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Espionage

TV·1963–1964·1 season, 24 episodes·NBC·Action & Adventure, Drama·48m·Created by Herbert Hirschman

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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

Season0124Episodes1963–64AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01A Covenant with DeathOctober 2, 1963During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.
  2. S01E02The WeaklingOctober 9, 1963An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, pro
  3. S01E03The Incurable OneOctober 16, 1963Celeste, 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
  4. S01E04The Gentle SpiesOctober 23, 1963An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep rele
  5. S01E05He Rises on Sunday and We on MondayOctober 30, 1963During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.
  6. S01E06To the Very EndNovember 6, 1963A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But o
  7. S01E07The Dragon SlayerNovember 13, 1963Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.
  8. S01E08The Whistling ShrimpNovember 20, 1963A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.
  9. S01E09The Light of a Friendly StarDecember 4, 1963A 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
  10. S01E10Festival of PawnsDecember 11, 1963The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?
  11. S01E11A Camel to RideDecember 18, 1963Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.
  12. S01E12Never Turn Your Back on a FriendJanuary 1, 1964A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will
  13. S01E13Medal for a Turned CoatJanuary 15, 1964A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Comm
  14. S01E14The Final DecisionJanuary 22, 1964When 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
  15. S01E15Do You Remember Leo Winters?January 29, 1964A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But i
  16. S01E16We, the HuntedFebruary 5, 1964An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.
  17. S01E17The Frantick RebelFebruary 12, 1964It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but alwa
  18. S01E18Castles in SpainFebruary 19, 1964An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded
  19. S01E19Snow on Mount KamaFebruary 26, 1964As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrectio
  20. S01E20Once a Spy...March 4, 1964A 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
  21. S01E21The LiberatorsMarch 11, 1964An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of m
  22. S01E22Some Other Kind of WorldMarch 18, 1964When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes
  23. S01E23A Free AgentMarch 21, 1964When a Soviet agent falls in love with a woman on the other side, he falls under the scrutiny of his allies and his enemies.
  24. S01E24A Tiny Drop of PoisonMay 20, 1964A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.

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