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Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
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- 01
Six DaysLOCATION: Aboard Astair flight Golf-Alpha-Zulu-Echo-Bravo
DATE: July 17th
An airplane lands at Heathrow 30 minutes early, according to all indications on board. When the plane lands the crew is met by anxious airport officials, notifying them that they are not 30 minutes early, but six days overdue. Department S has a vested interest in the flight, because Sir Curtis was aboard. As they begin investigating, people start dying. - 02
The Trojan TankerLOCATION: Bedfordshire, England DATE: July 3rd
A tanker is involved in an accident. A witness swears he saw a woman in the back of the tanker, but when the police look there is no one inside. The tanker, however, is not carrying fuel, but rather is elaborately rigged as a living space. A search for the missing woman leads Jason to an old friend, and eventually to France. - 03
A Cellar Full of SilenceLOCATION: London, England DATE: June 20th
Four men dressed in various costumes are gunned down in a cellar. The gun of one had been fired, the bullet turning up in the body of a man found in the trunk of a submerged car. Stewart pays a call on a crime broker to see who hired the men and how the crimes relate to a house in St. John's Woods, where a woman is being kept sedated because she thought she saw four men wearing disguises committing a robbery in the house.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
Season's bestSix DaysSeptember 9, 1969LOCATION: Aboard Astair flight Golf-Alpha-Zulu-Echo-Bravo
DATE: July 17th
An airplane lands at Heathrow 30 minutes early, according to all - S01E02
The Trojan TankerSeptember 16, 1969LOCATION: Bedfordshire, England DATE: July 3rd
A tanker is involved in an accident. A witness swears he saw a woman in the back of the - S01E03
A Cellar Full of SilenceSeptember 23, 1969LOCATION: London, England DATE: June 20th
Four men dressed in various costumes are gunned down in a cellar. The gun of one had been fire - S01E04
The Pied Piper of HambledownSeptember 30, 1969—LOCATION: Hambledown, Hampshire, England DATE: April 16th
A woman goes to bed early, taking a sedative, to get enough sleep for a beauty - S01E05
One of Our Aircraft Is EmptyOctober 7, 1969—LOCATION: London Airport DATE: April 30th
Sky Tripper 190 requests auto land clearance at Heathrow Airport in London. When boarded, the - S01E06
The Man in the Elegant RoomOctober 14, 1969—LOCATION: Islington, London, England DATE: May 12th
A real estate agent, taking a man to see a warehouse, discovers a room constructed in - S01E07
Handicap DeadOctober 21, 1969—LOCATION: Colindale Golf Course, Scotland DATE: June 6th
Stewart attends a golf tournament in Scotland. The tournament leader is found d - S01E08
Black OutOctober 28, 1969—LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 26th
A chef goes to the opera in London. Three days later he is found by Mexican authorities in the - S01E09
The Double Death of Charlie CrippenNovember 4, 1969—LOCATION: Bay of Naples, Italy DATE: August 14th
Assassins attack a limousine with a land mine, but the “man” killed turns out to be a man - S01E10
The Treasure of the Costa del SolNovember 11, 1969—LOCATION: The Costa del Sol, Spain DATE: July 31st
A man goes scuba diving while his friend waits in the car. The man returns from the d - S01E11
Who Plays the Dummy?November 18, 1969—LOCATION:The Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain DATE: September 12th
A car, apparently out of control, rushes to its doom in a mountainous, uni - S01E12
The Man Who Got a New FaceNovember 25, 1969—LOCATION: Cap d'Antibes, France DATE: August 16th
A man takes enormous risk by sneak onto the grounds of an estate. He steals nothing, ta - S01E13
Les Fleurs du MalDecember 2, 1969—LOCATION: Rome, Italy DATE: September 26th
A small package has the key to the disappearance of $5 million taken in a robbery. The man - S01E14
The Shift That Never WasDecember 9, 1969—LOCATION: Stepney, London, England DATE: October 10th
The police are called to investigate a manufacturing company manager’s claim that n - S01E15
Dead Men Die TwiceDecember 16, 1969—LOCATION: Southern France DATE: July 19th
A man's home is invaded by armed intruders intent on killing him. He has a heart attack and - S01E16
A Ticket to NowhereDecember 23, 1969—LOCATION: Heathrow Airport, London, England DATE: December 6th
A pilot coming in for a landing spies a man on the runway. He is unable - S01E17
Last Train to RedbridgeDecember 30, 1969—LOCATION: London DATE: November 22nd
A subway arrives at its final destination for the evening. A conductor finds a car filled with dead - S01E18
The Ghost of Mary BurnhamJanuary 6, 1970—LOCATION: London DATE: January 4th
John Burnham’s wife was murdered in the parking garage as they were leaving for the evening. However, - S01E19
The Man from XJanuary 13, 1970—LOCATION: London, England DATE: February 2nd
A couple, necking in a car, are shocked to find a man in a spacesuit coming at them. He fal - S01E20
Death on ReflectionJanuary 20, 1970—LOCATION: Bond Street, London, England DATE: January 18th
Sir Curtis attends an auction. A mirror that he suspects is worth no more than - S01E21
The Perfect OperationJanuary 27, 1970—LOCATION: City of Southwark Hospital, London DATE: October 24th
A British government official suffers a brain hemorrhage. While in surge - S01E22
The Duplicated ManFebruary 3, 1970—LOCATION: Foreign Office, London DATE: February 16th.
A plane carrying a British MI5 agent explodes over the English Channel. Witnesses o - S01E23
The Mysterious Man in the Flying MachineFebruary 10, 1970—LOCATION: Paris, France DATE: March 8th
A man murders another man on a flight. He then orders no one to move and opens the airplane doo - S01E24
Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years OldFebruary 17, 1970—LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 8th
A man commits suicide beneath a tree in a park. He has no identification and is completely unt - S01E25
A Fish out of WaterFebruary 24, 1970—LOCATION: Beruit, Lebanon DATE: March 22nd
The body of an Interpol agent is found near the shore shortly after he arrives in Beruit for - S01E26
A Small War of NervesMarch 3, 1970—LOCATION: Wiltshire, England DATE: April 20th
Greg Halliday is fed up with his work as a chemical engineer creating weapons that can ob - S01E27
The Bones of Byrom BlainMarch 10, 1970—LOCATION: Marling Dale, Cheshire, England DATE: April 4th
When a chauffeur opens the door for his passenger, a diplomat named Byrom Bla - S01E28
The Soup of the DayMarch 17, 1970—LOCATION: Liverpool, England DATE: May 2nd
Department S is called upon to investigate a most unusual burglary: four men break into a wa
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