Probe (1972 TV pilot)

"Probe" was a 2 hour TV pilot movie created by Leslie Stevens that first aired on February 21, 1972 on NBC. cite web | title="PROBE (2hr. pilot TV movie for the series "Search")" | url=http://aa.1asphost.com/CTVA/US/Spy/Search.htm | publisher=Classic TV Archive | accessdate=2006-11-28]

Probe was the pilot for the science fiction detective series "Search" starring Hugh O'Brian as Hugh Lockwood, a high-tech private eye designated “Probe One”. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because "Probe" was the name of an existing PBS series.

Probes were agents for a group known as “World Securities,” who were outfitted with various electronic implants, and were equipped with a button-sized "scanner" that contained a micro-miniaturized video camera, microphone and transmitter, which connected them with a team of technicians and experts who constantly monitored his surroundings, actions and vital signs, and were able to supply the Probe with encyclopedic information on any subject.

Lockwood was an American astronaut now working as a Probe for World Securities. In the pilot, Lockwood sets out for Europe; his assignment is to track down a multi-million-pound stash of gemstones that were amassed by Hermann Goering during World War II.

Burgess Meredith starred as Cameron, probe control’s head of operations.

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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVVbYXG557c "Probe" title sequence 1972]