Season 1

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  5.8/109 votes

  All That Jazz

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1963

  When Varela undertakes responsibility for a jazz group debuting in England, he soon finds himself with more than he bargained for. It isn't long before the band are serenading a group of spies to save the life of a musician.

  Director: Charles Frend

  Writer: Julian Bond

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  6.4/108 votes

  The Beneficiary

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1963

  Finding himself in trouble in Greece, Jarrell, a wartime colleague of Varela's, sends his ex-comrade a prearranged distress signal: a campaign ribbon and a torn half of a document — the two items that spell 'danger'.

  Director: John Paddy Carstairs

  Writer: Julian Bond

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  7.6/107 votes

  Express Delivery

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1963

  In Poland, Varela is harassed by the authorities at every turn. At his hotel, a beautiful girl seeks his help in order to escape to Austria, but is she really a communist agent?

  Director: Charles Frend

  Writer: Lindsay Hardy

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  7.3/109 votes

  Never Play Cards with Strangers

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1963

  A young woman, whose parents were cheated by gamblers on a luxury cruise Varela arranged, persuades him to take the next trip to expose the card sharks.

  Director: John Paddy Carstairs

  Writer: Julian Bond

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  5.3/108 votes

  May the Saints Preserve Us

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1963

  Varela investigates where an Irish monastery has apparently been sold and needs moving to Texas.

  Director: Charles Frend

  Writer: Patrick Campbell

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  N/A/100 votes

  Meet My Son, Henry

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1963

  Varela finds himself involved with the mysterious disappearance of top-secret flight plans from a Space Development Centre. At a millionaire's request, he embarks on an intriguing escapade to recover the plans.

  Director: John Paddy Carstairs

  Writer: Lindsay Hardy

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  N/A/100 votes

  A Little Sweetness and Light

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1963

  Varela investigates the death of an old friend on a small Greek island, where he discovers a deported American gangster has taken over.

  Director: Harold French

  Writer: Tudor Gates

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  5.2/108 votes

  The Height of Fashion

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1963

  Varela moves in fashion circles and discovers that anything can be sold as the latest vogue – provided you sell your product with panache and style. Yes, anything — including horse blankets.

  Director: Charles Frend

  Writer: Peter Lambda, Betty Paul

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  6.5/1020 votes

  A Very Desirable Plot

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1963

  An American has been selling sunny Caribbean housing lots that turn out to be under muddy water, leaving angry buyers and Varela with prefab houses that can't be built. He works out a plan to convince the greedy land dealer that the lots are worth buying back.

  Director: Harry Booth

  Writer: Brian Clemens

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  5.7/108 votes

  Finishing School

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1963

  When a young girl goes missing from an exclusive finishing school, everyone suspects she's been kidnapped. However, Varela thinks otherwise and, at the headmistress's request, he sends Bill Randall to investigate.

  Director: Harry Fine

  Writer: Peter Lambda, Betty Paul

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  N/A/100 votes

  The Scroll of Islam

  Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1963

  Varela is intrigued when Professor Fletcher requests his help in obtaining photographs of a relic which could prove more important than the Dead Sea Scrolls.

  Director: John Paddy Carstairs

  Writer: Jack Davies

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  N/A/100 votes

  Not Quite Fully Covered

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1963

  Randall is taken in by a lovely heiress who convinces him to insure an antique collection being smuggled out of her country, which recently went socialist. When the lot is sunk at sea, Randall's on the hook.

  Director: Charles Frend

  Writer: Leslie Harris, Roger Burford

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  N/A/100 votes

  A Box of Tricks

  Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/21/1963

  Why won't the Palabria people receive an £11 million gift to their country? Randall is sent to investigate – and finds himself playing the role of an African witch-doctor to encourage them to do so.

  Director: Harold French

  Writer: Ian Stuart Black