The Enigma Files
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The Enigma Files

6.0 / 10 · 3 votes
1980
~50 min / ep
1 season
15 episodes
DramaCrime

The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Detective Chief Inspector Nick Lewis is tasked with investigating unsolved crimes.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Sweeper

    15-04-198050 min

    Nick Lewis's forced transfer to the Prisoners' Property Office promises nothing but boredom and the antagonism of Kate Burton—but it also nearly costs him his life.

  • Ep 2

    2.Gone Missing

    22-04-198050 min

    Nick Lewis vanishes while investigating the disappearance of heiress Caroline Bates.

  • Ep 3

    3.False-Hearted Lover

    29-04-198050 min

    Lewis becomes emotionally involved with a suspect when the file on Arnold Humble's accidental death is re-opened.

  • Ep 4

    4.Billy the Late and Great

    06-05-198050 min

    Forger William Swain has died in prison so DCI Adams is ordered to track down the engraving plates and any counterfeit money left in circulation.

  • Ep 5

    5.Investigation of a Copper

    13-05-198050 min

    Nick Lewis and fellow officer Joe Mackie find themselves under investigation from Criminal Investigations when a convicted prisoner gives their names to DCI Lowson

  • Ep 6

    6.The Charity Man

    20-05-198050 min

    Phil Strong is given discarded fake charity boxes left on a rubbish tip to find their origin. DCI Nick Lewis, however, considers it evidence and needs to be investigated despite th...

  • Ep 7

    7.Cook In

    27-05-198050 min

    Divorcee Penny Birch was conned out of a large amount of money by a plausible suitor, who even had his own butler. The police investigation drew a blank but DCI Lewis believes a ne...

  • Ep 8

    8.Gunpowder Plot

    03-06-198050 min

    A gang plot to enter the police's vaults containing files and evidence from previous investigations.

  • Ep 9

    9.Every Picture Tells a Story

    10-06-198050 min

    Phil Strong visits Stanton, looking into a pair of forged paintings owned by Harry Brookeway. When Brookeway is found dead and Phil standing over him, he is arrested for murder whi...

  • Ep 10

    10.Why Don't They Tell You These Things?

    17-06-198050 min

    Two hit men have Peter Wolfe in the sights when he sees DCI Lewis and takes off running. A hour later his body is pulled out of the canal except when Lewis attempts to view the bod...

  • Ep 11

    11.Repeat After Me

    24-06-198050 min

    High flying company secretary Pam Knowland asks Nick Lewis to help her get a blackmailer who is threatening to give information to their clients. Knowland is terrified that her ex-...

  • Ep 12

    12.Dead Reckoning

    01-07-198050 min

    Phil Strong recovers fingerprints from a batch of stolen watches which belong to Phil Singer, who died twelve years previous. DCI Lewis discovers Singer has a daughter and decides...

  • Ep 13

    13.Fit Up

    08-07-198050 min

    Nick Lewis ex-wife Pauline is arrested at the airport when a .22 pistol is found in her bag. The gun is later linked to the Wesminster Bank job where someone was killed. Lewis is c...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Full Flying Carpet Treatment

    15-07-198050 min

    The brother of Sheik Ibn Essif, Hussein has made plans to kidnap him to stop attending a conference in London. The Sheik has escaped one attack but is in hospital. Returning valuab...

  • Ep 15

    15.Backtrack

    22-07-198050 min

    When Nick Lewis returns from holiday he discovers his replacement D.S Dennis Kates has died in a car accident. According his wife, Kates was going solve a case that D.C.I Lewis had...

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