The Revenue Men (1967)
The Revenue Men is a British television series, produced and transmitted by the BBC between 1967 and 1968. The series dealt with cases handled by the Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise such as the illegal import of goods, illegal immigration and business transactions amongst travellers. The Revenue Men was produced by Gerard Glaister. The series lasted for three series and 39 episodes in total. In spite of this fact, all of the episodes were later wiped, with no episodes extant in the BBC archives as of 2009.
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Episode 1 - The Waiting Game
Release Date: 1967-09-01Drayton, a perfectly normal and respectable businessman, is sacked from his job as general Manager of the Dynaflow company after only four weeks in office. The company has been bought out by a Mr. Purvis and the price is suspiciously low. Drayton contacts the I.B. and it doesn't take Smith long to realise that a colossal Purchase Tax swindle is in the making. The trouble is, how to prove it. And that's where Smith has to start playing the waiting game.
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Episode 2 - Man in a Wheelbarrow
Release Date: 1967-09-08The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.
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Episode 3 - The Present
Release Date: 1967-09-15Lying to the Customs men - whether about that extra packet of cigarettes or an expensive gold watch - causes more trouble than it's worth. Sheila and Dick Graham find this out when they lie about a valuable microscope found in their luggage, and set McInnes and Smith off on an investigation.
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Episode 4 - Who Needs Friends?
Release Date: 1967-09-22Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?
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Episode 5 - A Cup of Kindness
Release Date: 1967-09-29Ross McInnes learns that a good I.B. man must think of the Department above all things - even above friendship.
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Episode 6 - Better Dead Than Alive
Release Date: 1967-10-06When Penman's flat is broken into by a young man, a chain of strange events leads the I.B. into a macabre and dangerous case.
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Episode 7 - Evidence Partial and Impartial
Release Date: 1967-10-13Smith arrests two old clients and oversteps the mark. The two he has accused insist that he himself should be investigated.
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Episode 8 - A Sleeping Partner
Release Date: 1967-10-20Fortunes can be made from a leak of information from a Customs office. Smith and McInnes attack the problem from two sides, both with equal application.
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Episode 9 - Conflict of Interests
Release Date: 1967-10-27Perhaps to be a good I.B. officer one should have no emotions at all. Ross McInnes finds this out the hard way.
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Episode 10 - The Exile
Release Date: 1967-11-03When Paul Valery, an international con-man, has a mysterious visitor, the I.B. become involved with a very undesirable alien.
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Episode 11 - You Can't Touch Me
Release Date: 1967-11-10When Paul Hasek, a foreign diplomat, is caught in a compromising situation, his privileged position is used as a cover for smuggling.
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Episode 12 - Fox in the High Street
Release Date: 1967-11-17Any way of reducing the price of mink coats would be welcomed by some women, even if it means depriving the country of revenue.
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Episode 13 - The Golden Spider
Release Date: 1967-11-24When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.
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Episode 14 - The New Faces
Release Date: 1967-12-01Smith is involved in butter smuggling between Northern and Southern Ireland and he and McInnes find themselves up against a very professional operator.