Quick Before They Catch Us

Quick Before They Catch Us
Genre	action, adventure, mystery
Written by	N. J. Crisp George F. Kerr Jack Trevor Story Margot Bennett John Gray
Directed by	Derek Martinus Morris Barry Paddy Russell James Cellan Jones
Starring	Pamela Franklin Teddy Green David Griffin
Theme music composer	Monty Norman
Opening theme	"Quick Before They Catch Us"
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer(s)	William Sterling
Running time	25-30 mins
Production company(s)	BBC
Release
Original release	7 May – 24 September 1966

Quick Before They Catch Us was a 1966 British action/adventure children's television series. It starred then child actors Pamela Franklin, Teddy Green and David Griffin as three teenagers who become amateur detectives in Swinging London during the mid-1960s. Although the series was short-lived, all three stars went on to have long and successful television careers in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Its theme song, written and performed by Brian Epstein's Paddy, Klaus and Gibson, later became a popular tune and one of the group's first hits after releasing it as a single.

The series concerns the adventures of three London teenagers: Kate (Pamela Franklin), Johnny Martin (Teddy Green) and Mark Dennison (David Griffin), who use their unique talents to solve crimes in their neighbourhood. Kate, the youngest of the three, possessed a photographic memory and was a talented artist; as well as a sketch artist, she most often trailed suspects. Johnny was a technology student and often built surveillance equipment and other inventive gadgets. Mark (David Griffin) was the "nerdy" bookworm of the group, arguably the most intelligent of the three, and was the photographer.

Kate works part-time as a waitress at a café. She is approached by several suspicious men who wish to rent her attic room. The men offer to pay her at first, but then intimidate her until she reluctantly agrees to rent them the room. She befriends Johnny Martin, a mechanic who works at a nearby garage, and photography student Mark Dennison. Kate remains suspicious of her new tenants. With the help of her new friends, she exposes a real estate agent who was using the camera obscura in the attic room to spy on local tenants and blackmail them.

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