25. The XYY Man

It was always going to be The XYY Man for letter X, giving Andy the
opportunity to finally take the cellophane off his DVD boxset. The
series is about a repeat offender called Spider Scott, played by
Stephen Yardley, who has an extra Y chromosome, believed at the
time to make people more likely to commit crimes, particularly
against property. On his tail is Don Henderson's Sergeant Bulman,
who would go on to appear in Strangers and his own titular TV
series. When a prominent diplomat finds himself in a compromising
situation with Zilda from Robots of Death, Spider is approached to
steal a negative from the Chinese Legation in London. But its not
altogether clear if Spider is being played. And when both South
Africans and Rhodesians become involved its obvious that more is at
stake than it first appears. The series is directed by Ken Grieve
(Destiny of the Daleks) and adapted from the books by Kenneth
Royce. If Network DVD is to be trusted The XYY Man is a cult
classic, but what do Andy and Martin make of it, and specifically,
the first three-part story? And what effect will Martin just having
had his COVID-19 jab have on proceedings? Next Time: Yellowthread
Street