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Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1969
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
Special Branch is a British police drama centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.
53 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1969
Rating
4.3/10
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Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 17, 1969
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
Episode 2 • Sep 24, 1969
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 vetted for a sensitive position and all agree he's too far left for further consideration, yet he still succeeds.
Episode 3 • Oct 01, 1969
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 an immigrant rights activist.
Episode 4 • Oct 08, 1969
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 cause for concern.
Episode 5 • Oct 15, 1969
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 and investigates the claim.
Episode 6 • Oct 22, 1969
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 to break up his family, and his father's position.
Episode 1 • Aug 11, 1970
Jordan goes undercover as a prisoner to uncover a convicted spy's secrets.
Episode 2 • Aug 18, 1970
Jordan flies to Frankfurt to escort a British subject, Selby, back to England. Selby had disappeared three years earlier in East Germany and the British Government are anxious to learn what he's been up to - but the Russian KGB hide in the shadows.
Episode 3 • Aug 25, 1970
An ex-colonial policeman is pressured to return to Africa to testify at the trial of a onetime Mau-Mau warlord, but he adamantly refuses.
Episode 4 • Sep 01, 1970
What appeared to be a straightforward case - protecting the wife of a foreign VIP, who has entered a beauty competition in the cause of female emancipation for her own country - turns into a nightmare situation for DCI Jordan.
Episode 5 • Sep 08, 1970
An accusation of theft against a highly respected Greek historian sets the Special Branch team a problem. Interpol have requested his extradition from England - but Inman isn't satisfied with the facts of the case.
Episode 6 • Sep 16, 1970
Inman meets the CIA's new man in London. Jordan meets an old friend from Moscow. All perfectly legal - until the two are seen together at intervals and the Special Branch team become involved in international politics.
Episode 1 • Apr 04, 1973
Craven find himself under suspicion of accepting a bribe. This marked the return of the series in an all new shot on film format with a mostly new cast and lots more action.
Episode 2 • Apr 11, 1973
Haggerty's appointment to Special Branch immediately brings him into conflict with Craven - he believes that Craven is on the trail of a man who is already dead.
Episode 3 • Apr 18, 1973
Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.
Episode 4 • Apr 25, 1973
Haggerty and Craven target a team of vicious muggers.
Episode 5 • May 02, 1973
The Special Branch team are assigned to protect the captain of a Polish passenger and cargo ship who believes he is going to be killed.
Episode 6 • May 09, 1973
Special Branch joins forces with a bomb-disposal expert to stop a terrorist bombing campaign in the heart of London.
Episode 1 • Feb 14, 1974
Craven and Haggerty are assigned to investigate if a photographer is a threat to national security.
Episode 2 • Feb 21, 1974
The team are on the trail of Rehfuss - a deadly assassin who has managed to get into the country.
Episode 3 • Feb 28, 1974
Craven and Haggerty are hot on the trail of a traitor has broken out from prison.
Episode 4 • Mar 07, 1974
An experimental weapon is stolen from a military research facility, but the thieves are unaware the weapon is unstable.
Episode 5 • Mar 14, 1974
Tensions run high as Craven and Haggerty investigate two army officers.
Episode 6 • Mar 21, 1974
Craven provides security for the debriefing of a captured KGB agent.
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