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Season 1

  • S01E01 Troika

    • September 17, 1969
    • ITV1

    The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.

  • S01E02 Smokescreen

    • September 24, 1969
    • ITV1

    Cowley suicides shortly after an unproductive round of questioning by Eden in gaol, which leads to an embarrassing public coroner's inquest. Jordon investigates a scientist being vetted for a sensitive position and all agree he's too far left for further consideration, yet he still succeeds.

  • S01E03 The Promised Land

    • October 1, 1969
    • ITV1

    A small boat arrives at a beach in Kent where illegal aliens are unloaded, but the police bag the smugglers and all bar one of the Pakistanis, now quite ill, who seeks refuge with an immigrant rights activist.

  • S01E04 A Date with Leonidas

    • October 8, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E05 The Kazimiriov Affair

    • October 15, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E06 A New Face

    • October 22, 1969
    • ITV1

    The son of a trusted officer of the special branch has become radicalised while away at university, trying to join a gang of riot-minded militant socialist students. This threatens to break up his family, and his father's position.

  • S01E07 You Don't Exist

    • October 29, 1969
    • ITV1

    A girl lands at Heathrow from Rhodesia, but owing to Britian's break of diplomatic relations, she has no valid passport. A young officer is supposed to mind her until she can be sent back, but takes her for a tour instead.

  • S01E08 The Children of Delight

    • November 5, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E09 Reliable Sources

    • November 12, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E10 Short Change

    • November 19, 1969
    • ITV1

    A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspect she's far more than she seems to be.

  • S01E11 Exit a Diplomat

    • November 26, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E12 Care of Her Majesty

    • December 3, 1969
    • ITV1

    Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.

  • S01E13 Visitor from Moscow

    • December 10, 1969
    • ITV1
  • S01E14 Time Bomb

    • December 17, 1969
    • ITV1

Season 2

Season 3

  • S03E01 A Copper Called Craven

    • April 4, 1973
    • ITV1

    Craven find himself under suspicion of accepting a bribe.

  • S03E02 Round the Clock

    • April 11, 1973
    • ITV1

    Haggerty's appointment to Special Branch immediately brings him into conflict with Craven - he believes that Craven is on the trail of a man who is already dead.

  • S03E03 Inquisition

    • April 18, 1973
    • ITV1

    Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.

  • S03E04 Assault

    • April 25, 1973
    • ITV1

    Haggerty and Craven target a team of vicious muggers.

  • S03E05 Polonaise

    • May 2, 1973
    • ITV1

    The Special Branch team are assigned to protect the captain of a Polish passenger and cargo ship who believes he is going to be killed.

  • S03E06 Red Herring

    • May 9, 1973
    • ITV1

    Special Branch joins forces with a bomb-disposal expert to stop a terrorist bombing campaign in the heart of London.

  • S03E07 Death by Drowning

    • May 16, 1973
    • ITV1

    The body of a young girl is found floating in the Thames - is it murder, suicide or something worse?

  • S03E08 All the King's Men

    • May 23, 1973
    • ITV1

    A deranged man has taken a hostage and threatens to blow up a block of flats. Craven must act quickly to avert disaster.

  • S03E09 Threat

    • June 6, 1973
    • ITV1

    British-born Hollywood star Sue Arden arrives in London to rehearse a play, accompanied by a tip-off from the F.B.I that she could be a target of a murder attempt. Craven, Haggerty and North are assigned to protect the actress, but the job and the murder threats are not all they appear to be…

  • S03E10 The Other Man

    • June 13, 1973
    • ITV1

    Craven finds himself investigating a man accused of being a traitor, but has his doubts as to the truthfulness of the accusations.

  • S03E11 You Won't Remember Me

    • June 20, 1973
    • ITV1

    Craven is puzzled as to why he has been asked to carry out twenty-four hour surveillance on a couple who are engaged to be married.

  • S03E12 Hostage

    • June 27, 1973
    • ITV1

    Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.

  • S03E13 Blueprint for Murder

    • July 4, 1973
    • ITV1

    The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Double Exposure

    • February 14, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven and Haggerty are assigned to investigate if a photographer is a threat to national security.

  • S04E02 Catherine the Great

    • February 21, 1974
    • ITV1

    The team are on the trail of Rehfuss - a deadly assassin who has managed to get into the country.

  • S04E03 Jailbait

    • February 28, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven and Haggerty are hot on the trail of a traitor has broken out from prison.

  • S04E04 Stand and Deliver

    • March 7, 1974
    • ITV1

    An experimental weapon is stolen from a military research facility, but the thieves are unaware the weapon is unstable.

  • S04E05 Something about a Soldier

    • March 14, 1974
    • ITV1

    Tensions run high as Craven and Haggerty investigate two army officers.

  • S04E06 Rendezvous

    • March 21, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven provides security for the debriefing of a captured KGB agent.

  • S04E07 Sounds Sinister

    • March 28, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven and Haggerty investigate the broadcasting of compromising information about public figures on a pirate radio station.

  • S04E08 Entente Cordiale

    • April 4, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven is appalled to find himself implicated in his ex-wife's terrorist activities.

  • S04E09 Date of Birth

    • April 11, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven must unravel the connection between a recently-killed spy and an au pair.

  • S04E10 Intercept

    • April 18, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven has to investigate a morally dubious but strategically important foreign VIP who has been robbed of a fortune in diamonds.

  • S04E11 Alien

    • April 25, 1974
    • ITV1

    A German student revolutionary has been allowed into Britain under the strict condition that he does nothing political. Craven and Haggerty are made to ensure that he sticks to the terms of his deal.

  • S04E12 Diversion

    • May 2, 1974
    • ITV1

    Is Strand's erratic behaviour a result of the pressure he is under or is he playing a much more dangerous game?

  • S04E13 Downwind of Angels

    • May 9, 1974
    • ITV1

    Craven and Haggerty are working against the clock to find a gunman stalking the London streets.

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