Department S (1969–1970)

1. S01E01Season's bestSix DaysSeptember 9, 1969 7.0LOCATION: Aboard Astair flight Golf-Alpha-Zulu-Echo-Bravo DATE: July 17th An airplane lands at Heathrow 30 minutes early, according to all
2. S01E02The Trojan TankerSeptember 16, 1969 7.0LOCATION: Bedfordshire, England DATE: July 3rd A tanker is involved in an accident. A witness swears he saw a woman in the back of the ta
3. S01E03A Cellar Full of SilenceSeptember 23, 1969 7.0LOCATION: London, England DATE: June 20th Four men dressed in various costumes are gunned down in a cellar. The gun of one had been fired,
4. S01E04The 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 c
5. S01E05One 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 pl
6. S01E06The 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 ins
7. S01E07Handicap DeadOctober 21, 1969—LOCATION: Colindale Golf Course, Scotland DATE: June 6th Stewart attends a golf tournament in Scotland. The tournament leader is found dea
8. S01E08Black 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 de
9. S01E09The 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
10. S01E10The 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 div
11. S01E11Who 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, unin
12. S01E12The 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, tak
13. S01E13Les 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 ch
14. S01E14The 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
15. S01E15Dead 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 di
16. S01E16A 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 t
17. S01E17Last 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 p
18. S01E18The 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, J
19. S01E19The 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 falls
20. S01E20Death 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 £
21. S01E21The Perfect OperationJanuary 27, 1970—LOCATION: City of Southwark Hospital, London DATE: October 24th A British government official suffers a brain hemorrhage. While in surgery
22. S01E22The Duplicated ManFebruary 3, 1970—LOCATION: Foreign Office, London DATE: February 16th. A plane carrying a British MI5 agent explodes over the English Channel. Witnesses on
23. S01E23The 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 door
24. S01E24Spencer 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 untra
25. S01E25A Fish Out of WaterFebruary 24, 1970—LOCATION: Beirut, Lebanon DATE: March 22nd The body of an Interpol agent is found near the shore shortly after he arrives in Beirut for
26. S01E26A 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 obl
27. S01E27The 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 Blai
28. S01E28The 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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