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Codename

1970
1 season
13 episodes
Drama

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Kingsmate

    07-04-197050m

    Under 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

    14-04-197050m

    Sir 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

    21-04-197050m

    Spy 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

    28-04-197050m

    Philip 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

    05-05-197050m

    Two 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

    12-05-197050m

    A 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

    19-05-197050m

    Penelope 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

    26-05-197050m

    Philip 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

    02-06-197050m

    Greco, 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

    09-06-197050m

    The 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

    16-06-197050m

    Two 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

    23-06-197050m

    Goric, 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

    30-06-197050m

    Vaslav 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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