
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases. The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
Air Date: 1968-07-05
Three bullets, a dead man, and £50,000 in insurance. Troubles arise when Dr. Hardy discovers the Unknown Factor.
Air Date: 1968-07-12
Penny Goodwin shoots her husband in cold blood and there appears to be no motive. Why she has killed him is far from ...
Air Date: 1968-07-19
Actual causes of death and accurate timing of the death can be essential to a defense in a trial. Dr. Hardy appears a...
Air Date: 1968-07-26
Miss Daley has given up working because her old boss is leaving. She finds out that he is still with the firm and bec...
Air Date: 1968-08-02
A girl is assaulted in a park and the only witness is her young daughter. The police are certain they know who did it...
Air Date: 1968-08-09
Mr. Toller is a who has no time for the weak or the idle, without humour. Jo Hardy is treating him, he is arrogant an...
Air Date: 1968-08-16
A woman is found dead by the side of a railway line. Hardy is brought in to help the police. The woman has been murde...
Air Date: 1968-08-23
An old man dies. When his housekeeper returns some unused tablets to the chemist, suspicion clouds the issue. Dr. Har...
Air Date: 1968-08-30
A man falls overboard from a ship near Hull and washed ashore dead. Injuries sustained in the water means he is unrec...
Air Date: 1968-10-04
A safe is blown. The job has all the trademarks of a known criminal. Fleming pulls in two men in for the crime but fo...
Air Date: 1968-09-13
The death of small children is always tragic. The tragedy is increased by unspoken prejudices and the possibility tha...
Air Date: 1968-09-20
The Hardys are enjoying the peace of a summer evening. There is the noise of a shotgun. A man is brought to Dr. Jo's ...
Air Date: 1968-09-27
A drunken driver is responsible for the death of his brother-in-law and business partner and for the death of the dri...