Special Branch - Series 1 (1969) DVDRip (XviD) *DW Staff Approved*

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Special Branch was a ground-breaking crime drama series from Thames Television, focusing on the tough cops from Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist unit.

Series One contains 14 episodes, all 350MB XviD VBR MP3 AVIs. Each episode is approximately 50 minutes in length. The first 9 eps are mono, 25fps, 560x416. The remaining are in colour, 25fps, 512x384

Episode 01: Troika - The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.

Episode 02: Smokescreen - The officers of Special Branch carry out a security check.

Episode 03: The Promised Land - A joint Special Branch/Coastguard task force target an organisation specialising in bringing illegal immigrants into the country, but one eludes the dawn swoop

Episode 04: A Date with Leonidas - A disgruntled teenager sends a parcel bomb to a wedding reception.

Episode 05: The Kazimiriov Affair - Jordan suspects that a forged chapter has been added to the manuscript of a novel smuggled in from Russia in an attempt to discredit the author.

Episode 06: A New Face - Organised student unrest outside a London Embassy turns ugly when violent elements within the group threaten to turn the protest into something far more vicious.

Episode 07: You Don't Exist - Morrissey becomes romantically involved with a Rhodesian woman who is scheduled for deportation

Episode 08: The Children of Delight - The Special Branch investigate the Children of Delight, an alleged cult

Episode 09: Reliable Sources - Supt. Eden wants to debrief Alexandrov, a Russian defector who may hold the key to the Troika investigation

Episode 10: Short Change - A man helps Christine Morris escape from prison, then gets caught up in espionage

Episode 11: Exit a Diplomat - The wife of a Czech diplomat is caught shoplifting, delaying his return to Prague

Episode 12: Care of Her Majesty - Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.

Episode 13: Visitor from Moscow - A K.G.B. officer provides Jordan with a list of people who might cause trouble on a forthcoming visit by a Soviet dignitary.

Episode 14: Time Bomb - Det. Chief Insp. Jordan investigates the murder of an Arab sheik



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