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Soldier and Me

19741 Season30m episodes8.5

Action & Adventure, Mystery, Family

TMDB8.5

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Runtime: 30m episodes
Genre: Action & Adventure
Origin: GB

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Two schoolboys, Czech refugee Pavel 'Soldier' Szolda and local lad Jim Woolcott, get caught up in an international assassination plot after witnessing a crime, leading to a tense cat-and-mouse chase across Northern England.

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Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 15, 1974
Network: ITV Granada
Studio: Granada Productions

Time to finish

5 hrs

9 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Richard Willis

Istavan 'Soldier' Szolda

Gerry Sundquist

Jim Woolcott

Constantine Gregory

Smiler

Richard Ireson

Greasy

SERIES

Soldier and Me

19741 Season30m episodes8.5

Action & Adventure, Mystery, Family

TMDB8.5

Votes2

Your rating

Runtime: 30m episodes
Genre: Action & Adventure
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Sep 15, 1974 · 30m
Conspiracy
Teenage Czech refugee Istvan Szolda (nicknamed 'Soldier') overhears an assassination plot. Distraught and disbelieved, Soldier persuades his only friend, local boy Jim Wilcott, to accompany him, late at night, to the execution site.
E2 · Airs Sep 22, 1974 · 30m
House of Secrets
The duo break into and hide as the henchmen and later, cripple arrive. They overhear an argument and the cripple is shot. They manage to escape and call the police but a further surprise awaits them that will change their lives forever
E3 · Airs Sep 29, 1974 · 30m
Alibi
Aware that the villains know where they live, Soldier and Jim are in fear for their lives. The police dismiss their story as a time-wasting hoax, and one of the henchman, known as Smiler, finds them, forcing the boys to make a desperate decision.
E4 · Airs Oct 6, 1974 · 30m
Jump
The boys go on the lam North hoping to reach refuge with a friend of Jim's. However, they're hotly pursued by Smiler and the rest of the gang and are forced to cut their plan short by jumping off their train in the middle of nowhere.
E5 · Airs Oct 13, 1974 · 30m
Cross Country
Lost, cold and hungry, Soldier and Jim shelter in an abandoned quarry where they find an OS map and try to navigate a route to safety. Meanwhile, the gang relentlessly pursue them to the point of exhaustion.
E6 · Airs Oct 20, 1974 · 30m
Alone
The gang have put the word out that the boys are borstal escapees. The ruse works when a farmer rings them after scaring the boys from his hayloft. Exhausted but with refuge within reach, Soldier and Jim are unaware how close the gang is.
E7 · Airs Oct 27, 1974 · 30m
Hunted
The boys make it to the refuge of their friend's farm, only to discover it's the wrong one. The owner takes pity and gives them some food but secretly he too has heard of the runaways and calls the gang.
E8 · Airs Nov 3, 1974 · 30m
Trapped
The boys are captured and taken to a secret location to await their fate where another shock is in store. Meanwhile, the farmer's wife starts having second thoughts about their identities.
E9 · Airs Nov 10, 1974 · 30m
No Escape
As the truth about the cripple and his connection to the gang is revealed and with no one knowing where they are, Soldier and Jim realise that their fate is doomed.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 15, 1974
Network: ITV Granada
Studio: Granada Productions

Time to finish

5 hrs

9 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Richard Willis

Istavan 'Soldier' Szolda

Gerry Sundquist

Jim Woolcott

Constantine Gregory

Smiler

Richard Ireson

Greasy

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