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Special Branch
1969 - 1974 4.3 (3 votes) 4 Seasons
Genres
Drama
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Special Branch

Overview

Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.

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Seasons

Season 1 (1969)

No overview available.

14 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Troika
1969-09-17

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Smokescreen
1969-09-24

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: The Promised Land
1969-10-01

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: A Date with Leonidas
1969-10-08

A teenager's vow of vengeance leads to Inspector Jordan interrupting a wedding and Superintendent Eden accepting a parcel that contains death. Before the day is over both men have cause for concern.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: The Kazimiriov Affair
1969-10-15

Informed that the manuscript of a Russian author's novel which has been smuggled into Britain is a forgery and could discredit the Goverment, Inspector Jordan goes against orders and investigates the claim.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: A New Face
1969-10-22

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: You Don't Exist
1969-10-29

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: The Children of Delight
1969-11-05

Is there something sinister going on behind the facade of 'The Children of Delight' - a group of hippies who have arrived on Eden's patch. Detective Sergeants Webb and Gifford go undercover to investigate.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Reliable Sources
1969-11-12

Superintendent Eden is on the spot. The Security Commission has met to consider the leak that tipped a spy during the Troika affair. The detective is cleared - but told that he cannot continue his role as Special Branch controller.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Short Change
1969-11-19

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Exit a Diplomat
1969-11-26

When a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Care of Her Majesty
1969-12-03

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Visitor from Moscow
1969-12-10

When a KGB officer is sent to London to coordinate security measures with the SB team for the forthcoming visit a Russian VIP, Inman instructs Jordan to help him - with disastrous results.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 14: Time Bomb
1969-12-17

Sent to investigate the death of the son of a pro-British oil sheikh in a bomb plot, Superintendent Inman finds a hotbed of intrigue and dangerous international situation about to explode in his face.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 2 (1970)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Inside
1970-08-11

Jordan goes undercover as a prisoner to uncover a convicted spy's secrets.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Dinner Date
1970-08-18

Jordan flies to Frankfurt to escort a British subject, Selby, back to England. Selby had disappeared three years earlier in East Germany and the British Government are anxious to learn what he's been up to - but the Russian KGB hide in the shadows.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Depart in Peace
1970-08-25

An ex-colonial policeman is pressured to return to Africa to testify at the trial of a onetime Mau-Mau warlord, but he adamantly refuses.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Miss International
1970-09-01

What appeared to be a straightforward case - protecting the wife of a foreign VIP, who has entered a beauty competition in the cause of female emancipation for her own country - turns into a nightmare situation for DCI Jordan.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Warrant for a Phoenix
1970-09-08

An accusation of theft against a highly respected Greek historian sets the Special Branch team a problem. Interpol have requested his extradition from England - but Inman isn't satisfied with the facts of the case.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: The Pleasure of Your Company
1970-09-16

Inman meets the CIA's new man in London. Jordan meets an old friend from Moscow. All perfectly legal - until the two are seen together at intervals and the Special Branch team become involved in international politics.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Not to Be Trusted
1970-09-23

Is an eminent scientist, on lone to a top-secret research establishment, a security risk? That's the question facing Inman and his team. The research establishment is suddenly prone to 'leaks'. Has the man been got at?

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Borderline Case
1970-09-30

While a member of the SB team keeps watch on Karl Peter's flat, Inman and his team scan though his charge sheet. They believe he will attempt to incite London dockworkers into taking industrial action against their employers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Love from Doris
1970-10-07

When military security intercepts letter written to a lonely serviceman by his foreign 'penpal' Rita, which contain casual references to secret information, Supt Inman sends DS Jordan to investigate.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Sorry Is Just a Word
1970-10-14

When a Czech au-pair goes missing in London and her father is one of the most powerful men the country, Inman and Jordan must find out what's happened to her. But their enquirers lead to a dead end.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Error of Judgement
1970-10-21

When Inman discovers that "The Guardians" are taking a more-than-usual interest in a group of pro-germ-warfare people and finds that their leader is a pretty girl, he decides to send Jordan along to question her.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Reported Missing
1970-10-28

Jordan and Inman go in search of a missing Russian ballerina.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Fool's Mate
1970-11-04

When Britain's top code and cypher breaker is forced to mingle with Communist players during a chess tournament, Inman goes along to keep an eye on him. Moxon, meanwhile, is playing a dangerous game of his own: the pawn being Jordan.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 3 (1973)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: A Copper Called Craven
1973-04-04

Craven find himself under suspicion of accepting a bribe. This marked the return of the series in an all new shot on film format with a mostly new cast and lots more action.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Round the Clock
1973-04-11

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Inquisition
1973-04-18

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Assault
1973-04-25

Haggerty and Craven target a team of vicious muggers.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Polonaise
1973-05-02

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Red Herring
1973-05-09

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Death by Drowning
1973-05-16

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: All the King's Men
1973-05-23

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Threat
1973-06-06

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…

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: The Other Man
1973-06-13

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: You Won't Remember Me
1973-06-20

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Hostage
1973-06-27

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Blueprint for Murder
1973-07-04

The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.

Runtime: 60 min
Season 4 (1974)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Double Exposure
1974-02-14

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 2: Catherine the Great
1974-02-21

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 3: Jailbait
1974-02-28

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 4: Stand and Deliver
1974-03-07

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 5: Something about a Soldier
1974-03-14

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 6: Rendezvous
1974-03-21

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 7: Sounds Sinister
1974-03-28

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 8: Entente Cordiale
1974-04-04

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 9: Date of Birth
1974-04-11

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 10: Intercept
1974-04-18

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 11: Alien
1974-04-25

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.

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 12: Diversion
1974-05-02

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

Runtime: 60 min
Episode 13: Downwind of Angels
1974-05-09

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

Runtime: 60 min

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