Special Branch
(1969)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Downwind of Angels
Episode 13 - 5-09-1974
50m
Craven and Haggerty are working against the clock to find a gunman stalking the London streets.
7.4/10
Haven't Seen
Diversion
Episode 12 - 5-02-1974
50m
Is Strand's erratic behaviour a result of the pressure he is under or is he playing a much more dangerous game?
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Alien
Episode 11 - 4-25-1974
51m
A German student revolutionary has been allowed into Britain under the strict condition that he does nothing political. Craven and Haggerty are made to ensure that he sticks to the terms of his deal.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Intercept
Episode 10 - 4-18-1974
51m
Craven has to investigate a morally dubious but strategically important foreign VIP who has been robbed of a fortune in diamonds.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Date of Birth
Episode 9 - 4-11-1974
51m
Craven must unravel the connection between a recently-killed spy and an au pair.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Entente Cordiale
Episode 8 - 4-04-1974
50m
Craven is appalled to find himself implicated in his ex-wife's terrorist activities.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Sounds Sinister
Episode 7 - 3-28-1974
51m
Craven and Haggerty investigate the broadcasting of compromising information about public figures on a pirate radio station.
7/10Haven't Seen
Rendezvous
Episode 6 - 3-21-1974
50m
Craven provides security for the debriefing of a captured KGB agent.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Something about a Soldier
Episode 5 - 3-14-1974
50m
Tensions run high as Craven and Haggerty investigate two army officers.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Stand and Deliver
Episode 4 - 3-07-1974
51m
An experimental weapon is stolen from a military research facility, but the thieves are unaware the weapon is unstable.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Jailbait
Episode 3 - 2-28-1974
49m
Craven and Haggerty are hot on the trail of a traitor has broken out from prison.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Catherine the Great
Episode 2 - 2-21-1974
49m
The team are on the trail of Rehfuss - a deadly assassin who has managed to get into the country.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Double Exposure
Episode 1 - 2-14-1974
48m
Craven and Haggerty are assigned to investigate if a photographer is a threat to national security.
7/10Haven't Seen
Season 3
Blueprint for Murder
Episode 13 - 7-04-1973
50m
The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.
7/10Haven't Seen
Hostage
Episode 12 - 6-27-1973
50m
Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
You Won't Remember Me
Episode 11 - 6-20-1973
51m
Craven is puzzled as to why he has been asked to carry out twenty-four hour surveillance on a couple who are engaged to be married.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
The Other Man
Episode 10 - 6-13-1973
52m
Craven finds himself investigating a man accused of being a traitor, but has his doubts as to the truthfulness of the accusations.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Threat
Episode 9 - 6-06-1973
49m
British-born Hollywood star Sue Arden arrives in London to rehearse a play, accompanied by a tip-off from the F.B.I that she could be a target of a murder attempt. Craven, Haggerty and North are assigned to protect the actress, but the job and the murder threats are not all they appear to be…
7.3/10Haven't Seen
All the King's Men
Episode 8 - 5-23-1973
52m
A deranged man has taken a hostage and threatens to blow up a block of flats. Craven must act quickly to avert disaster.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Death by Drowning
Episode 7 - 5-16-1973
51m
The body of a young girl is found floating in the Thames - is it murder, suicide or something worse?
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Red Herring
Episode 6 - 5-09-1973
50m
Special Branch joins forces with a bomb-disposal expert to stop a terrorist bombing campaign in the heart of London.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Polonaise
Episode 5 - 5-02-1973
52m
The Special Branch team are assigned to protect the captain of a Polish passenger and cargo ship who believes he is going to be killed.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Haven't Seen
Inquisition
Episode 3 - 4-18-1973
51m
Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.
6.4/10Haven't Seen
Round the Clock
Episode 2 - 4-11-1973
51m
Haggerty's appointment to Special Branch immediately brings him into conflict with Craven - he believes that Craven is on the trail of a man who is already dead.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A Copper Called Craven
Episode 1 - 4-04-1973
51m
Craven find himself under suspicion of accepting a bribe.
This marked the return of the series in an all new shot on film format with a mostly new cast and lots more action.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Season 2
Fool's Mate
Episode 13 - 11-04-1970
50m
When Britain's top code and cypher breaker is forced to mingle with Communist players during a chess tournament, Inman goes along to keep an eye on him. Moxon, meanwhile, is playing a dangerous game of his own: the pawn being Jordan.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Reported Missing
Episode 12 - 10-28-1970
50m
Jordan and Inman go in search of a missing Russian ballerina.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Error of Judgement
Episode 11 - 10-21-1970
52m
When Inman discovers that "The Guardians" are taking a more-than-usual interest in a group of pro-germ-warfare people and finds that their leader is a pretty girl, he decides to send Jordan along to question her.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Sorry Is Just a Word
Episode 10 - 10-14-1970
50m
When a Czech au-pair goes missing in London and her father is one of the most powerful men the country, Inman and Jordan must find out what's happened to her. But their enquirers lead to a dead end.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Love from Doris
Episode 9 - 10-07-1970
48m
When military security intercepts letter written to a lonely serviceman by his foreign 'penpal' Rita, which contain casual references to secret information, Supt Inman sends DS Jordan to investigate.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Borderline Case
Episode 8 - 9-30-1970
49m
While a member of the SB team keeps watch on Karl Peter's flat, Inman and his team scan though his charge sheet. They believe he will attempt to incite London dockworkers into taking industrial action against their employers.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
Not to Be Trusted
Episode 7 - 9-23-1970
51m
Is an eminent scientist, on lone to a top-secret research establishment, a security risk? That's the question facing Inman and his team. The research establishment is suddenly prone to 'leaks'. Has the man been got at?
