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The Dark Island Episode Guide
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S1 Ep1
1.0
8th Jul 1962
A strange 'torpedo' is found on the Atlantic shore of a lonely island in the Outer Hebrides, and in the attempt to defuse it a surprising discovery is made.
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S1 Ep2
15th Jul 1962
The torpedo turned out to be a spy kit with an international flavour. A Finnish passport, British and Swedish money, U.S. services pattern revolvers and East German binoculars. Most mysterious of all was a fragment of sheet music which proved to be from a Hebridean lilt.
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S1 Ep3
22nd Jul 1962
Nicolson visits the white shores and his discovery on a deserted beach leads him into a trap.
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S1 Ep4
29th Jul 1962
With Nicolson temporarily out of the fight Grant decides to upset the quiet comfort of the hotel.
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S1 Ep5
5th Aug 1962
Nicolson pumps Ian McLeod about one of the new arrivals at the hotel. He then takes a trip with Mary Somers while Grant meets a visitor.
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S1 Ep6
12th Aug 1962
What was Dr. Glenville doing in the islands? Who is the mysterious friend of Colonel Jamieson whom Grant recognised? Who killed Grant and why? Nicolson makes an expedition to the dark island while the trawlers wait, and there is an unexpected meeting in the black house.
The Dark Island is a six-part British television miniseries, produced by Gerard Glaister for the BBC. It premièred on 8 July 1962. It was later adapted for radio, which was transmitted in 1969. It was set on the Outer Hebridean island of Benbecula, though the majority of the series was filmed on South Uist.
The first episode of The Dark Island aired on July 08, 1962.
The last episode of The Dark Island aired on August 12, 1962.
