Department S

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S01E18: The Ghost of Mary Burnham

LOCATION: London DATE: January 4th John Burnham’s wife was murdered in the parking garage as they were leaving for the evening. However, John continues to see Mary and receive phone calls from her. Who killed Mrs. Burnham and why is a matter of utmost importance for the Department to solve, since, as Sir Curtis tells Stewart in giving him the case, “John Burnham is an important man to the world.”

Overview

Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.

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Episodes

Six Days

S01E01 Six Days

September 9, 1969 7.0 50 min

LOCATION: Aboard Astair flight Golf-Alpha-Zulu-Echo-Bravo DATE: July 17th An airplane lands at Heathrow 30 minutes early, according to all indications on board. When the plane lands the crew is met by anxious airport officials, notifying...

The Trojan Tanker

S01E02 The Trojan Tanker

September 16, 1969 7.0 50 min

LOCATION: Bedfordshire, England DATE: July 3rd A tanker is involved in an accident. A witness swears he saw a woman in the back of the tanker, but when the police look there is no one...

A Cellar Full of Silence

S01E03 A Cellar Full of Silence

September 23, 1969 7.0 50 min

LOCATION: London, England DATE: June 20th Four men dressed in various costumes are gunned down in a cellar. The gun of one had been fired, the bullet turning up in the body of a man...

The Pied Piper of Hambledown

S01E04 The Pied Piper of Hambledown

September 30, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Hambledown, Hampshire, England DATE: April 16th A woman goes to bed early, taking a sedative, to get enough sleep for a beauty contest. When she wakes up the next morning her entire village is...

One of Our Aircraft Is Empty

S01E05 One of Our Aircraft Is Empty

October 7, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: London Airport DATE: April 30th Sky Tripper 190 requests auto land clearance at Heathrow Airport in London. When boarded, the plane is totally empty. While investigating Stewart locates the body of the pilot, and...

The Man in the Elegant Room

S01E06 The Man in the Elegant Room

October 14, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Islington, London, England DATE: May 12th A real estate agent, taking a man to see a warehouse, discovers a room constructed inside the warehouse. Worse, a dead body and a babbling man are locked...

Handicap Dead

S01E07 Handicap Dead

October 21, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Colindale Golf Course, Scotland DATE: June 6th Stewart attends a golf tournament in Scotland. The tournament leader is found dead near the course. The Department is unofficially involved until someone breaks into the dead...

Black Out

S01E08 Black Out

October 28, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 26th A chef goes to the opera in London. Three days later he is found by Mexican authorities in the desert, still his formal attire, unaware of what happened after...

The Double Death of Charlie Crippen

S01E09 The Double Death of Charlie Crippen

November 4, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Bay of Naples, Italy DATE: August 14th Assassins attack a limousine with a land mine, but the “man” killed turns out to be a mannequin. Jason nicknames the mannequin “Charlie Crippen” while the Department...

The Treasure of the Costa del Sol

S01E10 The Treasure of the Costa del Sol

November 11, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: The Costa del Sol, Spain DATE: July 31st A man goes scuba diving while his friend waits in the car. The man returns from the dive with a fish, and his friend shoots him....

Who Plays the Dummy?

S01E11 Who Plays the Dummy?

November 18, 1969 50 min

LOCATION:The Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain DATE: September 12th A car, apparently out of control, rushes to its doom in a mountainous, uninhabited area of Madrid. And its only occupant is a tailor's dummy sitting at...

The Man Who Got a New Face

S01E12 The Man Who Got a New Face

November 25, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Cap d'Antibes, France DATE: August 16th A man takes enormous risk by sneak onto the grounds of an estate. He steals nothing, taking the gamble instead to glue a classic theatrical comedy mask onto...

Les Fleurs du Mal

S01E13 Les Fleurs du Mal

December 2, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Rome, Italy DATE: September 26th A small package has the key to the disappearance of $5 million taken in a robbery. The man charged with delivering the package to a man in Paris is...

