Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.
Air Date: 1970-04-07
Under cover of being Master of a Cambridge College, Sir Iain Dalzell is head of a top British spy ring. His daughter...
Air Date: 1970-04-14
Sir Iain orders lawyer and spy Philip West to escort a professional assassin, Morgan, back from Portugal to England. ...
Air Date: 1970-04-21
Spy Philip West is sent by Sir Iain to investigate the disappearance of several British agents in Lisbon. But he is ...
Air Date: 1970-04-28
Philip West is detailed to locate an enemy agent who is planning the theft of a missile guidance system. His investi...
Air Date: 1970-05-05
Two agents from a spy-training centre are chosen for a ""suicide mission"". Are they trustworthy? And more importan...
Air Date: 1970-05-12
A Russian bomber jettisons two nuclear warheads just outside Bulgaria. Sir Iain is ordered to photograph the missile...
Air Date: 1970-05-19
Penelope Blanchard, an elderly civil servant has assisted MI17 in the past. Now, asked to help again, she is strange...
Air Date: 1970-05-26
Philip West misses his opportunity to abduct the scientist Rena Szarvos en route to a conference. He is compelled to...
Air Date: 1970-06-02
Greco, an enemy agent, is planning a conference of all the Eastern countries. Sir Iain's task is to find Greco and s...
Air Date: 1970-06-09
The pseudo-philosophical Society of Alpha trades in secrets and subversions, tapping the minds of its members by mean...
Air Date: 1970-06-16
Two theses, on which Doctor Petrie has based his reputation, are revealed as forgeries. He has been sponsored by Kar...
Air Date: 1970-06-23
Goric, a foreign agent, comes to Britain to attend a chess tournament where he will receive some top secret microfilm...
Air Date: 1970-06-30
Vaslav Baroviev, a Russian writer visiting Cambridge, asks for asylum. But Sir Iain soon discovers that there are pe...