The Mask of Janus
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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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Them Is Anyone That Isn't Us
08-10-196550mHenry 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
15-10-196550mAlmarian 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
22-10-196550mThe 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
29-10-196550mRichard 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
05-11-196550mBritain 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
12-11-196550mIt 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
19-11-196550mThe eye is a camera, but the mind is a distorting lens.
- Ep 8
8.The Cold Equation
26-11-196550mIs a dangerous game the only game worth playing?
- Ep 9
9.The Arranger
03-12-196550mBoth 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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