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.
Espionage (Season 1)
A Covenant with Death (Episode 1)
Writer: Peter Stone
Air date: 1963-10-02
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: During World War II, two Norwegian resistance fighters are tried for the deaths of an elderly couple.
The Weakling (Episode 2)
Writer: Arnold Perl
Air date: 1963-10-09
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An American commando is sent to occupied France to contact the underground, but he's captured and endures horrific torture by the Nazis, protecting what he believes to be a top military secret.
The Incurable One (Episode 3)
Writer: Sidney Carroll
Air date: 1963-10-16
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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. But, years after the war, he learns that killing has become a habit with her.
The Gentle Spies (Episode 4)
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Air date: 1963-10-23
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An Aldermaston-type ban-the-bomb group is staging sit-in demonstrations around London, even on the steps of Whitehall. Worse, they keep releasing top secret documents in fliers and press releases, so a young agent is sent to infiltrate them to discover who their government source is.
He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday (Episode 5)
Writer: Alvin Sapinsley
Air date: 1963-10-30
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: During the First World War, Sir Roger Casement returns to Ireland to lead the Easter Rising.
To the Very End (Episode 6)
Writer: David Greene
Air date: 1963-11-06
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A young American in France joins a trio of French anti-nuclear protesters in the kidnapping of Professor Moreau, an eminent scientist. But one of them has another agenda - a personal revenge on the Professor.
The Dragon Slayer (Episode 7)
Writer: Albert Ruben
Air date: 1963-11-13
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-Sen is kidnapped in London and held prisoner.
The Whistling Shrimp (Episode 8)
Writer: Leon Tokatyan
Air date: 1963-11-20
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A journalist begins to suspect CIA involvement in the internal politics of a newly-emergent African nation.
The Light of a Friendly Star (Episode 9)
Writer: John Gay
Air date: 1963-12-04
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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 the ambassador's 10 year old daughter.
Festival of Pawns (Episode 10)
Writer: Robert Dozier
Air date: 1963-12-11
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: The beautiful Lina has defected to the West from East Germany. But is she a genuine refugee or a spy?
A Camel to Ride (Episode 11)
Writer: John Furia, Jr.
Air date: 1963-12-18
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: Catholic priest Father James leads protests against a nation's oppressive goverment.
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend (Episode 12)
Writer: Waldo Salt
Air date: 1964-01-01
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A multi-national commando team raid a Heavy Water plant in occupied Europe - and come away with the Chief Scientist...but which country will win the battle for the scientist's deadly knowledge...and will the team survive the sudden tensions the scientist brings?
Medal for a Turned Coat (Episode 13)
Writer: David Greene
Air date: 1964-01-15
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A German officer arrives in wartime England to negotiate a peace settlement in the event of Hitler's being assassinated by his own High Command.
The Final Decision (Episode 14)
Writer: Donald Jonson
Air date: 1964-01-22
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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 Mr. Smith has another suggestion about what to do with the time he has left.
Do You Remember Leo Winters? (Episode 15)
Writer: Art Wallace
Air date: 1964-01-29
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A onetime WWII hero diver is reactivated to do some underwater spying for MI5-against an American naval vessel anchored at Portsmouth. But is he reliable?
We, the Hunted (Episode 16)
Writer: Peter Yeldham
Air date: 1964-02-05
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An old man living in Spain seems likely to be be an escaped Nazi war criminal. Israeli agents arrive to investigate.
The Frantick Rebel (Episode 17)
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
Air date: 1964-02-12
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: It's 1777, and a mysterious lady is in London...is she spying for the American revolutionaries? Dr Johnson and Boswell investigate, but always seem a couple of steps behind.
Castles in Spain (Episode 18)
Writer: Raymond Bowers
Air date: 1964-02-19
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An aging onetime revolutionary war fighter returns to Spain to visit a fellow American friend, but complications arise when a badly wounded young man, hiding from the police, conceals himself in the American's car.
Snow on Mount Kama (Episode 19)
Writer: Donald Jonson
Air date: 1964-02-26
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: As a British colony in Africa moves toward independence, the foreign office recommends the white citizens leave. As some plot an insurrection against the incoming Black president, we study the turmoil of a young government man whose father-in-law may be in on the scheme.
Once a Spy... (Episode 20)
Writer: Julian Bond
Air date: 1964-03-04
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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 – unaware that his chief wants him to fail.
The Liberators (Episode 21)
Writer: John Furia, Jr.
Air date: 1964-03-11
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: An American mercenary is sent to a small Latin American country to rescue the famous revolutionary Escalon — but finds a different kind of man than the one he was expecting.
Some Other Kind of World (Episode 22)
Writer: Joseph Liss
Air date: 1964-03-18
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: When an American jazz band does a goodwill performance in Russia, their self-important guitarist defies state department guidelines and goes out with a local girl, leading to KGB intervention and charges of spying.
A Free Agent (Episode 23)
Writer: Leo Marks
Air date: 1964-03-21
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: 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.
A Tiny Drop of Poison (Episode 24)
Writer: John D. Hess
Air date: 1964-05-20
Runtime: 48 min
Overview: A rumor is deliberately spread to the effect that an American embassy official is 'emotionally unstable'.
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