Department S: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Six Days
Sep 9, 1969
LOCATION: Aboard Astair flight Golf-Alpha-Zulu-Echo-Bravo DATE: July 17th An airplane lands at Heathrow 30 minutes early, according to all indications on board. When the plane l
The Trojan Tanker
Sep 16, 1969
LOCATION: Bedfordshire, England DATE: July 3rd A tanker is involved in an accident. A witness swears he saw a woman in the back of the tanker, but when the police look there i
A Cellar Full of Silence
Sep 23, 1969
LOCATION: London, England DATE: June 20th Four men dressed in various costumes are gunned down in a cellar. The gun of one had been fired, the bullet turning up in the body of
The Pied Piper of Hambledown
Sep 30, 1969
LOCATION: Hambledown, Hampshire, England DATE: April 16th A woman goes to bed early, taking a sedative, to get enough sleep for a beauty contest. When she wakes up the next mor
One of Our Aircraft Is Empty
Oct 7, 1969
LOCATION: London Airport DATE: April 30th Sky Tripper 190 requests auto land clearance at Heathrow Airport in London. When boarded, the plane is totally empty. While investiga
The Man in the Elegant Room
Oct 14, 1969
LOCATION: Islington, London, England DATE: May 12th A real estate agent, taking a man to see a warehouse, discovers a room constructed inside the warehouse. Worse, a dead body
Handicap Dead
Oct 21, 1969
LOCATION: Colindale Golf Course, Scotland DATE: June 6th Stewart attends a golf tournament in Scotland. The tournament leader is found dead near the course. The Department is
Black Out
Oct 28, 1969
LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 26th A chef goes to the opera in London. Three days later he is found by Mexican authorities in the desert, still his formal attire, unaware
The Double Death of Charlie Crippen
Nov 4, 1969
LOCATION: Bay of Naples, Italy DATE: August 14th Assassins attack a limousine with a land mine, but the “man” killed turns out to be a mannequin. Jason nicknames the mannequin “
The Treasure of the Costa del Sol
Nov 11, 1969
LOCATION: The Costa del Sol, Spain DATE: July 31st A man goes scuba diving while his friend waits in the car. The man returns from the dive with a fish, and his friend shoots h
Who Plays the Dummy?
Nov 18, 1969
LOCATION:The Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain DATE: September 12th A car, apparently out of control, rushes to its doom in a mountainous, uninhabited area of Madrid. And its only oc
The Man Who Got a New Face
Nov 25, 1969
LOCATION: Cap d'Antibes, France DATE: August 16th A man takes enormous risk by sneak onto the grounds of an estate. He steals nothing, taking the gamble instead to glue a classi
Les Fleurs du Mal
Dec 2, 1969
LOCATION: Rome, Italy DATE: September 26th A small package has the key to the disappearance of $5 million taken in a robbery. The man charged with delivering the package to a
The Shift That Never Was
Dec 9, 1969
LOCATION: Stepney, London, England DATE: October 10th The police are called to investigate a manufacturing company manager’s claim that no one showed up for work on a Wednesday
Dead Men Die Twice
Dec 16, 1969
LOCATION: Southern France DATE: July 19th A man's home is invaded by armed intruders intent on killing him. He has a heart attack and dies before they can, however. The two
A Ticket to Nowhere
Dec 23, 1969
LOCATION: Heathrow Airport, London, England DATE: December 6th A pilot coming in for a landing spies a man on the runway. He is unable to miss the man, killing him. Jason, a
Last Train to Redbridge
Dec 30, 1969
LOCATION: London DATE: November 22nd A subway arrives at its final destination for the evening. A conductor finds a car filled with dead people, and he is overcome by something
The Ghost of Mary Burnham
Jan 6, 1970
LOCATION: London DATE: January 4th John Burnham’s wife was murdered in the parking garage as they were leaving for the evening. However, John continues to see Mary and receive p
The Man from X
Jan 13, 1970
LOCATION: London, England DATE: February 2nd A couple, necking in a car, are shocked to find a man in a spacesuit coming at them. He falls dead before he reaches their car. Th
Death on Reflection
Jan 20, 1970
LOCATION: Bond Street, London, England DATE: January 18th Sir Curtis attends an auction. A mirror that he suspects is worth no more than £2,500 goes for £9,000. He is perplexe
The Perfect Operation
Jan 27, 1970
LOCATION: City of Southwark Hospital, London DATE: October 24th A British government official suffers a brain hemorrhage. While in surgery, his surgeon is replaced by another m
The Duplicated Man
Feb 3, 1970
LOCATION: Foreign Office, London DATE: February 16th. A plane carrying a British MI5 agent explodes over the English Channel. Witnesses on a boat crossing the Channel see the pl
The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine
Feb 10, 1970
LOCATION: Paris, France DATE: March 8th A man murders another man on a flight. He then orders no one to move and opens the airplane door, jumping -- to the floor of a warehous
Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old
Feb 17, 1970
LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 8th A man commits suicide beneath a tree in a park. He has no identification and is completely untraceable. To complicate matters, the co
A Fish out of Water
Feb 24, 1970
LOCATION: Beruit, Lebanon DATE: March 22nd The body of an Interpol agent is found near the shore shortly after he arrives in Beruit for vacation. Stewart is upset, not becaus
A Small War of Nerves
Mar 3, 1970
LOCATION: Wiltshire, England DATE: April 20th Greg Halliday is fed up with his work as a chemical engineer creating weapons that can obliterate the population of large cities.
The Bones of Byrom Blain
Mar 10, 1970
LOCATION: Marling Dale, Cheshire, England DATE: April 4th When a chauffeur opens the door for his passenger, a diplomat named Byrom Blaine, he discovers a skeleton instead. T
The Soup of the Day
Mar 17, 1970
LOCATION: Liverpool, England DATE: May 2nd Department S is called upon to investigate a most unusual burglary: four men break into a warehouse and break through a stone wall,