Spyder's Web

Season 1

1972 · 13 episodes · 10h 7m in all

The Arachnid Film Unit run by Lottie Dean (Patricia Cutts) is the cover for an obscure group of intelligence operatives. Licensed to Kill.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Spyder Secures a Main Strand

   21 Jan 1972

   After a British agent fleeing across a Communist border is picked up by car, and shot, the Web weaves its way into the hunt for a traitor. A reshuffle of British security is called for and Charlotte accepts the challenge.

2. 2

   2. The Executioners

   28 Jan 1972 · 52 min

   Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.

3. 3

   3. Romance on Wheels

   4 Feb 1972 · 51 min

   Lottie and Hawksworth join members of a dating agency on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to discover how certain candidates are being replaced by Soviet agents.

4. 4

   4. The Hafiz Affair

   11 Feb 1972 · 50 min

   The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.

5. 5

   5. Life at a Price

   18 Feb 1972 · 48 min

   The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.

6. 6

   6. Emergency Exit

   25 Feb 1972 · 50 min

   Spyder's Web (1972) A Spyder agent is substituted for one of the opposition's to discover how the enemy escape route works. The trail leads to the Viscount Employment Agency run by Kalashnkov - whom adores the British aristocracy.

7. 7

   7. Red Admiral

   3 Mar 1972 · 52 min

   On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?

8. 8

   8. Lies and Dolls

   10 Mar 1972 · 48 min

   Spyder's Web (1972) A message from a myna bird alerts Lottie to the death of an MP, which then leads to Eastern European puppeteers who are the front for a people-smuggling organization.

9. 9

   9. Things That Go Bang in the Night

   17 Mar 1972 · 51 min

   An inventor of bizarre killing-machines leaves a lethal legacy, which his eccentric relations compete to get their hands on.

10. 10

    10. An Almost Modern Man

    24 Mar 1972 · 51 min

    Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.

11. 11

    11. Nobody's Strawberry Fool

    31 Mar 1972 · 51 min

    A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.

12. 12

    12. The Prevalence of Skeletons

    7 Apr 1972 · 51 min

    What is behind the killing of a number of prominent individuals, why did they withdraw their life savings on the day of their deaths, and why have their corpses aged so dramatically? Lottie and Hawksworth investigate.

13. 13

    13. Rev Counter

    14 Apr 1972 · 52 min

    Lottie and Hawksworth infiltrate an eccentric group led by a vicar who aim to liberate the Isle of Wight from the English - by armed force.