Spy Trap

Spy Trap
Starring	Paul Daneman Prentis Hancock Michael Gwynn Julian Glover Tom Adams
Theme music composer	Francis Lai
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	61
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	3 January 1972 (1972-13-03) – 15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)

Spy Trap was a BBC drama that ran from 1972 to 1975 on BBC1, and was set around 'The Department', a British counter-espionage organisation.

It starred Paul Daneman as Commander Paul Ryan, a naval officer and spy chief, Prentis Hancock as Lieutenant Saunders, and Michael Gwynn as agent Carson. Other regular cast members included Julian Glover as Commander Anderson (first season only) and Tom Adams as Major Sullivan (from the second season). Spy Trap was created by Robert Barr, who also wrote the earlier BBC TV series Spycatcher , ^[1] and was notable for its complex plot lines. ^[2]

It ran for three seasons.

Synopsis

Spy Trap follows the adventures of a team of spies at 'The Department', a British espionage agency responsible for protecting national security. Reporting to the Department of Defense, no-nonsense Commander Paul Ryan (Paul Daneman) uses intel discovered by his field agents, to question suspects.

Cast

Main/regular

• Paul Daneman as Commander Ryan
• Prentis Hancock as Lieutenant Saunders
• Julian Glover as Commander Anderson
• Michael Gwynn as Carson
• Peter Welch as Detective Supt. Clark
• Tom Adams as Major Sullivan
• Eric McCaine as Detective Inspector Williams
• Kevin Stoney as Trent
• Jon Laurimore as Rankin

References

1. "Barr, Robert (1909-1999)". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
2. Williams, Raymond (2013). Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals): Selected Writings. Taylor and Francis. p. 172. ISBN   9781136447563.