The Hanged Man (TV series)

The Hanged Man
Genre	Crime Drama
Created by	Edmund Ward
Starring	Colin Blakely Michael Williams Gary Watson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer(s)	Yorkshire Television
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	15 February – 5 April 1975

The Hanged Man is a British crime drama series that aired on ITV in 1975. It was created and written by Edmund Ward.

Lew Burnett is a self-made man who owns a huge construction company. However, his success has bred resentment and after his wife is killed in a plane crash a third attempt is made on Lew's life. He then decides to pretend to be dead to avoid any more attempts on his life and find out who is trying to kill him and why. He is helped by Alan Crowe, an old friend. Burnett travels around the world to trace the nine potential suspects. In each episode, Burnett is caught up in a fight of some sort.

The series also introduces a shady thief called Turtle played by John F. Landry. This character would later have his own series called Turtle's Progress.

Music for the show was written by Alan Tew. The same score would turn up on such programs like The Two Ronnies, The People's Court and the 2009 film Black Dynamite.

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