Spyder's Web
The Arachnid Film Unit run by Lottie Dean (Patricia Cutts) is the cover for an obscure group of intelligence operatives. Licensed to Kill.
- 1972-1972
- 1 season
- Suspense, Drama
The Arachnid Film Unit run by Lottie Dean (Patricia Cutts) is the cover for an obscure group of intelligence operatives. Licensed to Kill.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1972
Episode 1
Spyder Secures a Main Strand
52 mins
After a British agent fleeing across a Communist border is picked up by car, and shot, the Web weaves its way into the hunt for a traitor. A reshuffle of British security is called for and Charlotte accepts the challenge.
Episode 2
The Executioners
52 mins
Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.
Episode 3
Romance on Wheels
51 mins
Lottie and Hawksworth join members of a dating agency on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to discover how certain candidates are being replaced by Soviet agents.
Episode 4
The Hafiz Affair
50 mins
The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.
Episode 5
Life at a Price
48 mins
The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.
Episode 6
Emergency Exit
50 mins
A Spyder agent is substituted for one of the opposition's to discover how the enemy escape route works. The trail leads to the Viscount Employment Agency run by Kalashnkov - whom adores the British aristocracy.
Episode 7
Red Admiral
52 mins
On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?
Episode 8
Lies and Dolls
48 mins
A message from a myna bird alerts Lottie to the death of an MP, which then leads to Eastern European puppeteers who are the front for a people-smuggling organization.
Episode 9
Things That Go Bang in the Night
51 mins
An inventor of bizarre killing-machines leaves a lethal legacy, which his eccentric relations compete to get their hands on.
Episode 10
An Almost Modern Man
51 mins
Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.
Episode 11
Nobody's Strawberry Fool
51 mins
A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.
Episode 12
The Prevalence of Skeletons
51 mins
What is behind the killing of a number of prominent individuals, why did they withdraw their life savings on the day of their deaths, and why have their corpses aged so dramatically? Lottie and Hawksworth investigate.
Episode 13
Rev Counter
52 mins
Lottie and Hawksworth infiltrate an eccentric group led by a vicar who aim to liberate the Isle of Wight from the English - by armed force.
