The Phoenix Team
The Phoenix Team was a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television in 1980. Starring Don Francks and Elizabeth Shepherd, the show featured eight one-hour adventure dramas centered on former spies drawn back into action by circumstance. Shepherd portrayed Valerie Koester, a British secret service agent who enlists the unofficial help of her ex-lover, David Brook, played by Francks. Once a top Canadian agent during the Cold War, Brook became disillusioned with high-tech espionage and was relegated to a desk job. Both Brook and Koester, known for their nonconformist attitudes, opposed the overly bureaucratic Graydon, played by Brian Linehan, and partnered with the sympathetic General, portrayed by Mavor Moore, head of the Canadian secret service.
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Season 1 depicts the start of a relationship between two former operatives and lovers as they undertake a series of secret missions.
- Ep 1
1.Old Times' Sake - The Secret War
10-02-1980120mA former Canadian agent (David) relegated to the Filing and Records Department accidentally meets a former British agent (Val) with whom he frequently collaborated in the "old days...
- Ep 2
2.Like Father, Like Son - Stening's Legacy
29-09-198060mWhen their old friend and colleague is killed, Brook and Val try to track down his killer. Their relationship is threatened because the son, also an agent, falls in love with Valer...
- Ep 3
3.Sanctuary - Fine Line
05-10-198060mVal is working undercover to try and determine who is stealing scientific secrets from a famous scientist. When Val shoots the scientist's brother, who is only using him, she is re...
- Ep 4
4.Saving Grace - The Last Gambit
14-10-198060mThis episode concerns a young black communications officer in Brook's office who believes that he will never attain his dream of becoming a field operative, because of racial preju...
- Ep 5
5.Close Shave - Barbershop Quartet
19-10-198060mWhen his barber abruptly vanishes during his haircut, Brook starts investigating. Along with Val, they expose a complex scheme by Arabs to gain control of a major department store...
- Ep 6
6.The Judas Game
20-10-198060mAfter his girlfriend, a British agent, is killed in Hungary, a veteran agent disappears for three months. When he surfaces, he asks Brook for help, thinking that the Canadian autho...
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