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The XYY Man
British television series
The XYY Man
The XYY Man is a series which began in 1970 as a series of novels by Kenneth Royce, featuring the character of William "Spider" Scott, a one-time cat-burglar who leaves prison aiming to go straight. Adapted for television, The XYY Man was broadcast on Granada Television in the United Kingdom in 1976 and 1977. In the series, the main character Scott finds his talents still to be very much in demand by both the criminal underworld and the British secret service. He has an extra Y chromosome that supposedly gives him a criminal predisposition – although he tries to go straight, he is genetically incapable of doing so. Royce's original books were: The XYY Man (1970); Concrete Boot (1971); The Miniatures Frame (1972); Spider Underground (The Masterpiece Affair) (1973) and Trap Spider (1974), though he returned to the character in the 80s with The Crypto Man (1984) and The Mosley Receipt (1985). Regular characters included Scott's long-suffering girlfriend Maggie Parsons; British secret service...
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