Codename
Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Kingsmate
07-04-197050mUnder cover of being Master of a Cambridge College, Sir Iain Dalzell is head of a top British spy ring. His daughter Diana is captured by enemy agent General Hovaths.
- Ep 2
2.Target
14-04-197050mSir Iain orders lawyer and spy Philip West to escort a professional assassin, Morgan, back from Portugal to England. But West's assignment is not as easy as it appears.
- Ep 3
3.A Walk with the Lions
21-04-197050mSpy Philip West is sent by Sir Iain to investigate the disappearance of several British agents in Lisbon. But he is captured by the opposition and interrogated.
- Ep 4
4.One for the Lobster Pot
28-04-197050mPhilip West is detailed to locate an enemy agent who is planning the theft of a missile guidance system. His investigation takes him to Cornwall - and lobster pots.
- Ep 5
5.Come Home to Paradise
05-05-197050mTwo agents from a spy-training centre are chosen for a ""suicide mission"". Are they trustworthy? And more important for Sir Iain - is the man who trained them to be trusted?
- Ep 6
6.Warhead
12-05-197050mA Russian bomber jettisons two nuclear warheads just outside Bulgaria. Sir Iain is ordered to photograph the missiles before they are retrieved. But they are held in a maximum se...
- Ep 7
7.The Big Plant
19-05-197050mPenelope Blanchard, an elderly civil servant has assisted MI17 in the past. Now, asked to help again, she is strangely reluctant. Philip West has to find out why.
- Ep 8
8.The Quickness of the Hand
26-05-197050mPhilip West misses his opportunity to abduct the scientist Rena Szarvos en route to a conference. He is compelled to attempt the oldest approach - seduction. But others have simi...
- Ep 9
9.Have a Word with Greco
02-06-197050mGreco, an enemy agent, is planning a conference of all the Eastern countries. Sir Iain's task is to find Greco and stop the conference taking place.
- Ep 10
10.The Alpha Men
09-06-197050mThe pseudo-philosophical Society of Alpha trades in secrets and subversions, tapping the minds of its members by means of hypnosis. Philip West and Diana join the Society as part...
- Ep 11
11.Appointment in Prague
16-06-197050mTwo theses, on which Doctor Petrie has based his reputation, are revealed as forgeries. He has been sponsored by Karl Dickinson, scientific benefactor, and Sir Iain suspects both...
- Ep 12
12.Opening Gambit
23-06-197050mGoric, a foreign agent, comes to Britain to attend a chess tournament where he will receive some top secret microfilm. Unfortunately he becomes indisposed so Philip West goes in d...
- Ep 13
13.The Unbidden Guest
30-06-197050mVaslav Baroviev, a Russian writer visiting Cambridge, asks for asylum. But Sir Iain soon discovers that there are people who wish to prevent his defection.
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