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This is a list of episodes for the TV drama Special Branch.
Series 1 (1969)
Episode #
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Title
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Transmission Date
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Writer
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Director
|
Guest cast
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1
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Troika
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17/9/69
|
George Markstein
|
Mike Vardy
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Sandra Bryant, Ivor Danvers, Roger Rowland, Donald Pelmear, John Livesey, Brian Ellis, Richard McNeff, Ray Barron
|
2
|
Smokescreen
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24/9/69
|
George Markstein
|
James Goddard
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Sandra Bryant, Paul Darrow, John Dunbar, John Robinson, Edina Ronay, Donald Pelmear
|
3
|
The Promised Land
|
1/10/69
|
Trevor Preston
|
Dennis Vance
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Geoffrey Bayldon, Windsor Davies, Arnold Peters, Dino Shafeek, Martin Wyldeck, Mary Healey, George Lee, Arnold Diamond
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4
|
A Date With Leonidas
|
8/10/69
|
Scott Forbes
|
Dennis Vance
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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
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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
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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
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Mel Martin, Harry Meacher, Clive Merrison
|
8
|
The Children Of Delight
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5/11/69
|
Adele Rose
|
Peter Duguid
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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
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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
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John Bryans, Angela East, John Franklyn-Robbins, Hilary Dwyer, Geoffrey Lumsden, Alec Ross
|
13
|
Visitor From Moscow
|
10/12/69
|
Paul Wheeler
|
Dennis Vance
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Alan Browning, Alan Haines, Ronald Magill, Claire Nielson, Jack Shepherd, Raymond Westwell
|
14
|
Time Bomb
|
17/12/69
|
David Gordon
|
Voytek
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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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