1971

S1.E1 ∙ The General

Wed, Aug 25, 1971

Erskine is coerced by Cato in to re-entering New Ireland to steal a list of German agents in Australia that are being held by a German general. He has to do this before he can give the list to the Japanese.

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S1.E2 ∙ Death Railway

Wed, Sep 01, 1971

Erskine and Haber are sent in to destroy a vital road bridge that carries the goods to the construction camps for the Burma-Siam railway. However, Cato has additional plans and they find themselves captured.

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S1.E3 ∙ Portuguese Man of War

Wed, Sep 08, 1971

Gunther is sent undercover in a prison with German prisoners looking for some saboteurs. Erskine works with some Portuguese fisherman looking for the suppliers of the explosives. The target is the troop carrier the Queen Mary.

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S1.E4 ∙ The Prisoner

Wed, Sep 15, 1971

Cato blackmails Erskine and Haber to get them to break into Changi prison camp to bring out an important civilian bacteriologist. Also, French goes undercover after saboteurs as there have been threats against Sydney's water supplies.

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S1.E5 ∙ The Bridge

Wed, Sep 29, 1971

Erskine and Gunther find out that the Japanese are planning to destroy Sydney Harbour Bridge. It appears that the target is a convoy due to sail to New Guinea. Erskine and Gunther manage to get back to Australia with the details.

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S1.E6 ∙ The Trader

Wed, Oct 06, 1971

Erskine and Haber are evacuating a small group of civilians out of New Guinea when they are stopped by the Japanese. They head to a local trading post for assistance. Cato enlists a maverick but resourceful sailor to help get them out.

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S1.E7 ∙ The Escape

Wed, Oct 13, 1971

A plane is shot down and the pilot, a German general, is captured. He is an expert on the V2 flying bomb and Cato is in the area to advise the Japanese on the weapon. German spies are determined to get him back.

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S1.E8 ∙ 27 Hours

Fri, Oct 22, 1971

A captured German general is to be sent to Colombo because of numerous attempts on his life. Erskine and Haber are to accompany him on the long 27 hour flight in a Catalina flying boat, which turns out to be a very eventful journey.

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S1.E9 ∙ The Volunteers: Part 1

Fri, Oct 29, 1971

Erskine and Haber are sent with four other men on a boat to Singapore harbour with orders to sink merchant ships. When things go wrong, Erskine suspects there is a saboteur aboard. Cato also suspects that there is an impostor on board.

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S1.E10 ∙ The Volunteers: Part 2

Fri, Nov 05, 1971

Cato manages to catch one of the spies who threatened to sabotage the mission. Meanwhile, Erskine and Haber continue their mission to Singapore unaware who the saboteur is. Despite the difficulties, Erskine sets the charges in the harbour.

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S1.E11 ∙ The Countess

Fri, Nov 26, 1971

Erskine and Haber to to Macau to obtain some plans detailing Japanese troop movements. As Macau is a neutral country, they have to be careful not to violate its neutrality. They use the help of a local woman known as The Countess.

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S1.E12 ∙ The Cripple

Fri, Dec 03, 1971

During an operation behind enemy lines, Erskine is injured by a bullet and unable to feel his legs. He recovers physically but he is still unable to walk. All the reports indicate that the problem is psychosomatic.

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S1.E13 ∙ The Assassin

Fri, Nov 12, 1971

The Japanese learn that General McArthur is coming to Australia so they ask the Germans to send an assassin to kill him. At the same time, Cato is convinced that McArthur's security is inadequate and sets out to prove it.

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S1.E14 ∙ The Tunku

Fri, Dec 10, 1971

Malayan guerrillas are hampering the Japanese supply lines and the Japanese want the Tunku to broadcast to the local villagers to stop their support of the guerrillas. Cato sends Erskine and Haber into Malaya to stop the Tuko.

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S1.E15 ∙ The Gunner

Fri, Dec 17, 1971

Haber is dropped off in New Guinea where he meets a local agent. His mission is to sabotage a Japanese convoy in Lae harbour and is ambushed by a enemy patrol where he is injured. They come across a soldier, who is the remnant of an artillery unit that was ambushed by the Japanese, which has left him mentally unstable. It leaves Haber in a dilemma about what to do with him, leave him where he is or take him on the mission. However, their mission is in jeopardy when they are betrayed.

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S1.E16 ∙ The Saviour: Part 1

Tue, Mar 28, 1972

Cato sends in Erskine, Haber and French to bring out a Dr. Brookman out of New Guinea, who is reluctant to leave. When they reach him, they are surrounded by a Japanese patrol. During their flight French and a nun are captured.

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S1.E17 ∙ The Saviour: Part 2

Tue, Apr 04, 1972

With French and Sister Hilda captured, Erskine and Haber look for a way to rescue them. Meanwhile, Cato is asked to rescue a group of children from a prison camp. It turns out that French and Sister Hilda are taken to the same camp.

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S1.E18 ∙ The Samurai

Tue, Jan 11, 1972

A sadistic Japanese officer in Malaya models himself on the code of the samurai and takes pleasure in murdering prisoners of war. Posing as escaped allied pilots, Erskine and Haber are sent to kill him.

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S1.E19 ∙ The Bunker

Fri, Dec 31, 1971

Erskine and Haber hide in an abandoned communications post. Not knowing that they are there, they are under an artillery barrage by allied gunners. There they encounter two Japanese soldiers and find themselves shelled by the other side.

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S1.E20 ∙ Reilley's Army

Wed, Sep 22, 1971

Reilley is an ex-pat who has organised a band of natives to fight the Japanese. In their reprisals, the Japanese are killing a number of coast watchers. Cato sends Erskine and Haber are sent to stop Reilley.

