Raffles
Raffles

Raffles

1977 1 Seasons 13 Episodes ⭐ 8.4 Comedy Crime

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one. In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.

Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the books, though occasionally two stories would be merged to create one. In Victorian-era London, gentleman thief A. J. Raffles, a renowned cricketer, and his friend, the eager but naive Bunny Manders, test their skills in relieving the wealthy of their valuables whilst avoiding detection, especially from the persistent Inspector Mackenzie.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The First Step

Raffles is visited by old school chum Harry 'Bunny' Manders, who has fallen on hard times. Penniless himself, Raffles co

EP 2

A Costume Piece

Brash and crude, Reuben Rosenthall is a real 'rough diamond': a self-made millionaire who wears his wealth in the most o

EP 3

The Spoils of Sacrilege

Bunny feels he needs to do more to justify his share of their ill-gotten gains, so the partners in crime plan a job in w

EP 4

The Gold Cup

Raffles and Bunny swipe the famous Royal Gold Cup from the British Museum, but a group of criminologists track them down

EP 5

The Chest of Silver

Raffles tells Bunny that he is going off to Scotland to improve his Scots dialect. During his absence his rooms at The A

EP 6

The Last Laugh

Visiting a reception at the Italian Ambassador's one evening, Raffles and Bunny conspire to steal an item of jewellery w

EP 7

A Trap to Catch a Cracksman

Loud mouthed Barney Maguire is America's champion heavy weight boxer. At Raffles' Club one evening he brags to Raffles

EP 8

To Catch a Thief

Somebody is setting himself up in opposition to Raffles as another gentleman thief, and Raffles doesn't like it, as he i

EP 9

A Bad Night

Raffles has his eye on the Van Den Berg's wedding presents, but finds that he has an engagement at Lord's to play cricke

EP 10

Mr. Justice Raffles

A friend of Raffles', Teddy Garland, finds that he is in debt to the vicious moneylender, Brigstock. Raffles and Bunny

EP 11

Home Affairs

Sir Arthur Rumbold, the pompous Secretary for Home Affairs, announces that he wishes to introduce much tougher penalties

EP 12

The Gift of the Emperor

Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany is seeking to embarrass the British Government by using Herr Von Heumann, one of his agents, t

EP 13

An Old Flame

Wandering the streets of London one night with Bunny, Raffles, who is becoming bored and blase about the ease with which

Popular Cast

Anthony Valentine
Anthony Valentine
A. J. Raffles
Christopher Strauli
Christopher Strauli
Bunny Manders