Roger Lloyd Pack
Spyder's Web (1972)
Season 1
The Arachnid Film Unit run by Lottie Dean (Patricia Cutts) is the cover for an obscure group of intelligence operatives. Licensed to Kill.
Released Jan. 21, 1972
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Thriller
Keywords: imdb.intelligence
Network: Associated Television
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
Jan. 21, 1972, midnight
S1E2 - The Executioners
Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.
Jan. 28, 1972, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
Feb. 4, 1972, midnight
S1E4 - The Hafiz Affair
The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.
Feb. 11, 1972, midnight
S1E5 - Life at a Price
The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.
Feb. 18, 1972, midnight
S1E6 - Emergency Exit
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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.
Feb. 25, 1972, midnight
S1E7 - Red Admiral
On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?
March 3, 1972, midnight
S1E8 - Lies and Dolls
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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.
March 10, 1972, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
March 17, 1972, midnight
S1E10 - An Almost Modern Man
Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.
March 24, 1972, midnight
S1E11 - Nobody's Strawberry Fool
A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.
March 31, 1972, midnight
S1E12 - 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.
April 7, 1972, midnight
S1E13 - 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.
April 14, 1972, midnight
Network: Associated Television
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: Jan. 21, 1972
Last Air Date: April 14, 1972, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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