Death of a Conference
Episode 1 • Sep 29, 1962
In the final phases of the Algerian war, Strait is caught between the French generals and the Algerian revolutionaries as peace negotiations grow ever more dangerous and complicated.
Michael Strait is a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung places as Iraq, French Indochina, and Algiers.
20 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1962
Rating
7.0/10
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Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 29, 1962
In the final phases of the Algerian war, Strait is caught between the French generals and the Algerian revolutionaries as peace negotiations grow ever more dangerous and complicated.
Episode 2 • Oct 06, 1962
In Spain, Strait is asked to do a photo shoot on a beautiful heiress, but unwittingly takes her to her kidnapping — one that she's in on.
Episode 3 • Oct 13, 1962
When Strait meets an ace racer with failing eyesight, he sees the opportunity to help a young man achieve his aim of driving in top racing rally — but another is interested in the driver for nefarious reasons.
Episode 4 • Oct 20, 1962
An easily impressed American heiress flees with a stranger who rescued her from a gang of thugs in the French Riviera. Strait is asked to keep tabs on the couple as they hide before their wedding, an exclusive for a Paris paper. However, something doesn't add up about the would-be groom.
Episode 5 • Oct 27, 1962
A defenseless remote Indian town is at risk of a takeover when red Chinese soldiers arrie. Strait's assignment, and only hope for the inhabitants, is a lady bacteriologist sent by the local government.
Episode 6 • Nov 03, 1962
In Havana, Strait is arrested and imprisoned for taking unauthorized photographs. Warren receives help from shady Argentinian businessman Carlos Borella, who has connections with corrupt officials, and can get Strait released.
Episode 1 • May 11, 1963
When Strait tries to obtain an interview with a tempestuous Italian film star, he finds she has been kidnapped by a Sicilian bandit with an odd sense of humour.
Episode 2 • May 18, 1963
Strait is assigned to find the hiding place of a fashionable Italian doctor who, having rejected 'civilisation', has gone to work in the African jungle. The man was secretly on a new virus, and Strait must confirm its existence.
Episode 3 • May 25, 1963
Strait plays chauffeur to an eccentric old woman on holiday in order to investigate whether a military leader behind the Iron Curtain is actually dead and now being impersonated by somebody else.
Episode 4 • Jun 01, 1963
While gathering material for a report on a rebel leader in the Amazon, Strait encounters an order of nuns who wish to establish a mission in the jungle – but someone is out to stop them.
Episode 5 • Jun 08, 1963
Although he doesn't realise it, a picture taken by Strait reveals the secret of a plot to assassinate a European president. But the group behind the murder plot are aware of the photograph's existence – and order the photographer's death.
Episode 6 • Jun 15, 1963
In Spain on a 'simple' assignment, Strait finds an air of mystery surrounding his 'model' – a bullfighter. It appears that someone is prepared to go to any lengths to stop the man becoming a success.
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