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Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films.
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- 01
Hollow ManA man creates a holo-imager which is used on the new £100 notes. Another guy, North, who helped design the holo-imager and who is also supposedly dead, turns up alive, and is trying to make fake £100 notes to ‘up' his bank balance. Ros goes to dinner with the man who created the holo-imager and he ends up being told to shoot her, but he lets her go. - 02
Pandora's BoxThe legendary tomb of King Arthur is supposedly at a site, where suddely a lot of people are becoming ill and new owners have stopped all normal work. beckett goes undercover to find out what is going on, and with the help of the others, they discover that the digging for the tomb has unearthed a plague. Alex falls ill with the pague and Ros works at finding her a cure. She is also worried about Beckett, who insists to stay at the site and stop the men from letting more people die and shows for the first time since they split up that she still cares for him. - 03
Down Among the Dead MenEd and Beckett go 'under cover' and end up on board a submarine. They are, however, found out to be fakes and, whilst Ed escapes, Beckett is left on the submarine with a money hungry man, eager to gain access to a bank and steal some diamonds a long the way. Beckett ends up getting trapped on the submarine, as it slowly fills with water. The man, meanwhile, has got his associate to steal these diamonds, but their plan is foiled when Ros enters the scene. Ed goes under the sea to search for the submarine and but will he find Beckett in time?
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Out of the HiveApril 1, 1995Ros and Beckett first meet, after Beckett is forced to leave The Hive when he is framed for leaking information. The real traitor turns out - S01E02
Assassins IncApril 8, 1995Ros, Ed and Beckett's first customer appears in the form of Irene Campell, who turns out to have conned Beckett into helping her continue do - S01E03
All Under ControlApril 15, 1995Ros, Ed and Beckett are called in to investigate the mysterious plane that went ‘out of control' for a while. However, while Ros is checki - S01E04
Season's bestDown Among the Dead MenApril 22, 1995Ed and Beckett go 'under cover' and end up on board a submarine. They are, however, found out to be fakes and, whilst Ed escapes, Beckett is - S01E05
Shotgun WeddingApril 29, 1995Ros, Ed and Beckett are called in to protect Anna Fabrizi, a visiting Italian politician who has vowed to fight political corruption in her - S01E06
StealthMay 6, 1995An attempt to steal a revolutionary new car with an advanced guidance system is foiled by the Bugs team. The thieves then turn their attent - S01E07
Manna From HeavenMay 20, 1995—A new type of food called Phodex has been created and it is made from some sort of algae. Ros, Ed and Beckett are called to investigate abou - S01E08
Hot MetalMay 27, 1995R-6 is a new type of metal, and it has an explosive nature. A man called DaSilva decides to take advantage of this property of the metal and - S01E09
A Sporting ChanceJune 3, 1995A special formula has been developed which enhances the performance of athletes. However, no-one has considered the after effects, which are - S01E10
PulseJune 10, 1995Many small companies are being bought up by two mysterious men and Ros, Ed and Beckett are called to investigate. When the manager in anothe
Season02
- S02E01
What Goes Up... (1)April 6, 1996Ed is put into training to go up in a space shuttle, mainly to find out who is trying to stop the launch of it, and not to actually go up in - S02E02
... Must Come Down (2)April 13, 1996Concluding Part from last week! Ed is put into training to go up in a space shuttle, mainly to find out who is trying to stop the launch of - S02E03
Bugged WheatApril 20, 1996A special sort of wheat, being developed so that it is resistant to all known crop diseases is destroyed by intruders breaking into the Euro - S02E04
Whirling DervishApril 27, 1996The Bugs team are called in to prevent a cartel of the world airlines from sabotaging Strate Air, a successful new airline. Hector Jerome, t - S02E05
BlackoutMay 4, 1996A woman called Pascal holds a building full of people hostage, claiming to be comcerned about the enivornment. However, her intensions are f - S02E06
