Special Branch - Season 3

First aired: 4/4/1973 13 episodes
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Episodes

1. A Copper Called Craven

Aired: 4/4/1973

Craven find himself under suspicion of accepting a bribe. This marked the return of the series in an all new shot on film format with a mostly new cast and lots more action.

2. Round the Clock

Aired: 4/11/1973

Haggerty's appointment to Special Branch immediately brings him into conflict with Craven - he believes that Craven is on the trail of a man who is already dead.

3. Inquisition

Aired: 4/18/1973

Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.

4. Assault

Aired: 4/25/1973

Haggerty and Craven target a team of vicious muggers.

5. Polonaise

Aired: 5/2/1973

The Special Branch team are assigned to protect the captain of a Polish passenger and cargo ship who believes he is going to be killed.

6. Red Herring

Aired: 5/9/1973

Special Branch joins forces with a bomb-disposal expert to stop a terrorist bombing campaign in the heart of London.

7. Death by Drowning

Aired: 5/16/1973

The body of a young girl is found floating in the Thames - is it murder, suicide or something worse?

8. All the King's Men

Aired: 5/23/1973

A deranged man has taken a hostage and threatens to blow up a block of flats. Craven must act quickly to avert disaster.

9. Threat

Aired: 6/6/1973

British-born Hollywood star Sue Arden arrives in London to rehearse a play, accompanied by a tip-off from the F.B.I that she could be a target of a murder attempt. Craven, Haggerty and North are assigned to protect the actress, but the job and the murder threats are not all they appear to be…

10. The Other Man

Aired: 6/13/1973

Craven finds himself investigating a man accused of being a traitor, but has his doubts as to the truthfulness of the accusations.

11. You Won't Remember Me

Aired: 6/20/1973

Craven is puzzled as to why he has been asked to carry out twenty-four hour surveillance on a couple who are engaged to be married.

12. Hostage

Aired: 6/27/1973

Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.

13. Blueprint for Murder

Aired: 7/4/1973

The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.