O.S.S. (TV series)
Appearance
O.S.S. | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Paul Dudley |
Directed by | Allan Davis Robert Siodmak |
Starring | Ron Randell Max Faulkner Franklyn Fox Reginald Hearne Howard Lang |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Production companies | Buckeye Productions Associated Television |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 14 September 1957 – 9 March 1958 |
O.S.S. was a Buckeye Productions and Associated Television co-produced wartime television drama series.
It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957-1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by ABC.
The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France.
Main cast
- Ron Randell as Captain Frank Hawthorn
- Lionel Murton as The Chief
- Robert Gallico as O'Brien
Guest stars included Lois Maxwell, Christopher Lee and Doctor Who villain Roger Delgado.
Episode list
This episode list is based on the airdate order on ABC, which appears to match the production order and the air-date order for the (unrelated) ABC Weekend TV in the UK.
- Operation Fracture
- Operation Tulip
- Operation Powder Puff
- Operation Death Trap
- Operation Orange Blossom
- Operation Pay Day
- Operation Foul Ball
- Operation Blue Eyes
- Operation Flint Axe
- Operation Sweet Talk
- Operation Big House
- Operation Love Bird
- Operation Pigeon Hole
- Operation Yo-yo
- Operation Yodel
- Operation Sardine
- Operation Firefly
- Operation Eel
- Operation Barbecue
- Operation Blackbird
- Operation Post Office
- Operation Newsboy
- Operation Chopping Block
- Operation Dagger Operation Buried Alive
- Operation Meatball
- Operation Jingle Bells
External links
Categories:
- 1950s British drama television series
- 1957 British television programme debuts
- 1958 British television programme endings
- Espionage television series
- Television series by ITC Entertainment
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- ITV television dramas
- Military television series
- Television programmes produced by Associated Television (ATV)
- English-language television programs
- World War II television drama series
- Black-and-white British television programmes
- ITC Distributions stubs