Redcap - Season 2 (1966)

A barracks room card game called "Buckingham Palace" has only matches for stakes, but soon turns to Murder,blackmail and espionage when a shady local club proprietor is involved.

Mann is sent to Cologne to investigate a potential case of fraud in a Sergeant's Mess, where the monthly allocation of alcohol is regularly exceeded. But as well as fraud there is also blackmail.

Investigating a series of mysterious beatings-up at a regimental dinner, Sgt Mann is amazed to discover that when each of the victims is questioned their response is that they all tripped over.

Military Policemen are dislike. It's a fact that Mann and his colleagues live with. But why should several people be so eager to show their dislike in such in such a violent fashion? Mann investigates - and reaches a surprising conclusion.

Sgt.Mann visits a tough Scottish regiment in jungle training and tries to stop a massacre.

Investigting a grenade attack on British forces in Cypress, Mann finds that a hard-nosed sergeant's wife has been cheating on him with other soldiers, among them supposedly the fiancé of a local girl.

Why should the Chinese be so helpful when Sgt Mann is investigating an ambush in Singapore? What have they to hide? Suspicious, the SIB officer digs deeper - and uncovers a startling bunch of facts.

Mann is brought into conflict with the local CID when a corporal is picked out of an identity parade and arrested for a theft that occurred in a radio shop the previous evening.

When an inept private soldier is viciously beaten unconscious in a street fight, suspicion falls on Sergeant Cole - a domineering NCO who has 'personal issues' with the unfortunate private.

In the final episode, hundreds of cans of petrol are being stolen at the German base. A mysterious note arrives accusing an old friend of Mann's, who is presently a security officer overlooking supplies.