The Shift That Never Was

S01E14 The Shift That Never Was

December 9, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Stepney, London, England DATE: October 10th The police are called to investigate a manufacturing company manager’s claim that no one showed up for work on a Wednesday in spite of neighbors’ claims that everything...

Dead Men Die Twice

S01E15 Dead Men Die Twice

December 16, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Southern France DATE: July 19th A man's home is invaded by armed intruders intent on killing him. He has a heart attack and dies before they can, however. The two men go to the...

A Ticket to Nowhere

S01E16 A Ticket to Nowhere

December 23, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: Heathrow Airport, London, England DATE: December 6th A pilot coming in for a landing spies a man on the runway. He is unable to miss the man, killing him. Jason, at the airport to...

Last Train to Redbridge

S01E17 Last Train to Redbridge

December 30, 1969 50 min

LOCATION: London DATE: November 22nd A subway arrives at its final destination for the evening. A conductor finds a car filled with dead people, and he is overcome by something in the air and dies...

The Ghost of Mary Burnham

S01E18 The Ghost of Mary Burnham

January 6, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: London DATE: January 4th John Burnham’s wife was murdered in the parking garage as they were leaving for the evening. However, John continues to see Mary and receive phone calls from her. Who killed...

The Man from X

S01E19 The Man from X

January 13, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: London, England DATE: February 2nd A couple, necking in a car, are shocked to find a man in a spacesuit coming at them. He falls dead before he reaches their car. The Department wants...

Death on Reflection

S01E20 Death on Reflection

January 20, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Bond Street, London, England DATE: January 18th Sir Curtis attends an auction. A mirror that he suspects is worth no more than £2,500 goes for £9,000. He is perplexed as to why, and even...

The Perfect Operation

S01E21 The Perfect Operation

January 27, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: City of Southwark Hospital, London DATE: October 24th A British government official suffers a brain hemorrhage. While in surgery, his surgeon is replaced by another man. Instead of killing the official, the substitute doctor...

The Duplicated Man

S01E22 The Duplicated Man

February 3, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Foreign Office, London DATE: February 16th. A plane carrying a British MI5 agent explodes over the English Channel. Witnesses on a boat crossing the Channel see the plane explode and are certain no one...

The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine

S01E23 The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine

February 10, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Paris, France DATE: March 8th A man murders another man on a flight. He then orders no one to move and opens the airplane door, jumping -- to the floor of a warehouse. Other...

Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old

S01E24 Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old

February 17, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 8th A man commits suicide beneath a tree in a park. He has no identification and is completely untraceable. To complicate matters, the coronor's report indicates the dead man is...

A Fish out of Water

S01E25 A Fish out of Water

February 24, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Beruit, Lebanon DATE: March 22nd The body of an Interpol agent is found near the shore shortly after he arrives in Beruit for vacation. Stewart is upset, not because the man was a friend,...

A Small War of Nerves

S01E26 A Small War of Nerves

March 3, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Wiltshire, England DATE: April 20th Greg Halliday is fed up with his work as a chemical engineer creating weapons that can obliterate the population of large cities. He leaves his job with a canister...

The Bones of Byrom Blain

S01E27 The Bones of Byrom Blain

March 10, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Marling Dale, Cheshire, England DATE: April 4th When a chauffeur opens the door for his passenger, a diplomat named Byrom Blaine, he discovers a skeleton instead. The Department is called in, but they cannot...

The Soup of the Day

S01E28 The Soup of the Day

March 17, 1970 50 min

LOCATION: Liverpool, England DATE: May 2nd Department S is called upon to investigate a most unusual burglary: four men break into a warehouse and break through a stone wall, all to steal one crate of...

Cast

Peter Wyngarde

Peter Wyngarde

Jason KIng

Rosemary Nicols

Rosemary Nicols

Annabelle Hurst

Joel Fabiani

Joel Fabiani

Stewart Sullivan

Dennis Alaba Peters

Sir Curtis Seretse

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