List of Special Branch episodes
This is a list of episodes for the TV drama Special Branch.
Series 1 (1969)
| Episode # |
Title |
Transmission Date |
Writer |
Director |
Guest cast |
| 1 |
Troika |
17/9/69 |
George Markstein |
Mike Vardy |
Sandra Bryant, Ivor Danvers, Roger Rowland, Donald Pelmear, John Livesey, Brian Ellis, Richard McNeff, Ray Barron |
| 2 |
Smokescreen |
24/9/69 |
George Markstein |
James Goddard |
Sandra Bryant, Paul Darrow, John Dunbar, John Robinson, Edina Ronay, Donald Pelmear |
| 3 |
The Promised Land |
1/10/69 |
Trevor Preston |
Dennis Vance |
Geoffrey Bayldon, Windsor Davies, Arnold Peters, Dino Shafeek, Martin Wyldeck, Mary Healey, George Lee, Arnold Diamond |
| 4 |
A Date With Leonidas |
8/10/69 |
Scott Forbes |
Dennis Vance |
Brenda Cowling, Michael Harding, Joan Hooley, Kenneth Gilbert, Michael Keating, Damien Thomas, Robert Webber, Jon Croft |
| 5 |
The Kazmirov Affair |
15/10/69 |
Emanuel Litvinoff |
Mike Vardy |
John Bailey, Edward Burnham, Ros Drinkwater, Patricia Lawrence, Gerald Sim, Ray Smith |
| 6 |
A New Face |
22/10/69 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
Peter Duguid |
Tom Chadbon, John Levene, Doreen Mantle, Nicola Pagett, Tony Rohr, Anthony Sagar, Frances Tomelty, David Simeon |
| 7 |
You Don't Exist |
29/10/69 |
Anthony Skene |
Dennis Vance |
Mel Martin, Harry Meacher, Clive Merrison |
| 8 |
The Children Of Delight |
5/11/69 |
Adele Rose |
Peter Duguid |
John Abineri, Tony Caunter, Sheila Fearn, Howard Goorney, Arnold Ridley, Heather Emmanuel |
| 9 |
Reliable Sources |
12/11/69 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
Dennis Vance |
Tony Britton, David Collings, Norman Claridge |
| 10 |
Short Change |
19/11/69 |
George Markstein |
William G. Stewart |
Sandra Bryant, Tommy Godfrey, Maurice Good, Peter Thornton |
| 11 |
Exit A Diplomat |
26/11/69 |
C. Scott Forbes |
Voytek |
Hamilton Dyce, Cheryl Hall, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Gary Watson, Donald Bisset, Hugh Morton, David Joyce, Billy Milton, George Pravda |
| 12 |
Care Of Her Majesty |
3/12/69 |
Robert Banks Stewart |
Jonathan Alwyn |
John Bryans, Angela East, John Franklyn-Robbins, Hilary Dwyer, Geoffrey Lumsden, Alec Ross |
| 13 |
Visitor From Moscow |
10/12/69 |
Paul Wheeler |
Dennis Vance |
Alan Browning, Alan Haines, Ronald Magill, Claire Nielson, Jack Shepherd, Raymond Westwell |
| 14 |
Time Bomb |
17/12/69 |
David Gordon |
Voytek |
Edward Atienza, Harold Kasket, Aubrey Richards, Mohammad Shamsi |
Note: Episodes 1-9 were made in black & white, colour from episode 10 onwards
Series 2 (1970)
| Episode # |
Title |
Transmission Date |
Writer |
Director |
| 1 |
Inside |
11/8/70 |
Trevor Preston |
Guy Verney |
| 2 |
Dinner Date |
18/8/70 |
George Markstein |
William G. Stewart |
| 3 |
Depart In Peace |
25/8/70 |
Alun Falconer |
Mike Vardy |
| 4 |
Miss International |
1/9/70 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
James Goddard |
| 5 |
Warrant For A Phoenix |
8/9/70 |
Stewart Farrar |
James Goddard |
| 6 |
The Pleasure Of Your Company |
16/9/70 |
George Markstein |
William G. Stewart |
| 7 |
Not To Be Trusted |
23/9/70 |
Martin Worth |
Guy Verney |
| 8 |
Borderline Case |
30/9/70 |
Lewis Greifer |
Tom Clegg |
| 9 |
Love From Doris |
7/10/70 |
C. Scott Forbes |
John Russell |
| 10 |
Sorry Is Just A Word |
14/10/70 |
Michael Chapman |
James Goddard |
| 11 |
Error Of Judgement |
21/10/70 |
Peter Hill |
Guy Verney |
| 12 |
Reported Missing |
28/10/70 |
Louis Marks |
Dennis Vance |
| 13 |
Fool's Mate |
4/11/70 |
George Markstein |
Dennis Vance |
Series 3 (1973)
| Episode # |
Title |
Transmission Date |
Writer |
Director |
| 1 |
A Copper Called Craven |
4/4/73 |
Roger Marshall |
William Brayne |
| 2 |
Round The Clock |
11/4/73 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
Douglas Camfield |
| 3 |
Inquisition |
18/4/73 |
Trevor Preston |
Mike Vardy |
| 4 |
Assault |
25/4/73 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
Douglas Camfield |
| 5 |
Polonaise |
2/5/73 |
Allan Scott & Chris Bryant |
Mike Vardy |
| 6 |
Red Herring |
9/5/73 |
Peter Hill |
Mike Vardy |
| 7 |
Death By Drowning |
16/5/73 |
John Kershaw |
Dennis Vance |
| 8 |
All The King's Men |
23/5/73 |
Trevor Preston |
Dennis Vance |
| 9 |
Threat |
6/6/73 |
Tom Brennand & Roy Bottomley |
William Brayne |
| 10 |
The Other Man |
13/6/73 |
Roger Marshall |
Dennis Vance |
| 11 |
You Won't Remember Me |
20/6/73 |
Anthony Skene |
John Robbins |
| 12 |
Hostage |
27/6/73 |
John Kershaw |
David Wickes |
| 13 |
Blueprint For Murder |
4/7/73 |
Peter Hill & Ian Black |
William Brayne |
Series 4 (1974)
| Episode # |
Title |
Transmission Date |
Writer |
Director |
| 1 |
Double Exposure |
14/2/74 |
Michael J. Bird |
Don Leaver |
| 2 |
Catherine The Great |
21/2/74 |
John Brason |
Douglas Camfield |
| 3 |
Jailbait |
28/2/74 |
Michael Chapman |
William Brayne |
| 4 |
Stand And Deliver |
7/3/74 |
Michael J. Bird |
Tom Clegg |
| 5 |
Something About A Soldier |
14/3/74 |
Michael J. Bird |
William Brayne |
| 6 |
Rendezvous |
21/3/74 |
Tony Williamson |
Terry Green |
| 7 |
Sounds Sinister |
28/3/74 |
David Butler |
Terry Green |
| 8 |
Entente Cordiale |
4/4/74 |
John Kershaw |
William Brayne |
| 9 |
Date Of Birth |
11/4/74 |
Lewis Greifer |
Don Leaver |
| 10 |
Intercept |
18/4/74 |
Ian Kennedy Martin |
William Brayne |
| 11 |
Alien |
25/4/74 |
Ray Jenkins |
Douglas Camfield |
| 12 |
Diversion |
2/5/74 |
Peter J. Hammond |
William Brayne |
| 13 |
Downwind Of Angels |
9/5/74 |
Peter Hill |
Tom Clegg |
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