6.9/10Haven't Seen
The Pleasure of Your Company
Episode 6 - 9-16-1970
51m
Inman meets the CIA's new man in London. Jordan meets an old friend from Moscow. All perfectly legal - until the two are seen together at intervals and the Special Branch team become involved in international politics.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Warrant for a Phoenix
Episode 5 - 9-08-1970
48m
An accusation of theft against a highly respected Greek historian sets the Special Branch team a problem. Interpol have requested his extradition from England - but Inman isn't satisfied with the facts of the case.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Miss International
Episode 4 - 9-01-1970
52m
What appeared to be a straightforward case - protecting the wife of a foreign VIP, who has entered a beauty competition in the cause of female emancipation for her own country - turns into a nightmare situation for DCI Jordan.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Depart in Peace
Episode 3 - 8-25-1970
49m
An ex-colonial policeman is pressured to return to Africa to testify at the trial of a onetime Mau-Mau warlord, but he adamantly refuses.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Dinner Date
Episode 2 - 8-18-1970
49m
Jordan flies to Frankfurt to escort a British subject, Selby, back to England. Selby had disappeared three years earlier in East Germany and the British Government are anxious to learn what he's been up to - but the Russian KGB hide in the shadows.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Inside
Episode 1 - 8-11-1970
50m
Jordan goes undercover as a prisoner to uncover a convicted spy's secrets.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Season 1
Time Bomb
Episode 14 - 12-17-1969
51m
Sent to investigate the death of the son of a pro-British oil sheikh in a bomb plot, Superintendent Inman finds a hotbed of intrigue and dangerous international situation about to explode in his face.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Visitor from Moscow
Episode 13 - 12-10-1969
51m
When a KGB officer is sent to London to coordinate security measures with the SB team for the forthcoming visit a Russian VIP, Inman instructs Jordan to help him - with disastrous results.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Care of Her Majesty
Episode 12 - 12-03-1969
51m
Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
Exit a Diplomat
Episode 11 - 11-26-1969
49m
When a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employers.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Short Change
Episode 10 - 11-19-1969
50m
A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspect she's far more than she seems to be.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Reliable Sources
Episode 9 - 11-12-1969
50m
Superintendent Eden is on the spot. The Security Commission has met to consider the leak that tipped a spy during the Troika affair. The detective is cleared - but told that he cannot continue his role as Special Branch controller.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
The Children of Delight
Episode 8 - 11-05-1969
47m
Is there something sinister going on behind the facade of 'The Children of Delight' - a group of hippies who have arrived on Eden's patch. Detective Sergeants Webb and Gifford go undercover to investigate.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
You Don't Exist
Episode 7 - 10-29-1969
51m
A girl lands at Heathrow from Rhodesia, but owing to Britian's break of diplomatic relations, she has no valid passport. A young officer is supposed to mind her until she can be sent back, but takes her for a tour instead.
7.5/10Haven't Seen
A New Face
Episode 6 - 10-22-1969
48m
The son of a trusted officer of the special branch has become radicalised while away at university, trying to join a gang of riot-minded militant socialist students. This threatens to break up his family, and his father's position.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
The Kazimiriov Affair
Episode 5 - 10-15-1969
51m
Informed that the manuscript of a Russian author's novel which has been smuggled into Britain is a forgery and could discredit the Goverment, Inspector Jordan goes against orders and investigates the claim.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
A Date with Leonidas
Episode 4 - 10-08-1969
48m
A teenager's vow of vengeance leads to Inspector Jordan interrupting a wedding and Superintendent Eden accepting a parcel that contains death. Before the day is over both men have cause for concern.
7.3/10Haven't Seen
The Promised Land
Episode 3 - 10-01-1969
51m
A small boat arrives at a beach in Kent where illegal aliens are unloaded, but the police bag the smugglers and all bar one of the Pakistanis, now quite ill, who seeks refuge with an immigrant rights activist.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Smokescreen
Episode 2 - 9-24-1969
51m
Cowley suicides shortly after an unproductive round of questioning by Eden in gaol, which leads to an embarrassing public coroner's inquest. Jordon investigates a scientist being vetted for a sensitive position and all agree he's too far left for further consideration, yet he still succeeds.
7.4/10Haven't Seen
Troika
Episode 1 - 9-17-1969
51m
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
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Troika
Episode 1 - 9-17-1969
51m
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Short Change
Episode 10 - 11-19-1969
50m
A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspect she's far more than she seems to be.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Inside
Episode 1 - 8-11-1970
50m
Jordan goes undercover as a prisoner to uncover a convicted spy's secrets.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
All the King's Men
Episode 8 - 5-23-1973
52m
A deranged man has taken a hostage and threatens to blow up a block of flats. Craven must act quickly to avert disaster.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Hostage
Episode 12 - 6-27-1973
50m
Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
