The XYY Man

1. S01E01The PropositionJuly 3, 1976—Cat burglar William 'Spider' Scott leaves prison vowing to go straight. However, a government security officer approaches him to do a highly
2. S01E02The ExecutionJuly 10, 1976—Fairfax persuades Spider to burgle the Chinese Legation to retrieve a photo for the British Government. He accomplishes this but is seen and
3. S01E03The ResolutionJuly 17, 1976—Spider is tortured by two South African hitmen for the negative he stole from the Chinese. He's luckily rescued and then discovers he may be

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1. S02E01Friends and EnemiesJune 27, 1977—Spider has bought a half share in a small executive aircraft which he flies with his partner. One of his first customers is an acquaintance
2. S02E02The Missing Civil ServantJuly 4, 1977—Has Riesen become involved with American crime and, if he really has, what impact will this have on Spider?
3. S02E03The Big BangJuly 11, 1977—Spider is forced to fly up North en route to Russia with a bomb onboard. This turns out to be the decoy at the airport for a half a million
4. S02E04At the Bottom of the RiverJuly 18, 1977—Narrowly escaping the aeroplane explosion, Spider returns home to find Reisen's body being loaded into a van. Then Bulman turns up to save h
5. S02E05When We Were Very GreedyJuly 25, 1977—Spider is invited to sit on a prison enquiry board headed by a rich merchant banker. Bulman and Willis continue dogging his tracks, with Bul
6. S02E06Now We Are DeadAugust 1, 1977—Caught up in a situation beyond his control, Spider finds that Quilter has been murdered and Bucket-Face Smith has vanished. Then he finds s
7. S02E07Whisper Who DaresAugust 8, 1977—A trail of corpses seems to follow Spider as he attempts to free himself from the situation he's been caught up in.
8. S02E08Law and OrderJuly 15, 1977—Imprisoned, Spider is involved in a conspiracy to spring himself and Norden. They succeed in breaking out of jail and Norden disappears, lea
9. S02E09The Detrimental RobotAugust 22, 1977—Bulman is hot on the trail of Spider, who finds himself in a hostage situation. The body count rises as two detectives are killed.
10. S02E10A View to a DeathAugust 29, 1977—Maggie bonds Spider out but, when he is released, he's sought once more to risk his life in order to capture a foreign agent.

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