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Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01A Covenant with DeathOctober 2, 1963—During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.
- S01E02The WeaklingOctober 9, 1963—An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, pro
- S01E03The Incurable OneOctober 16, 1963—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
- S01E04The Gentle SpiesOctober 23, 1963—An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep rele
- S01E05He Rises on Sunday and We on MondayOctober 30, 1963—During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.
- S01E06To the Very EndNovember 6, 1963—A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But o
- S01E07The Dragon SlayerNovember 13, 1963—Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.
- S01E08The Whistling ShrimpNovember 20, 1963—A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.
- S01E09The Light of a Friendly StarDecember 4, 1963—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
- S01E10Festival of PawnsDecember 11, 1963—The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?
- S01E11A Camel to RideDecember 18, 1963—Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.
- S01E12Never Turn Your Back on a FriendJanuary 1, 1964—A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will
- S01E13Medal for a Turned CoatJanuary 15, 1964—A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Comm
- S01E14The Final DecisionJanuary 22, 1964—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
- S01E15Do You Remember Leo Winters?January 29, 1964—A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But i
- S01E16We, the HuntedFebruary 5, 1964—An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.
- S01E17The Frantick RebelFebruary 12, 1964—It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but alwa
- S01E18Castles in SpainFebruary 19, 1964—An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded
- S01E19Snow on Mount KamaFebruary 26, 1964—As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrectio
- S01E20Once a Spy...March 4, 1964—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 – u
- S01E21The LiberatorsMarch 11, 1964—An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of m
- S01E22Some Other Kind of WorldMarch 18, 1964—When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes
- S01E23A Free AgentMarch 21, 1964—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.
- S01E24A Tiny Drop of PoisonMay 20, 1964—A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.
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