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S1.E21 ∙ The Courier

Tue, Mar 07, 1972

Erskine intercepts and captures a Japanese courier and brings him to Darwin. French is sent to Darwin to nurse the injured courier on his trip back to Sydney with Erskine. Engine trouble leaves French and Erskine stranded in the desert.

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S1.E22 ∙ The Doctor

Tue, Jan 18, 1972

Spyforce investigates a medical drug smuggling ring. German agents have abducted the wife of a doctor to blackmail him into helping them. A rancid batch of penicillin is to be sent to doctors to kill soldiers injected with the drug.

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S1.E23 ∙ The Major

Tue, Jan 04, 1972

Erskine and Stewart are sent to Burma to destroy a vital bridge on the Burma road that the Japanese are using to move supplies into China. They are parachuted in and encounter a British unit that has been left behind Japanese lines.

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S1.E24 ∙ The Lovers

Mon, Aug 30, 1971

Cato sends Haber and Erskine to New Guinea to bring out an agent because of his knowledge of the coast watchers. He is also with two civilians, one of whom is a woman who was a close girlfriend of Haber's.

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S1.E25 ∙ The Chase

Tue, Feb 29, 1972

Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue an uninspiring and insipid captain from behind enemy lines. Cato authorised the attempt because he was under considerable pressure from the captain's father, who is an influential political figure.

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S1.E26 ∙ The Diplomat

Tue, Feb 08, 1972

A high ranking German officer and a Japanese minister realise that they cannot win the war discuss a way of ending the war. The Japanese minister contacts Cato and Cato decides to send Haber in his place to see what his proposal is.

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S1.E27 ∙ The District Commissioner

Tue, Feb 22, 1972

Erskine is trapped in New Guinea with a group of soldiers fighting a rearguard action. An arrogant local District Commissioner hampers Erskine in his efforts, which is complicated when an inter-tribal war starts amongst the natives.

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S1.E28 ∙ The Troupers

Tue, Mar 14, 1972

A theatrical group of entertainers is captured by the Japanese. One of them has a list of Australian bases in New Guinea and Cato orders Erskine and Haber to rescue them before the captors can get the list.

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S1.E29 ∙ The Encounter

Tue, Mar 21, 1972

Erskine captures an American deserter and brings him to Australia. According to the Americans, he ordered the massacre of the residents in a Philippine village. Cato is suspicious of the motives of the Americans. But why?

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S1.E30 ∙ The Breakout

Sun, Nov 12, 1972

A group of soldiers is captured by the Japanese on the Kokoda trail in New Guinea. One of the officers holds important information about Allied troop movements in the forthcoming attack on Gona. Erskine is sent in to break them out.

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S1.E31 ∙ The Interrogater

Thu, Jan 18, 1973

Cato and French are captured on their way to Port Moresby by a German patrol. They are after information about Australian troop movements and start to torture Cato. Then a Japanese patrol intervenes and treats them all as enemies.

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S1.E32 ∙ The Raiders

Tue, Apr 18, 1972

A Japanese submarine is sinking ships around northern Australia. Cato thinks it must be based in the Papuan Gulf and he directs Haber to do some reconnaissance to find it. Unfortunately, Haber's help is an unreliable, alcoholic civilian.

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S1.E33 ∙ The Forger

Tue, Apr 25, 1972

Haber and Sloan are in a northern Queensland town looking for the source of counterfeit Australian notes. The German agents in the town have killed off many of the locals and were planning to disrupt the Australian economy.

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S1.E34 ∙ The Correspondent

Sun, Nov 19, 1972

A war correspondent is sending information to America about military operations jeopardising them. When an American senator's son is captured in Timor, Cato organises a rescue mission led by Haber, which the correspondent finds out about.

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S1.E35 ∙ The Double Agent

Sun, Dec 03, 1972

A German submarine has been operating off the Australian coast. A German agent is dropped off in Australia to arrange for it to be supplied. He is captured and Haber is sent in his place to set a trap for the submarine.

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S1.E36 ∙ The Misfits

Sun, Jan 28, 1973

Erskine and Haber are sent to Burma to bring out a top code-breaking expert who is being held in a prison camp. He breaks out of the camp with a disparate group of soldiers, which makes the journey to the pick-up point hazardous and slow.

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S1.E37 ∙ The Mission

Sun, Dec 10, 1972

Erskine contracts malaria when on assignment on a Japanese-held island. He is told to head for a mission from where he will be picked up. It has a truce with the Japanese that allows them to continue but Erskine threatens this truce.

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S1.E38 ∙ The Journey

Sun, Jan 21, 1973

Erskine and Haber have rescued a group of people from Sumatra and are flying them back to Australia. It's an eventful trip back as the pilot notices that somebody on board is sending a radio signal. Then one of the passengers is killed.

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S1.E39 ∙ The Decoy

Sun, Jan 14, 1973

Erskine is sent to destroy a fuel dump and aircraft repair base. However, when he is laying the charges he finds that there are a large group of British women and children being held captive that the allies don't know about.

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S1.E40 ∙ The Murder

Sun, Nov 11, 1973

Colonel Cato was shot and murdered in his office during the night. However, the story being put out is that he had a heart attack. However, Erskine sees the some blood on the office carpet and suspects that there was foul play.

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S1.E41 ∙ The Trail

Sun, Nov 18, 1973

Erskine accompanies two nurses to a forward medical aid station and finds that the Japanese are in the area. However, the General, who has just taken over the situation on the Kokoda Trail, refuses to believe it and does nothing.

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S1.E42 ∙ The Rolls That Went to War

Thu, Feb 01, 1973

Erskine's plane is shot down off the coast of Malaya. He is saved by a group of English SOE agents who crashed landed a few months ago and survived in an isolated mansion. Erskine enlists them to help him destroy a vital bridge.

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