TV ShowEnded

The Mask of Janus

6.0 / 10
1965
1 season
11 episodes
Crime

In the fictional European country of Amalia, the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities are explored. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV contemporaries, the series dealt more politically oriented plots such as defections to the west, awakening "sleeper" agents and the leaking of official secrets.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Them Is Anyone That Isn't Us

    08-10-196550m

    Henry Lane is arrested and accused of spying in Amaria. Cmr. Hastings tells his wife that Henry is a Russian spy and a trial will be embarrassing. The USSR says he is British spy....

  • Ep 2

    2.And the Fish Are Biting

    15-10-196550m

    Almarian Anton Werner is a British spy who is getting fake letters, from his sister, needing money. Richard Cadell arranges to bring a lookalike but walks into a trap. The American...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Sleeper

    22-10-196550m

    The Embassy are struggling to break a new cipher. They ask for Mark Cavelet from the Hungarian Consul. Cadell's meets Victor Tridy but he doesn't want to be Calvet after 20 years o...

  • Ep 4

    4.Rendezvous

    29-10-196550m

    Richard Cadell is part of an East European trade mission visiting Amalia, taking the role of press officer. His task is to contact a member of the other side's delegation but the q...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Public Interest

    05-11-196550m

    Britain and the Soviet Union agree to exchange captured agents and use Amalia as the site of the transfer.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Devil You Know

    12-11-196550m

    It is not unusual for people to visit Amalia as a tourist but when a British government mathematician visits, his trip is particularly interesting considering he is fond of gamblin...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Rack

    19-11-196550m

    The eye is a camera, but the mind is a distorting lens.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Cold Equation

    26-11-196550m

    Is a dangerous game the only game worth playing?

  • Ep 9

    9.The Arranger

    03-12-196550m

    Both the UK agent and US agent are very interested in the sculptor named Milo, a man who molds clay into incredible figures. He also is known to handle plastic explosives quite wel...

  • Ep 10

    10.Why Not Call Me Kruschev?

    10-12-196550m
  • Ep 11

    11.Arms and the Men

    17-12-196550m

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