This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, Requiem for a Son and the two series had a two-part. I loved it and cherish it as one of my favorite childhood shows. When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. It was at its greatest when it found the humor of life after all the chaos of the evenings episode. It was a show about two cops and two men who cared about each other. The show was at it's best when the powers that be let them do their own thing, at it's worst when it tried to comply with those who wanted it to be something it was not.it was not a show about social workers. Thomas Banacek (superbly played by George Peppard) was a free-lance insurance investigator with a charismatic personality and a knack for solving seemingly insoluble large-scale cases of theft and fraud - for a hefty 10 fee. Summary: It's another race between Banacek and Carlie to see who can figure out how a one of a kind Greek treasure disappeared in a museum gallery in front of startled onlookers. Banacek definitely was one such unique and outstanding series. The blond and the cute, the dark and the handsome, one a thinker, the other a doer, one quiet, one a little bit loud, but both very appealing.Did their best work in a red and white Torino. Starring: Christine Belford, Ralph Manza, George Peppard, Murray Matheson. Glaser was superb, with each man giving to his character that special something that can't be duplicated. The chemistry between David Soul and Paul M. How can I begin to describe one of the best buddy/cop shows on the air in the Seventies? I looked forward to each episode and hated it when I had to miss it for some reason.