Season 1

Spyder's WebSeason 1

1972
13 Episodes

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

Episodes

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S01E01

Spyder Secures a Main Strand

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.

21 Jan 1972
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S01E02

The Executioners

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

28 Jan 197252m
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S01E03

Romance on Wheels

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.

04 Feb 197251m
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S01E04

The Hafiz Affair

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

11 Feb 197250m
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S01E05

Life at a Price

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

18 Feb 197248m
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S01E06

Emergency Exit

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.

25 Feb 197250m
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S01E07

Red Admiral

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

03 Mar 197252m
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S01E08

Lies and Dolls

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.

10 Mar 197248m
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S01E09

Things That Go Bang in the Night

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

17 Mar 197251m
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S01E10

An Almost Modern Man

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

24 Mar 197251m
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S01E11

Nobody's Strawberry Fool

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

31 Mar 197251m
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S01E12

The Prevalence of Skeletons

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.

07 Apr 197251m
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S01E13

Rev Counter

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.

14 Apr 197252m