Counterstrike

Series 1

Production Information

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1969
British Broadcasting Corporation
U.K.
English
50 Mins
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Regular Cast

Simon King
Mary
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Jon Finch
Sarah Brackett
Katie Fitzroy

Episode 1 - King's Gambit

Director: Vere Lorrimer
Writing Credits: Patrick Alexander & David Rolfe
Guest Cast: Noel Johnson, Tom Kempinski, Brian Badcoe, Clive Merrison, Reginald Whitehead, Bernard Shine, Angela Vincent, Bill Lyons, Jane Evers, Edward Clayton, Michael Gaunt, Maurice Durant & David Lyell
Full Credits

News bulletins report UFO sightings in the Penfield, Sussex area which gains the attention of Simon King. He discovers that there is an electronics research company in Penfield that is set to produce an innovative type of radio that uses a highly secret crystal and that the company could have something to do with the sightings. Shortly after quizzing one of the companies recently sacked workers, Simon is shot and taken to hospital...

Episode 2 - Joker One

Director: Henri Safran
Writing Credits: Ray Jenkins & David Rolfe
Guest Cast: Robert Beatty, Barbara Shelley, Alexis Chesnakov, Tim Seely, Bruce Boa, Terence Brook, Czeslaw Grocholski, Gideon Kolb & Peter Marinker
Full Credits

Episode 3 - On Ice

Director: Malcolm Taylor
Writing Credits: Max Marquis & David Rolfe
Guest Cast: Tom Watson, Alexander John, Norman Claridge, David Jason, Donald Pelmear & David Jackson
Full Credits

Episode 4 - Nocturne

Director: Cyril Coke
Writing Credits: Anthony Skene & David Rolfe
Guest Cast: Neil Hallett, John Horsley, Kevin Stoney, John Abineri, Maria Aitken, Jenny McCracken, April Walker, Jack Lambert & Keith James
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