Espionage

Series 1

24 episodes · Oct 2, 1963

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  • S1E1

    A Covenant with Death

    Oct 2, 196348m

    During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.

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  • S1E2

    The Weakling

    Oct 9, 196348m

    An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, protecting what he believes to be a top military secret.

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  • S1E3

    The Incurable One

    Oct 16, 196348m

    Celeste, a Scandinavian aristocrat who has lost everything in the war, is trained as a killer and spy by an American officer in World War II. But, years after the war, he learns that killing has become a habit with her.

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  • S1E4

    The Gentle Spies

    Oct 23, 196348m

    An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep releasing top secret documents in fliers and press releases, so a young agent is sent to infiltrate them to discover who their government source is.

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  • S1E5

    He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday

    Oct 30, 196348m

    During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.

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  • S1E6

    To the Very End

    Nov 6, 196348m

    A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But one of them has another agenda - a personal revenge on the Professor.

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  • S1E7

    The Dragon Slayer

    Nov 13, 196348m

    Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.

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  • S1E8

    The Whistling Shrimp

    Nov 20, 196348m

    A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.

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  • S1E9

    The Light of a Friendly Star

    Dec 4, 196348m

    A spy gets into the British embassy in West Germany. He manages to get some secrets, but to make good his escape, he reluctantly must kidnap the ambassador's 10 year old daughter.

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  • S1E10

    Festival of Pawns

    Dec 11, 196348m

    The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?

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  • S1E11

    A Camel to Ride

    Dec 18, 196348m

    Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.

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  • S1E12

    Never Turn Your Back on a Friend

    Jan 1, 196448m

    A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will win the battle for the scientist's deadly knowledge...and will the team survive the sudden tensions the scientist brings?

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  • S1E13

    Medal for a Turned Coat

    Jan 15, 196448m

    A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Command.

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  • S1E14

    The Final Decision

    Jan 22, 196448m

    When Richard Carey is told by his doctor that he's going to die soon, his first reaction is to get drunk and stay drunk. But the mysterious Mr. Smith has another suggestion about what to do with the time he has left.

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  • S1E15

    Do You Remember Leo Winters?

    Jan 29, 196448m

    A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But is he reliable?

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  • S1E16

    We, the Hunted

    Feb 5, 196448m

    An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.

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  • S1E17

    The Frantick Rebel

    Feb 12, 196448m

    It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but always seem a couple of steps behind.

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  • S1E18

    Castles in Spain

    Feb 19, 196448m

    An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded young man, hiding from the police, conceals himself in the American's car.

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  • S1E19

    Snow on Mount Kama

    Feb 26, 196448m

    As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrection against the incoming Black president, we study the turmoil of a young government man whose father-in-law may be in on the scheme.

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  • S1E20

    Once a Spy...

    Mar 4, 196448m

    A washed-up British spy, desperate for one last big chance to prove himself to his superiors, agrees to go on a secret mission in Africa – unaware that his chief wants him to fail.

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  • S1E21

    The Liberators

    Mar 11, 196448m

    An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of man than the one he was expecting.

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  • S1E22

    Some Other Kind of World

    Mar 18, 196448m

    When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes out with a local girl, leading to KGB intervention and charges of spying.

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  • S1E23

    A Free Agent

    Mar 21, 196448m

    When a Soviet agent falls in love with a woman on the other side, he falls under the scrutiny of his allies and his enemies.

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  • S1E24

    A Tiny Drop of Poison

    May 20, 196448m

    A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.

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