Espionage (TV series)

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Espionage
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1963 title screenshot.
Genre Anthology
Written byRaymond Bowers
Norman Borisoff
John Furia Jr.
David Greene
Donald Jonson
Ernest Kinoy
Albert Ruben
Halsted Welles
Directed by Robert Butler
Fielder Cook
David Greene
Ray Herbert
Herbert Hirschman
Seth Holt
Ken Hughes
William T. Kotcheff
Anton M. Leader
Michael Powell
Stuart Rosenberg
James Sheldon
Composers Malcolm Arnold
Benjamin Frankel
Country of originUnited Kingdom
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerHerbert Hirschman
ProducerGeorge Justin
Running time48 min.
Production companies ATV
ITC Productions
Original release
Network ITV (UK)
NBC (USA)
Release2 October 1963 (1963-10-02) 
20 May 1964 (1964-05-20)

Espionage is a British TV spy anthology series broadcast on the ITV network in the UK and on NBC in the United States for a single series in the autumn of 1963. Its US run lasted from October 2, 1963, until September 2, 1964. [1]

Contents

Synopsis

Made from actual case histories, [2] episodes used newsreel and documented narratives to show the activities of spies from various countries as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War. [3]

Guest cast

Featured guest stars included:

Production

Herbert Hirschman [3] and Herbert Brodkin were the producers. [1]

In the United States, the series was broadcast from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday nights. [2]

Episode list

This list is in NBC's airdate order.

TitleAir date NBCAir date ITVDirectorStars
A Covenant with Death2 October 196312 October 1963 Stuart Rosenberg David Kossoff, Aubrey Morris, George Roubicek, John G. Heller, David Davies
The Weakling9 October 196319 October 1963Stuart Rosenberg John Gregson, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Neal, Steve Plytas, Roger Avon
The Incurable One16 October 19635 October 1963Stuart Rosenberg Ingrid Thulin, Steven Hill, Frederick Schiller, Martin Miller, Norman Mitchell, Andrew Sachs
The Gentle Spies23 October 196326 October 1963 David Greene Barry Foster, Angela Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Joan Hickson, Michael Hordern, Eric Pohlmann
He Rises on Sunday and We on Monday30 October 19632 November 1963David Greene T. P. McKenna, Patrick Troughton, Billie Whitelaw, Andrew Keir, Maurice Good
To the Very End6 November 196316 November 1963David Greene James Fox, Michael Anderson Jr., Clifford Evans, Robert Cawdron, Roy Patrick
The Dragon Slayer13 November 19639 November 1963 William T. Kotcheff Sam Kydd, Patrick Cargill, Thorley Walters, Peter Dyneley, Alan Tilvern, Cyril Shaps, Ric Young, Stephen Jack, Michael Chow, Kristopher Kum, Milton Reid
The Whistling Shrimp20 November 196321 December 1963Stuart Rosenberg Dana Elcar
The Light of a Friendly Star4 December 196330 November 1963 James Sheldon Carl Schell, Loretta Parry, Ronald Howard, Donald Pickering, George Pravda, John Herrington, Ian Fleming
Festival of Pawns11 December 196314 December 1963James Sheldon Diane Cilento, Sam Wanamaker, Peter Howell, Dennis Edwards, Mark Hardy
A Camel to Ride18 December 196328 March 1964 Fielder Cook Bill Travers, Marne Maitland, Roger Delgado, Sandor Elès, Vernon Dobtcheff, Derek Sydney, Anthony Jacobs, Edward Underdown, Gertan Klauber, Tracy Connell
Never Turn Your Back on a Friend1 January 19644 January 1964 Michael Powell Mark Eden, Donald Madden, Julian Glover, Pamela Brown
Medal for a Turned Coat15 January 196411 January 1964David Greene Nigel Stock, Fritz Weaver, Joseph Furst, Sylvia Kay, Richard Carpenter, Michael Wolf, Carl Conway, David Blake Kelly
The Final Decision22 January 196418 January 1964Ray Herbert Martin Balsam, Alan Gifford, Ann Lynn, Richard Marner, James Maxwell, Gordon Sterne
Do You Remember Leo Winters?29 January 196425 January 1964 Robert Butler George A. Cooper, Peter Madden, Cyril Luckham, Rhoda Lewis, Brian Peck, Mostyn Evans, Alan Haywood, David Healy
We the Hunted5 February 196429 February 1964 Ken Hughes Joseph Campanella, Anthony Dawson
The Frantick Rebel12 February 19641 February 1964Michael Powell Roger Livesey, Stanley Baxter, Jill Bennett, Bernard Bresslaw, Max Adrian, Graham Crowden, Gordon Gostelow, Edward Jewesbury, Declan Mulholland, Edna Doré, Patsy Byrne, Pauline Boty
Castles in Spain19 February 19648 February 1964Anton M. Leader Roland Culver, David Spenser
Snow on Mount Kama26 February 1964David Greene Bernard Lee, Nigel Davenport, Geoffrey Chater, Howard Lang, Ilario Bisi-Pedro
Once a Spy ...4 March 1964David Greene Peter Vaughan, Millicent Martin, Earl Cameron, William Lucas, Basil Dignam, Harry Landis, Eric Thompson, Shay Gorman, Glynn Edwards, Dickie Owen, Tom Bowman
The Liberators11 March 19647 March 1964 Seth Holt Donald Pleasence, Leonard Sachs, Jeremy Spenser, John Bennett, Robert Webber
Some Other Kind of World18 March 196414 March 1964 Herbert Hirschman John Hollis, Alan Tilvern, George Pastell, Jeffry Wickham, David Healy, Bruce Boa, John Tillinger, Richard Marner
A Free Agent21 March 196421 March 1964Michael Powell Anthony Quayle, Siân Phillips, Norman Foster, John Abineri, Gertan Klauber
A Tiny Drop of Poison20 May 19647 December 1963Herbert Hirschman Louise Sorel, Jim Backus, Jack May, Charles Lloyd-Pack

Critical response

Cynthia Lowry, in a review of the premiere episode for the Associated Press, wrote, "It was well produced and had a fine cast of actors". [4] She added that the series "promises to be a most interesting addition to the network schedule." [4]

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References

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