Special Branch (Season 4)

Special Branch is a British police drama centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.

  • Poster for Double Exposure

    Double Exposure (Episode 1)

    Writer: Michael J. Bird

    Air date: 1974-02-14

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1974-02-21

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Jailbait

    Jailbait (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1974-02-28

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Stand and Deliver

    Stand and Deliver (Episode 4)

    Writer: Michael J. Bird

    Air date: 1974-03-07

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Something about a Soldier

    Something about a Soldier (Episode 5)

    Writer: Michael J. Bird

    Air date: 1974-03-14

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Rendezvous

    Rendezvous (Episode 6)

    Writer: Tony Williamson

    Air date: 1974-03-21

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Sounds Sinister

    Sounds Sinister (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1974-03-28

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Entente Cordiale

    Entente Cordiale (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1974-04-04

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Date of Birth

    Date of Birth (Episode 9)

    Writer: Lewis Greifer

    Air date: 1974-04-11

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Intercept

    Intercept (Episode 10)

    Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin

    Air date: 1974-04-18

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Alien

    Alien (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1974-04-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Diversion

    Diversion (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1974-05-02

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Downwind of Angels

    Downwind of Angels (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1974-05-09

    Runtime: 60 min

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

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