Series synopsis
Department S is a British action & adventure drama sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on ITV1 on September 9, 1969. It ended on March 17, 1970. It was created by Dennis Spooner, Monty Berman. It stars Peter Wyngarde, Rosemary Nicols, Joel Fabiani and Dennis Alaba Peters.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: Inexplicable... Illogical... No Solution.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Peter Wyngarde as Jason KIng
- Rosemary Nicols as Annabelle Hurst
- Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan
- Dennis Alaba Peters as Sir Curtis Seretse
Guest cast
- Patricia Haines as Veronica Bray
- Caroline Blakiston as Kate Mortimer
- Richard Vernon as Colonel Loring
- Tommy Godfrey as Taxi Driver
- Peter Copley as The Auctioneer
- Barbara Murray as Tania Andre
- Stanley Lebor as Fraser
- Richard Heffer as Albert Hughes
- Brian Oulton as Doctor Davis
- Robert Urquhart as Anthony James Harvey / Andrew Heywood
- Al Mancini as Durres
- Sue Lloyd as Brigitte
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 28 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 28 | September 9, 1969 | March 17, 1970 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Six Days 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 them that they are not 30 minutes early, but six days overdue. Department S has a vested interest in the flight, because Sir Curtis was aboard. As they begin investigating, people start dying. |
September 9, 1969 |
| 2 |
The Trojan Tanker 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 inside. The tanker, however, is not carrying fuel, but rather is elaborately rigged as a living space. A search for the missing woman leads Jason to an old friend, and eventually to France. |
September 16, 1969 |
| 3 |
A Cellar Full of Silence 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 found in the trunk of a submerged car. Stewart pays a call on a crime broker to see who hired the men and how the crimes relate to a house in St. John's Woods, where a woman is being kept sedated because she thought she saw four men wearing disguises committing a robbery in the house. |
September 23, 1969 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | ITV1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 9, 1969 |
| Last aired | March 17, 1970 |
| Runtime | 50 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Tuesday |