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The Dangerous Game

Pete Johnson, a market trader dealing in dodgy goods, gives his young son Mike an early Christmas present - a powered moon buggy called Lunar Race 2000, which bursts into flames as soon as it is plugged in, and he finds himself in hospital. Eddie meets Mike while he is at the hospital delivering presents in the children's ward, and a doctor tells him that Mike has given a different story which may need investigation. Eddie gets the truth out of Pete, who says he has sold the other moon buggies, and Eddie begins broadcasting warnings about the potentially dangerous toy - but then the radio station is threatened with legal action by Wing's, the manufacturers, who say there is no such product...

English
  • Originally Aired December 21, 1980
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network BBC One
  • Notes Is the series finale
  • Created April 7, 2014 by
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  • Modified May 12, 2026 by
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Name Type Role
Chris Boucher Writer
Ben Bolt Director