Saracen
A team of professional mercenaries tackle dangerous and delicate situations at home and abroad.
- 1989-1989
- 1 season
- Action & Adventure, Drama
A team of professional mercenaries tackle dangerous and delicate situations at home and abroad.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1989
Episode 1
Decoy
After the assassination of a high profile ex-US military guest at a yacht party, that the Saracen Organisation was proving security for; Colonel Ansell sends his team to Spain to liaise with the authorities to salvage their reputation.
Episode 2
Infidels
After a failed assassination attempt on an Arab princess, Saracen are retained by the Sheikh to review the security arrangements and provide bodyguard services to the princess.
Episode 3
Proof of Death
A British television reporter, Adam Sinclair, and his crew have been kidnapped by rebel forces in an unstable South American state. Saracen are discreetly contracted by their employer to locate them and negotiate their release.
Episode 4
Robbers
Saracen are contracted to guard a consignment of diamonds from London's Hatton Garden when hostages are taken during an attempted robbery. Barber and Alice are soon on the trail but Hatton Garden has its own way of dealing with thieves.
Episode 5
Into Africa
Barber and Duffy take on a dangerous assignment in a Central African Republic. One Saracen agent has already been killed protecting shipments from the gold mine of Watumba, and terrorists are threatening further attacks.
Episode 6
Starcross
Barber falls for the attractive doctor Carmel McGrath whilst recovering in hospital after an accidental injury. Romance blossoms; but back at Saracen's base, Nugent has run a check on Carmel's background and found an IRA connection.
Episode 7
Tooth and Claw
Cancer research scientist Professor O'Neil is on the verge of a breakthrough when he becomes the target of death threats from an animal rights extremist. While Barber and Duffy remain at his side, Nugent digs deeper into O Neil's past.
Episode 8
Crossfire
Barber is kept busy protecting a young Arab Prince with a taste for western partying. After an attempt on the Prince's life, the trail of the would-be assassin leads to North Africa, where Barber teams up with the holidaying Duffy.
Episode 9
Ratline
Jan Naugi, a trade union leader in a repressive Eastern European state, has been awarded the Andrews Prize in recognition of his work for human rights. Saracen is to smuggle him into Britain to collect in person as a propaganda coup.
Episode 10
Three Blind Mice
Saracen is employed by Donald Bowker, an ex-colleague of Ansell's, to protect two West African delegates after a third member of the group is ambushed and killed along with his girlfriend. But how much does Bowker know about the killings?
Episode 11
Next Year in Jerusalem
Aaron Frankel, a retired Nazi-hunter, is about to meet a contact in London who is killed in a hit and run car accident just before the meeting. Saracen are contracted to protect him as a favour for an old friend in Israel.
Episode 12
Girls' Talk
A contract abroad for a new pesticide plant is in the offing when an attempt is made on the life of the scientist involved, Dr. Robert Barkstone. Saracen are hired to protect Dr. Barkstone and uncover the dark reality of his research.
Episode 13
Reaper
Saracen are training Arab Security Forces in anti-terror tactics annoying the local police. But the training evolves into a life or death struggle when an assassin arrives targeting the trainees and then a hostage is taken.