The Rat Catchers - Season One

Season One

• 1. Ticket to Madrid: Ex-cop Hurst arrives and is sent on a mission. In Madrid, he and the beautiful Miss Larks (Jan Waters) come up against the cold horror of the world of espionage and deception. Also stars Norman Scace and Jeffrey Gardiner. One of two surviving complete episodes.

• 2. The Captain Morales Story: In Madrid, Hurst comes face to face with the violence of his new job. Also stars Edward de Souza, James Kerry and Peter Dennis.

• 3. The Unwitting Courier: A beautiful FBI agent causes the Brigadier trouble sending a secret document to his Madrid contact. She is after the Alpha Crowd who the Brigadier sees as neither friend nor foe. He sets Hurst to following an American couple played by: Jeanne Moody and David Bauer. Also stars James Kerry as Alpha, Victor Platt and Tsai Chin. The other surviving complete episode.

• 4. Madrid Delivery: With the vital information passed on, Hurst is ready to go home but finds himself in trouble and needing the Brigadier's help. Also stars: Tom Gill, Patricia English and Alex Scott.

• 5. The Missing Agent: Hurst and Smith search for missing agent Dorothy Hansen (Pamela Sholto) in Stockholm but others don't want her found. Also stars Anne Dyson and Wanda Ventham.

• 6. The Baited Hook: With danger closing in on them, Hurst and Smith search for Hansen and meet a student with a gun, ready to use it. Also stars Sandor Elès, Stella Courtnay and Jayne Sofiano.

• 7. The Umbrella: The Umbrella Project when in operation will safeguard Britain from aerial attack but Hurst and Smith have to find a hidden saboteur who threatens to breach security. Also stars Robert Raglan, Ronald Howard and Tenniel Evans.

• 8. Thieves' Market: Hurst travels to Lisbon to uncover a traitor while Smith tries to find a connection between a Nazi General's memoirs and a golf bag flown to Lisbon. Also stars Wendy Gifford, Edward Underdown and Max Kirby.

• 9. Return of Evil: Still searching for the traitor, the trail leads to the threat of the return of a man from the past who still looms large and could destroy Europe. Also stars Monica Grey, Carmilla Brockman and Frederick Schrecker.

• 10. The Edge of Disaster: It hangs in the air around us. It is invisible and yet pointed with deadly accuracy. Can Hurst and Smith save the nation? Also stars Reginald Marsh, Sylvia Kay and Basil Moss.

• 11. Operation Lost Souls: Following a trail of traitors to Geneva, Hurst and Smith find the HQ of the people behind the brain drain is in Ireland. Also stars Patricia Haines, Bernard Kay and Tom Watson.

• 12. Operation Irish Triangle: The operation in Ireland looks to be nothing but trouble and they get more than they bargained for when Arlette Maylam (Patricia Haines) shows her true colours. Also stars John Macklin, Alan Gifford and Eugene Deckers.

• 13. Operation Big Fish: Everything is set for the big kill but Hurst and Smith are still in the dark over it. Can they stop one of history's most spectacular crimes? Also stars Rachel Gurney, Edward Palmer and P.G. Stephens.