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Bugs

TV·1995–1999·4 seasons, 40 episodes·BBC One·Drama, Action & Adventure·48m·Created by Brian Eastman

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Bugs S03E04Hollow ManS03E04 · 8.0A 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.
  2. 02Bugs S04E06Pandora's BoxS04E06 · 8.0The 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.
  3. 03Bugs S01E04Down Among the Dead MenS01E04 · 7.0Ed 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

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1995Aired 6.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Bugs S01E01Out of the HiveApril 1, 1995 6.0Ros and Beckett first meet, after Beckett is forced to leave The Hive when he is framed for leaking information. The real traitor turns out
  2. S01E02Bugs S01E02Assassins IncApril 8, 1995 6.0Ros, 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
  3. S01E03Bugs S01E03All Under ControlApril 15, 1995 6.0Ros, Ed and Beckett are called in to investigate the mysterious plane that went ‘out of control' for a while. However, while Ros is checki
  4. S01E04Bugs S01E04Season's bestDown Among the Dead MenApril 22, 1995 7.0Ed 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
  5. S01E05Bugs S01E05Shotgun WeddingApril 29, 1995 5.0Ros, Ed and Beckett are called in to protect Anna Fabrizi, a visiting Italian politician who has vowed to fight political corruption in her
  6. S01E06Bugs S01E06StealthMay 6, 1995 6.0An attempt to steal a revolutionary new car with an advanced guidance system is foiled by the Bugs team. The thieves then turn their attent
  7. S01E07Bugs S01E07Manna From HeavenMay 20, 1995A 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
  8. S01E08Bugs S01E08Hot MetalMay 27, 1995 7.0R-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
  9. S01E09Bugs S01E09A Sporting ChanceJune 3, 1995 7.0A special formula has been developed which enhances the performance of athletes. However, no-one has considered the after effects, which are
  10. S01E10Bugs S01E10PulseJune 10, 1995 7.0Many small companies are being bought up by two mysterious men and Ros, Ed and Beckett are called to investigate. When the manager in anothe

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1996Aired 6.1Season avg
  1. S02E01Bugs S02E01What Goes Up... (1)April 6, 1996 6.0Ed 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
  2. S02E02Bugs S02E02... Must Come Down (2)April 13, 1996 6.0Concluding 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
  3. S02E03Bugs S02E03Bugged WheatApril 20, 1996 6.0A special sort of wheat, being developed so that it is resistant to all known crop diseases is destroyed by intruders breaking into the Euro
  4. S02E04Bugs S02E04Whirling DervishApril 27, 1996 6.0The Bugs team are called in to prevent a cartel of the world airlines from sabotaging Strate Air, a successful new airline. Hector Jerome, t
  5. S02E05Bugs S02E05BlackoutMay 4, 1996 6.0A woman called Pascal holds a building full of people hostage, claiming to be comcerned about the enivornment. However, her intensions are f
  6. S02E06Bugs S02E06Gold RushMay 11, 1996 6.0A 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
  7. S02E07Bugs S02E07Schrodinger's BombMay 25, 1996 6.0Cassandra and ‘Daddy' strike a deal with Jean-Daniel and Ros ends up getting kidnapped by him. Roland Blatty has a ‘brush with death' wh
  8. S02E08Bugs S02E08Newton's RunJune 1, 1996 5.0Newton 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
  9. S02E09Bugs S02E09Season's bestThe Bureau of Weapons (1)June 8, 1996 7.0A deadly powerful creature called Cyberax has escaped from a computer and then suddenly Cyberax the company is born, by no other than Jean-D
  10. S02E10Bugs S02E10A Cage for Satan (2)June 22, 1996 7.0Another second parter to end the Series. Cyberax's destructive nature has entered Ros' brain and Beckett and Ed find themselves racing agai

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1997Aired 6.6Season avg
  1. S03E01Bugs S03E01Blaze of GloryJuly 19, 1997 6.0First 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
  2. S03E02Bugs S03E02The Revenge EffectJuly 26, 1997 7.0The 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
  3. S03E03Bugs S03E03The Price of PeaceAugust 2, 1997 6.0A new engine killer wepaon is stolen whilst Ed and Alex are testing it. Beckett escorts a statsman, Van Straaten to a peace conference, thei
  4. S03E04Bugs S03E04Season's bestHollow ManAugust 9, 1997 8.0A 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
  5. S03E05Bugs S03E05Nuclear FamilyAugust 16, 1997 6.0A foreign president is critically ill and everyone thinks he is dying, and there is no cure for his disease. Then, an English doctor discove
  6. S03E06Bugs S03E06FugitiveAugust 23, 1997 6.0Ros 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
  7. S03E07Bugs S03E07Happy Ever After?August 30, 1997 6.0The team are investigating about the mysterious disapearence of a woman called Julia, kidnapped at her own wedding. Ros and Beckett go to th
  8. S03E08Bugs S03E08Buried TreasureSeptember 13, 1997 7.0A 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
  9. S03E09Bugs S03E09Identity CrisisSeptember 20, 1997 7.0JAN 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
  10. S03E10Bugs S03E10RenegadesSeptember 27, 1997 7.0Roland 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

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode10Episodes1998–99Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S04E01Bugs S04E01Absent FriendsJuly 11, 1998 7.0Ros 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,
  2. S04E02Bugs S04E02Sacrifice to ScienceJuly 18, 1998 7.0Ros 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
  3. S04E03Bugs S04E03Girl PowerJuly 25, 1998 7.0Carly, 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
  4. S04E04Bugs S04E04The Two BeckettsAugust 1, 1998 7.0A 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,
  5. S04E05Bugs S04E05Hell and High WaterAugust 8, 1998 6.0The Bugs team are called in to investiagte why the crew on board the Searanger, an oil rig, have suddenly gone silent. After investigation,
  6. S04E06Bugs S04E06Season's bestPandora's BoxAugust 22, 1998 8.0The 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
  7. S04E07Bugs S04E07Jewel ControlAugust 29, 1998 6.0Ros' 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
  8. S04E08Bugs S04E08Twin GeeksAugust 14, 1999 7.0Some Twin bright sparks decide that the world does not take them seriously enough, and plan to pay back the company that sacked them, years
  9. S04E09Bugs S04E09Money SpidersAugust 21, 1999 7.0Two baddies (Zephyr and Wymark) create some ‘spiders' that route around networks looking for juicy bits of information that they can use t
  10. S04E10Bugs S04E10The Enemy WithinAugust 28, 1999 7.0Ros 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

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

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