLAME, never aired or theatrically shown in England. The stars of the series were Patrick Barr (as John Morley), Tod Slaughter (as Terence and Patrick Reilly) and Tucker McGuire (as Eileen Trotter).
There is no really complete guide for British TV, really. Take a well-known series like FABIAN OF THE YARD. ALL the sources printed in England forget three episodes, which were never aired in your country but were shown in America. Even the list given by IMDb is incomplete. Among the three missing titles is MORAL MURDER, directed by Alfred Travers. Coincidentally, one of the guest stars of this episode was... Tod Slaughter (as "Mr. Palmer"). Co-starring were Hugh Latimer and Marjorie Stewart (as Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell). And all the episodes, including the three "missed ones", are preserved in the Canadian Film Archives, in 16mm prints.