Espionage (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Espionage


caption =
genre = Anthology
creator =
writer = Raymond Bowers
Norman Borisoff
John Furia
David Greene
Donald Johnson
Donald Jonson
Ernest Kinoy
Albert Ruben
Halsted Welles
director = David Greene
Herbert Hirschman
Ken Hughes
Michael Powell
Stuart Rosenberg
James Sheldon
composer = Malcolm Arnold
Benjamin Frankel
country = UK
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 24
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Herbert Hirschman
producer = George Justin
asst_producer = John Pellatt
runtime = 60 mins.
channel = NBC
picture_format = Black-and-white
audio_format = Monaural
first_aired = 2 October 1963
last_aired = 25 March 1964
imdb_id = 0056754
tv_com_id = 6154

"Espionage" is a 1963 Associated TeleVision (ATV) series, distributed outside the UK by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by NBC.

ynopsis

The series of 24 one-hour monchrome episodes had no regular cast, choosing instead to follow various "spies" as they did their "jobs". The episodes featured spies for the West, for the Soviet Bloc, spies working for peace and resistance operatives. The episodes drifted between contemporary times, the Second World War and the interwar period with occasional episodes set in other times.

Guest cast

Featured guest stars included:
* David Kossoff
* Dennis Hopper
* Patricia Neal
* Joan Hickson
* Patrick Troughton
* Billie Whitelaw
* Patrick Cargill
* Jill Bennett
* Millicent Martin
* Anthony Quayle - a real-life "spy" with the Special Operations Executive during World War II.

Many of the cast members were largely unknown in the United States when this series was first broadcast and some member would go on to fame in the US because of the exposure.

Episode list

This list is in NBC's airdate order.

Music

The theme music was composed and conducted by Malcolm Arnold.

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/retro/cta/UK/Espionage.htm CTA information]
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