Gold RushMay 11, 1996A room full of gold is infected with a new sort of virus that quite literally eats gold. It is up to Ros to make an antidote to return the g - S02E07
Schrodinger's BombMay 25, 1996Cassandra and ‘Daddy' strike a deal with Jean-Daniel and Ros ends up getting kidnapped by him. Roland Blatty has a ‘brush with death' wh - S02E08
Newton's RunJune 1, 1996Newton the dog is the new creation of a scientific lab. Newton is ‘a robot dog' who is just like any other dog, except that when a special - S02E09
Season's bestThe Bureau of Weapons (1)June 8, 1996A deadly powerful creature called Cyberax has escaped from a computer and then suddenly Cyberax the company is born, by no other than Jean-D - S02E10
A Cage for Satan (2)June 22, 1996Another second parter to end the Series. Cyberax's destructive nature has entered Ros' brain and Beckett and Ed find themselves racing agai
Season03
- S03E01
Blaze of GloryJuly 19, 1997First of a two parter to start off Series 3. A man called Mc-hage's business is desperately trying to be sabotaged, and he calls in Ros, Ed - S03E02
The Revenge EffectJuly 26, 1997The second part, where Ed is still in hospital and feeling a bit depressed at the fact that his injuries mean that he will be in and out of - S03E03
The Price of PeaceAugust 2, 1997A new engine killer wepaon is stolen whilst Ed and Alex are testing it. Beckett escorts a statsman, Van Straaten to a peace conference, thei - S03E04
Season's bestHollow ManAugust 9, 1997A man creates a holo-imager which is used on the new £100 notes. Another guy, North, who helped design the holo-imager and who is also suppo - S03E05
Nuclear FamilyAugust 16, 1997A foreign president is critically ill and everyone thinks he is dying, and there is no cure for his disease. Then, an English doctor discove - S03E06
FugitiveAugust 23, 1997Ros is set up and sent into custody. Even Jan seems to believe that she is guilty, but Beckett loyally stays beside her and tries to get her - S03E07
Happy Ever After?August 30, 1997The team are investigating about the mysterious disapearence of a woman called Julia, kidnapped at her own wedding. Ros and Beckett go to th - S03E08
Buried TreasureSeptember 13, 1997A lot of convicts are conviently let out of prison a few years before they should by the mysterious ‘Athena'. THe Bugs team go to investig - S03E09
Identity CrisisSeptember 20, 1997JAN mysterially dissapears and is replaced by a new JAN at the bureau which causes friction between the team. But where has the other JAN go - S03E10
RenegadesSeptember 27, 1997Roland Blatty is still in hospital and a nurse explains to a new one that he will remain that way forever. However, once she has left the ro
Season04Best season
- S04E01
Absent FriendsJuly 11, 1998Ros is missing and Beckett, Alex and Ed are desperately searching for her. However, they find her car a river with some of her blood in it, - S04E02
Sacrifice to ScienceJuly 18, 1998Ros is still missing, although now the others know that she is not actually dead. Ros decides to ring Beckett and ask him to meet her, and B - S04E03
Girl PowerJuly 25, 1998Carly, a 14 year old girl breaks into The Hive and for some reason Ros is put in charge of her, which she is not too happy about. Beckett is - S04E04
The Two BeckettsAugust 1, 1998A man breaks into a building, and although he tries to escape, he is caught. He then asks for Beckett, saying that he will only talk to him, - S04E05
Hell and High WaterAugust 8, 1998The Bugs team are called in to investiagte why the crew on board the Searanger, an oil rig, have suddenly gone silent. After investigation, - S04E06
Season's bestPandora's BoxAugust 22, 1998The legendary tomb of King Arthur is supposedly at a site, where suddely a lot of people are becoming ill and new owners have stopped all no - S04E07
Jewel ControlAugust 29, 1998Ros' friend, Sorrel marries Richard Blenko, a two faced man with a silver tongue, who'd give anything to save his own life. He promises a ga - S04E08
Twin GeeksAugust 14, 1999Some Twin bright sparks decide that the world does not take them seriously enough, and plan to pay back the company that sacked them, years - S04E09
Money SpidersAugust 21, 1999Two baddies (Zephyr and Wymark) create some ‘spiders' that route around networks looking for juicy bits of information that they can use t - S04E10
The Enemy WithinAugust 28, 1999Ros has yet another brush with death, this time because she was shot in the head by Zephyr. As she fights for her life in hospital throughou
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