Man in a Suitcase (1967)
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
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Episode 1 - Brainwash
Release Date: 1967-09-27Every man has his price. It is money for some - other things for others. For McGill, when an effort is made to brainwash him, it's suffering.
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Episode 2 - The Sitting Pigeon
Release Date: 1967-10-04McGill is given the task of protecting a weakling crook,Rufus Blake, who is prepared to give evidence in court against his vicious brothers.
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Episode 3 - Day of Execution
Release Date: 1967-10-11Who is - or was Mariocki? McGill waits in trepidation as the hours tick slowly to midnight when he will discover if persistant threats to kill him will be carried out.
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Episode 4 - Variation on a Million Bucks (1)
Release Date: 1967-10-18A million dollars have been hidden away in a Lisbon bank. McGill is the only man with the key to the safe deposit, but he is not the only man after the money - there are certain governments interested too..
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Episode 5 - Variation on a Million Bucks (2)
Release Date: 1967-10-25McGill has a tough journey to Lisbon in the company of a blackmailing crew. Even when he reaches the safe deposit - and the million dollars - his troubles are far from over..
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Episode 6 - Man from the Dead
Release Date: 1967-11-01A man returns from the dead. He has been dead, officially, for six years, but in the dark labyrinths of international espionage, who knows the truth? The man from the past is Harry Thyssen - the man responsible for McGill's being what he is today - discredited, fired from Intelligence and found guilty without a trial.
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Episode 7 - Sweet Sue
Release Date: 1967-11-08McGill finds that an apparently straightforward case concerning a wealthy man's wayward daughter has a surprising and dangerous outcome.
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Episode 8 - Essay in Evil
Release Date: 1967-11-15Respectability, like civilisation, is only a veneer. There is always the dog beneath the skin. But why should three respectable businessmen be planning a murder?
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Episode 9 - The Girl Who Never Was
Release Date: 1967-11-22A beautiful painting can bring out the best in some, the worst in others. McGill encounters both types when he is asked to trace a missing masterpiece.
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Episode 10 - All That Glitters
Release Date: 1967-11-29Police and private detectives fail to trace a village boy who has disappeared. McGill is called in to a kidnapping drama that involves two apparently unconnected people in an emotional crisis that changes the course of their lives.
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Episode 11 - Dead Man's Shoes
Release Date: 1967-12-06Strange, terrifying events are shattering the calm of an English village in which McGill is making straightforward inquiries - inquiries which draw sullen resentment and suspician..
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Episode 12 - Find the Lady
Release Date: 1967-12-13""The signora... find the signora"" The last words of a dying man present McGill with a puzzle - who is the signora?
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Episode 13 - The Bridge
Release Date: 1967-12-20McGill encounters intrigue and lies when he is engaged to discover the truth behind a young man's attempted suicides.
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Episode 14 - The Man Who Stood Still
Release Date: 1967-12-27McGill is tricked into arranging a meeting between two old comrades of the Spanish Civil War. One betrayed the other. But are they on opposing sides?
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Episode 15 - Burden of Proof
Release Date: 1968-01-03Henry Faversham, the English adviser to a Central American Republic's President, is accused of stealing the country's gold reserve. McGill is assigned to watch, record and report on Faversham - without becoming involved.
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Episode 16 - The Whisper
Release Date: 1968-01-10What is the truth about Father Loyola, a Jesuit priest in Africa? Is he geniune - or is he a crook? McGill faces one of his most difficult and disturbing cases.
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Episode 17 - Why They Killed Nolan
Release Date: 1968-01-17McGill is framed for murder after a small time private investigator has come to him for help. The only way to save himself is to find the killer.
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Episode 18 - The Boston Square
Release Date: 1968-01-24McGill is put on the case when a noted oceanographer disappears with secret information...
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Episode 19 - Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?
Release Date: 1968-01-31McGill takes on a strange assignment in East Germany - and finds himself back in the world of espionage.
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Episode 20 - Blind Spot
Release Date: 1968-02-07A blind girl is the innocent victim of circumstances when present at a murder she cannot see.
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Episode 21 - No Friend of Mine
Release Date: 1968-02-14McGill takes on the unpleasant work of saboteur to infiltrate a company police force which has gained disapproval by its ruthless methods.
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Episode 22 - Jigsaw Man
Release Date: 1968-02-21McGill has the task of trying to fit pieces of a human jigsaw together.
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Episode 23 - Web with Four Spiders
Release Date: 1968-02-28McGill tries to trace the origin of some compromising photographs - and a noted lawyer has to chose between his ideals and his reputation.
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Episode 24 - Which Way Did He Go, McGill?
Release Date: 1968-03-06A recently released crook goes in search of past gang members and his share of the loot. Murder and mayhem soon follow...
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Episode 25 - The Property of a Gentleman
Release Date: 1968-03-13Why does dying Chester Farson, a multi-millionaire, refuse to see his daughter? And who is putting up a valuable family possession for auction? The worried daughter contacts McGill.
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Episode 26 - The Revolutionaries
Release Date: 1968-03-20Why should the people employing McGill deny all knowledge of him? Strange events occur when he finds himself involved in the drama of a political exile's campaign against the new rulers of his country.
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Episode 27 - Who's Mad Now?
Release Date: 1968-03-27Called to help an old friend, McGill investigates her story that she is being followed and her husband's claim that she's neurotic. Strange events make McGill wonder just who is playing a double game.
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Episode 28 - Three Blinks of the Eyes
Release Date: 1968-04-03When a wealthy woman hires McGill to bring her playboy husband to heel, McGill finds himself accused of murder - and faces the threat of the guillotine.
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Episode 29 - Castle in the Clouds
Release Date: 1968-04-10A Senior Civil Servant's romantic entanglement with a vivacious adventuress brings McGill a delicate situation to resolve.
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Episode 30 - Night Flight to Andorra
Release Date: 1968-04-17McGill organises a raid on a fortified mansion in the Pyrenees - ostensibly to steal paintings. But his colleagues are unaware of his real motive...