Name: The Inside Man
Released: 1969-01-17
Cast: Frederick Jaeger, Petra Davies, Basil Henson, Robin Ellis

Delayed Action

Jan 17, 1969

Fulton Mackay guest stars as the survivor of an accidental RAF bombing that has wiped out his family.

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Command Performance

Jan 24, 1969

No description available.

1h

Crosscheck

Jan 31, 1969

Michael Barnett is a spy whom the Department wants Austen to vet positively, despite every fact about him being easily verified lies.

1h

Death of a Friendship

Feb 7, 1969

No description available.

1h

Discord

Feb 14, 1969

Renowned concert pianist Robert Flemyng returns home after spending 18 months in a Russian prison camp. Concerned about how the harrowing experience might have changed him, his wife, Lisa Daniely, turns to Austen for help in understanding what kind of man her husband has become.

1h

Recall

Feb 21, 1969

No description available.

1h

Lady in the Bath

Feb 28, 1969

Rachel Marlow, a rich and glamorous film director, is found dead in her bath with her wrists slashed. It looks as if she has finally said her own goodbye to a world that had become too fast. But when Dr. Austen starts to reconstruct her life and background from the memories of the people who knew her, he finds he is engaged in a quest much more deadly and sinister than that of a beautiful suicide.

1h

An East-West Affair

Mar 7, 1969

"Are you repelled by the sight of a middle-aged woman in love with a man years younger? Some people are." When a young Eastern attaché takes a more than friendly interest in a high-ranking but mature lady member of the British diplomatic staff, Dawnay's department is alarmed—especially as her briefcase contains classified information. In a background of Civil Service intrigue and vicious gossip-mongering, Dr. James Austen tries to restore some sanity in an attempt to stop the Juggernaut of the Establishment from crushing the private lives of ordinary people.

1h

The Spy Vanishes

Mar 14, 1969

When Dr. James Austen interviews convicted spy Josef Borozhek at the start of a 40-year sentence in maximum security, the prospect looks ugly indeed--especially when Borozhek becomes the victim of savage attacks from his cell-mates. But when his tormentors try to strike a bargain, Borozhek becomes a key figure in an even more frightening chase to the death.

1h

A Day of Angels

Mar 21, 1969

When a fear-crazed man, without past, present, or future. is picked up in Berlin, and refuses to talk, Dr. Austen is thrown into the highly-charged world of East-West tension. He is faced with the problem of making the victim talk before the Department resorts to more brutal forms of persuasion.

1h

The Case of the Abandoned Wife

Mar 28, 1969

When a fear-crazed man, without past, present or future. is picked up in Berlin, and refuses to talk, Dr. Austen is thrown into the highly-charged world of East-West tension. He is faced with the problem of making the victim talk before the Department resorts to more brutal forms of persuasion.

1h

Revenge for a Visitor

Apr 4, 1969

"Leave me alone! I don't want you near me! You've been watching, listening, all these months. You're just another spy." In the last of the current series. James Austen finds himself caught up in the strange case of a Polish girl living in London who appears to have become terrified by sudden explosions of family hatred. For Austen, the frightened Irena is strictly a private patient, but for Dawnay, she is the beginning of a trail which leads him to a deadly plot of political revenge.

1h