Season 2

Episodes

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   1. The Waiting Game

   1 Sept 1967 · 50 min

   Drayton, a perfectly normal and respectable businessman, is sacked from his job as general Manager of the Dynaflow company after only four weeks in office. The company has been bought out by a Mr. Purvis and the price is suspiciously low. Drayton contacts the I.B. and it doesn't take Smith long to realise that a colossal Purchase Tax swindle is in the making. The trouble is, how to prove it. And that's where Smith has to start playing the waiting game.

2. 2

   2. Man in a Wheelbarrow

   8 Sept 1967 · 50 min

   The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.

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   3. The Present

   15 Sept 1967 · 50 min

   Lying to the Customs men - whether about that extra packet of cigarettes or an expensive gold watch - causes more trouble than it's worth. Sheila and Dick Graham find this out when they lie about a valuable microscope found in their luggage, and set McInnes and Smith off on an investigation.

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   4. Who Needs Friends?

   22 Sept 1967 · 50 min

   Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?

5. 5

   5. A Cup of Kindness

   29 Sept 1967 · 50 min

   Ross McInnes learns that a good I.B. man must think of the Department above all things - even above friendship.

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   6. Better Dead Than Alive

   6 Oct 1967 · 50 min

   When Penman's flat is broken into by a young man, a chain of strange events leads the I.B. into a macabre and dangerous case.

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   7. Evidence Partial and Impartial

   13 Oct 1967 · 50 min

   Smith arrests two old clients and oversteps the mark. The two he has accused insist that he himself should be investigated.

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   8. A Sleeping Partner

   20 Oct 1967 · 50 min

   Fortunes can be made from a leak of information from a Customs office. Smith and McInnes attack the problem from two sides, both with equal application.

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   9. Conflict of Interests

   27 Oct 1967 · 50 min

   Perhaps to be a good I.B. officer one should have no emotions at all. Ross McInnes finds this out the hard way.

10. 10

    10. The Exile

    3 Nov 1967 · 50 min

    When Paul Valery, an international con-man, has a mysterious visitor, the I.B. become involved with a very undesirable alien.

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    11. You Can't Touch Me

    10 Nov 1967 · 50 min

    When Paul Hasek, a foreign diplomat, is caught in a compromising situation, his privileged position is used as a cover for smuggling.

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    12. Fox in the High Street

    17 Nov 1967 · 50 min

    Any way of reducing the price of mink coats would be welcomed by some women, even if it means depriving the country of revenue.

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    13. The Golden Spider

    24 Nov 1967 · 50 min

    When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.

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    14. The New Faces

    1 Dec 1967 · 50 min

    Smith is involved in butter smuggling between Northern and Southern Ireland and he and McInnes find themselves up against a very professional operator.