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The View from Daniel Pike

The View from Daniel Pike

Description: The View from Daniel Pike was a Scottish television drama series in the early 1970s, which starred Roddy McMillan as the eponymous title character, a hard-boiled private detective based in Glasgow, and was written by Edward Boyd. Some of the stories were adapted into book form. Wikipedia
Genre: Drama
Year Released: 1971
First episode air date: November 1971
Network: A&E Network
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Cast: Roddy McMillan

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