Special Branch
Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.
Seasons
1. Troika
Air Date: 1969-09-17
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
2. Smokescreen
Air Date: 1969-09-24
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.
3. The Promised Land
Air Date: 1969-10-01
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.
4. A Date with Leonidas
Air Date: 1969-10-08
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.
5. The Kazimiriov Affair
Air Date: 1969-10-15
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.
6. A New Face
Air Date: 1969-10-22
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.
7. You Don't Exist
Air Date: 1969-10-29
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 sent back, but takes her for a tour instead.
8. The Children of Delight
Air Date: 1969-11-05
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 undercover to investigate.
9. Reliable Sources
Air Date: 1969-11-12
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 cannot continue his role as Special Branch controller.
10. Short Change
Air Date: 1969-11-19
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 suspect she's far more than she seems to be.
11. Exit a Diplomat
Air Date: 1969-11-26
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 employers.
12. Care of Her Majesty
Air Date: 1969-12-03
Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.
13. Visitor from Moscow
Air Date: 1969-12-10
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 results.
14. Time Bomb
Air Date: 1969-12-17
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 explode in his face.
1. Inside
Air Date: 1970-08-11
Jordan goes undercover as a prisoner to uncover a convicted spy's secrets.
2. Dinner Date
Air Date: 1970-08-18
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.
3. Depart in Peace
Air Date: 1970-08-25
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.
4. Miss International
Air Date: 1970-09-01
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.
5. Warrant for a Phoenix
Air Date: 1970-09-08
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.
6. The Pleasure of Your Company
Air Date: 1970-09-16
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.
7. Not to Be Trusted
Air Date: 1970-09-23
Is an eminent scientist, on lone to a top-secret research establishment, a security risk? That's the question facing Inman and his team. The research establishment is suddenly prone to 'leaks'. Has the man been got at?
8. Borderline Case
Air Date: 1970-09-30
While a member of the SB team keeps watch on Karl Peter's flat, Inman and his team scan though his charge sheet. They believe he will attempt to incite London dockworkers into taking industrial action against their employers.
9. Love from Doris
Air Date: 1970-10-07
When military security intercepts letter written to a lonely serviceman by his foreign 'penpal' Rita, which contain casual references to secret information, Supt Inman sends DS Jordan to investigate.
10. Sorry Is Just a Word
Air Date: 1970-10-14
When a Czech au-pair goes missing in London and her father is one of the most powerful men the country, Inman and Jordan must find out what's happened to her. But their enquirers lead to a dead end.
11. Error of Judgement
Air Date: 1970-10-21
When Inman discovers that "The Guardians" are taking a more-than-usual interest in a group of pro-germ-warfare people and finds that their leader is a pretty girl, he decides to send Jordan along to question her.
12. Reported Missing
Air Date: 1970-10-28
Jordan and Inman go in search of a missing Russian ballerina.
13. Fool's Mate
Air Date: 1970-11-04
When Britain's top code and cypher breaker is forced to mingle with Communist players during a chess tournament, Inman goes along to keep an eye on him. Moxon, meanwhile, is playing a dangerous game of his own: the pawn being Jordan.
1. A Copper Called Craven
Air Date: 1973-04-04
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.
2. Round the Clock
Air Date: 1973-04-11
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.
3. Inquisition
Air Date: 1973-04-18
Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.
4. Assault
Air Date: 1973-04-25
Haggerty and Craven target a team of vicious muggers.
5. Polonaise
Air Date: 1973-05-02
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.
6. Red Herring
Air Date: 1973-05-09
Special Branch joins forces with a bomb-disposal expert to stop a terrorist bombing campaign in the heart of London.
7. Death by Drowning
Air Date: 1973-05-16
The body of a young girl is found floating in the Thames - is it murder, suicide or something worse?
8. All the King's Men
Air Date: 1973-05-23
A deranged man has taken a hostage and threatens to blow up a block of flats. Craven must act quickly to avert disaster.
9. Threat
Air Date: 1973-06-06
British-born Hollywood star Sue Arden arrives in London to rehearse a play, accompanied by a tip-off from the F.B.I that she could be a target of a murder attempt. Craven, Haggerty and North are assigned to protect the actress, but the job and the murder threats are not all they appear to be…
10. The Other Man
Air Date: 1973-06-13
Craven finds himself investigating a man accused of being a traitor, but has his doubts as to the truthfulness of the accusations.
11. You Won't Remember Me
Air Date: 1973-06-20
Craven is puzzled as to why he has been asked to carry out twenty-four hour surveillance on a couple who are engaged to be married.
12. Hostage
Air Date: 1973-06-27
Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.
13. Blueprint for Murder
Air Date: 1973-07-04
The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.
1. Double Exposure
Air Date: 1974-02-14
Craven and Haggerty are assigned to investigate if a photographer is a threat to national security.
2. Catherine the Great
Air Date: 1974-02-21
The team are on the trail of Rehfuss - a deadly assassin who has managed to get into the country.
3. Jailbait
Air Date: 1974-02-28
Craven and Haggerty are hot on the trail of a traitor has broken out from prison.
4. Stand and Deliver
Air Date: 1974-03-07
An experimental weapon is stolen from a military research facility, but the thieves are unaware the weapon is unstable.
5. Something about a Soldier
Air Date: 1974-03-14
Tensions run high as Craven and Haggerty investigate two army officers.
6. Rendezvous
Air Date: 1974-03-21
Craven provides security for the debriefing of a captured KGB agent.
7. Sounds Sinister
Air Date: 1974-03-28
Craven and Haggerty investigate the broadcasting of compromising information about public figures on a pirate radio station.
8. Entente Cordiale
Air Date: 1974-04-04
Craven is appalled to find himself implicated in his ex-wife's terrorist activities.
9. Date of Birth
Air Date: 1974-04-11
Craven must unravel the connection between a recently-killed spy and an au pair.
10. Intercept
Air Date: 1974-04-18
Craven has to investigate a morally dubious but strategically important foreign VIP who has been robbed of a fortune in diamonds.
11. Alien
Air Date: 1974-04-25
A German student revolutionary has been allowed into Britain under the strict condition that he does nothing political. Craven and Haggerty are made to ensure that he sticks to the terms of his deal.
12. Diversion
Air Date: 1974-05-02
Is Strand's erratic behaviour a result of the pressure he is under or is he playing a much more dangerous game?
13. Downwind of Angels
Air Date: 1974-05-09
Craven and Haggerty are working against the clock to find a gunman stalking the London streets.
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Rating
4.3/10
Release Date
1969-09-17
Episodes
53 (4 seasons)
Status
Ended
