Episodes are listed in transmission order.
Clicking the images on the right takes you directly to the episodes which are currently
available on DVD - thse are also marked in bold below.
Cast lists for the missing episodes have the guest actors' portraits in sepia, with a tan border, to indicate
those illustrated from other productions - actors portrayed from publicity material or screenshots from the episodes themselves are in black and white.
Nº is the transmission order number;
production dates are unverified, but all the sources seem to agree on them - Alan Hayes' recent discovery of a shooting script for "A Change of Bait" throws them into question as it has the episode shot a week earlier than previously believed, and also numbers the episode as number 24. I have switched its production date with that of "The Deadly Air", the most likely candidate for becoming 25. (EDITOR: Alan informs me he thinks that Dragonsfield may be a better contender for the 25th spot). Given all the recently discovered evidence, it seems very unlikely that episodes 3-9 were broadcast "live to air" as has been previously asserted by some commentators.
In the table, * indicates an episode with a synopsis and screenshots, as they are available on DVD.
# indicates the episode is illustrated - either from production stills (scanned or supplied by Canal+ Image) or from the telesnaps recently unearthed by Optimum.
The 1961 Actors' Equity strike started in November and continued for
five months. Production was suspended completely and the television
stations, after an almost complete shutdown, started broadcasting
previously recorded material. The last four episodes of the
season fall into this category, all being broadcast in December 1961;
the last of them being filmed a few weeks before the strike started.
By the time the strike lifted in April 1961, Ian Hendry had decided
to leave the show and pursue a feature film career.
