Special Branch
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Special Branch

5.8 / 10 · 4 votes
1969
~1h / ep
4 seasons
53 episodes
CrimeDrama

Follows the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists and subversives.

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Special Branch Opening Titles in Stereo (Series 4)

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Troika

    17-09-196950 min

    The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.

  • Ep 2

    2.Smokescreen

    24-09-196950 min

    Cowley suicides shortly after an unproductive round of questioning by Eden in gaol, which leads to an embarrassing public coroner's inquest. Jordon investigates a scientist being v...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Promised Land

    01-10-196950 min

    A small boat arrives at a beach in Kent where illegal aliens are unloaded, but the police bag the smugglers and all bar one of the Pakistanis, now quite ill, who seeks refuge with...

  • Ep 4

    4.A Date with Leonidas

    08-10-196950 min

    A teenager's vow of vengeance leads to Inspector Jordan interrupting a wedding and Superintendent Eden accepting a parcel that contains death. Before the day is over both men have...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Kazimiriov Affair

    15-10-196950 min

    Informed that the manuscript of a Russian author's novel which has been smuggled into Britain is a forgery and could discredit the Goverment, Inspector Jordan goes against orders a...

  • Ep 6

    6.A New Face

    22-10-196950 min

    The son of a trusted officer of the special branch has become radicalised while away at university, trying to join a gang of riot-minded militant socialist students. This threatens...

  • Ep 7

    7.You Don't Exist

    29-10-196950 min

    A girl lands at Heathrow from Rhodesia, but owing to Britian's break of diplomatic relations, she has no valid passport. A young officer is supposed to mind her until she can be se...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Children of Delight

    05-11-196950 min

    Is there something sinister going on behind the facade of 'The Children of Delight' - a group of hippies who have arrived on Eden's patch. Detective Sergeants Webb and Gifford go u...

  • Ep 9

    9.Reliable Sources

    12-11-196950 min

    Superintendent Eden is on the spot. The Security Commission has met to consider the leak that tipped a spy during the Troika affair. The detective is cleared - but told that he can...

  • Ep 10

    10.Short Change

    19-11-196950 min

    A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspec...

  • Ep 11

    11.Exit a Diplomat

    26-11-196950 min

    When a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employ...

  • Ep 12

    12.Care of Her Majesty

    03-12-196950 min

    Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.

  • Ep 13

    13.Visitor from Moscow

    10-12-196950 min

    When a KGB officer is sent to London to coordinate security measures with the SB team for the forthcoming visit a Russian VIP, Inman instructs Jordan to help him - with disastrous...

  • Ep 14

    14.Time Bomb

    17-12-196950 min

    Sent to investigate the death of the son of a pro-British oil sheikh in a bomb plot, Superintendent Inman finds a hotbed of intrigue and dangerous international situation about to...

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