Cold Warrior
Cold Warrior is a 1984 BBC One television series written by Arden Winch, based around the character of Captain Aubrey Percival (Michael Denison), first introduced in the 1981 thriller serial Blood Money. Moving away from the serial format of Blood Money and Skorpion, Cold Warrior consists of eight standalone episodes, which sees Percival dealing with various threats to national security.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Bright Sting
12-09-1984Arms dealer Giles de Vere is prompting NATO's latest weapon known as "Bright Star". Captain Percival has got wind that de Vere selling to the Soviets, via Switzerland so has tamper...
- Ep 2
2.Dead Wrong
19-09-1984Journalist Malcolm Russell gives out addresses of British intelligence operatives in a newspaper article. Ewan Benman's friend is murdered and he wants revenge. Cap. Percival needs...
- Ep 3
3.What's Good for General Bullmoose
26-09-1984Sir Robert Constable dies in a taxi on the way to meet Krotkin, USSR spy. Captain Percival believes he is not what he seems and conspires with CIA officer Colonel Elliott to give t...
- Ep 4
4.The Man from Damascus
03-10-1984Syria terrorist Dr. Mohammed Riffi thinks he is dying from Berners Syndrome and travels to Rome, without bodyguards, to see his daughter. On the train he meets Capt. Percival who u...
- Ep 5
5.The Immigrants
10-10-1984Two fake British passports flag up a possible terrorist attack using a bomb. Learning that the pair came via Turkey, Capt. Percival and his team gamble that the attack is meant for...
- Ep 6
6.The Sprat
17-10-1984Soviet civil servant Yuri Semanov wants to defect to the British as a major source of information. Unsure, Capt. Percival puts together a dossier that would see him shot as a trait...
- Ep 7
7.A Message from Trebizond
24-10-1984Radio producer Richard Ellison accuses, Armenian born, announcer Jane Minto of secretly passing messages to terrorists in Europe. Percival knows Minto is a double agent working for...
- Ep 8
8.Hook, Line and Sinker
31-10-1984Debutante Sophy offers to help SIS after she meets a famous musician who works for the KGB. A plan to offer the Soviets a fake version of the Microfish system, designed by ex-boyfr...
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