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Spyforce

Summary Australian Intelligence Officers during World War 2. View more details

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Spyforce

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jack Thompson Peter Sumner Redmond Phillips Katy Wild

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6.7

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Genres : Thriller Drama War

Release date : Aug 25, 1971

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Production companies : Paramount Television Nine Network Australia Roger Mirams Productions

Summary Australian Intelligence Officers during World War 2. View more details

Details

Genres : Thriller Drama War

Release date : Aug 25, 1971

Countries of origin : Australia

Language : English

Production companies : Paramount Television Nine Network Australia Roger Mirams Productions

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Spyforce (1971)

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Episode 1 • Aug 25, 1971
The General
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.
Episode 2 • Sep 01, 1971
Death Railway
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.
Episode 3 • Sep 08, 1971
Portuguese Man of War
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.
Episode 4 • Sep 15, 1971
The Prisoner
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.
Episode 5 • Sep 29, 1971
The Bridge
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.
Episode 6 • Oct 06, 1971
The Trader
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.
Episode 7 • Oct 13, 1971
The Escape
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.
Episode 8 • Oct 22, 1971
27 Hours
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.
Episode 9 • Oct 29, 1971
The Volunteers: Part 1
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.
Episode 10 • Nov 05, 1971
The Volunteers: Part 2
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.
Episode 11 • Nov 26, 1971
The Countess
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.
Episode 12 • Dec 03, 1971
The Cripple
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.
Episode 13 • Nov 12, 1971
The Assassin
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.
Episode 14 • Dec 10, 1971
The Tunku
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.
Episode 15 • Dec 17, 1971
The Gunner
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.
Episode 16 • Mar 28, 1972
The Saviour: Part 1
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.
Episode 17 • Apr 04, 1972
The Saviour: Part 2
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.
Episode 18 • Jan 11, 1972
The Samurai
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.
Episode 19 • Dec 31, 1971
The Bunker
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.
Episode 20 • Sep 22, 1971
Reilley's Army
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.
Episode 21 • Mar 07, 1972
The Courier
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.
Episode 22 • Jan 18, 1972
The Doctor
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.
Episode 23 • Jan 04, 1972
The Major
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.
Episode 24 • Aug 30, 1971
The Lovers
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.
Episode 25 • Feb 29, 1972
The Chase
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.
Episode 26 • Feb 08, 1972
The Diplomat
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.
Episode 27 • Feb 22, 1972
The District Commissioner
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.
Episode 28 • Mar 14, 1972
The Troupers
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.
Episode 29 • Mar 21, 1972
The Encounter
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?
Episode 30 • Nov 12, 1972
The Breakout
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.
Episode 31 • Jan 18, 1973
The Interrogater
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.
Episode 32 • Apr 18, 1972
The Raiders
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.
Episode 33 • Apr 25, 1972
The Forger
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.
Episode 34 • Nov 19, 1972
The Correspondent
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.
Episode 35 • Dec 03, 1972
The Double Agent
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.
Episode 36 • Jan 28, 1973
The Misfits
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.
Episode 37 • Dec 10, 1972
The Mission
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.
Episode 38 • Jan 21, 1973
The Journey
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.
Episode 39 • Jan 14, 1973
The Decoy
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.
Episode 40 • Nov 11, 1973
The Murder
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.
Episode 41 • Nov 18, 1973
The Trail
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.
Episode 42 • Feb 01, 1973
The Rolls That Went to War
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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