Episode List
| Episode no. | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original Air Date (ATV) | Production no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "A Case for the Bishop" | Alan Perry | Gerry and Sylvia Anderson | 21 September 1969 | 01 |
| Dreisenberg agents raid the Healey Automation plant and steal the KX20 computer. British Intelligence fears that the ambassador will attempt to smuggle the machine out of Britain, invoking his diplomatic immunity if challenged to ensure no resistance from the authorities. Father Stanley Unwin and Matthew Harding of BISHOP set off to recapture the device. | |||||
| 02 | "A Question of Miracles" | Leo Eaton | Donald James | 28 September 1969 | 02 |
| Explosions at desalinisation plants in Africa and Burgossa point to sabotage. Father Unwin and Matthew travel to the one surviving installation at Port Trennick, but find themselves in a race against time to prevent its own destruction on account of a rigged underwater inlet. | |||||
| 03 | "To Catch a Spy" | Brian Heard | Pat Dunlop | 5 October 1969 | 04 |
| George Gray, an inmate at North Exmanston prison, breaks out of his cell and contacts Sir Humphrey Burton, who has promised Gray a route out of Britain onboard a submarine. Father Unwin is tasked with intercepting the pair at Kew Gardens and apprehending with the help of the Minimiser. | |||||
| 04 | "The Feathered Spies" | Ian Spurrier | Tony Barwick | 12 October 1969 | 03 |
| The secret development of the new XK4 fighter aircraft has been jeopardised by De Groot, a master of industrial espionage, who has blackmailed ornithologist John Masden into attaching miniature cameras to his domesticated pigeons for the purposes of surveillance. Investigating, Father Unwin and Matthew uncover De Groot's ultimate plan to use the birds to bomb Crayfield Airbase. | |||||
| 05 | "Last Train to Bufflers Halt" | Alan Perry | Tony Barwick | 19 October 1969 | 05 |
| In an operation to seize £1 million in bank notes being transported to London, the train loaded with the consignment is diverted to the disused Buffler's Halt Station. Assigned to protect the shipment, Father Unwin and Matthew help to subdue the criminals responsible. However, back up the line, stationmaster Albert Hobson realises that he cannot stop the train, which is travelling at 80 mph. | |||||
| 06 | "Hole in One" | Brian Heard | Shane Rimmer | 26 October 1969 | 08 |
| When the G9 series of advance warning orbital satellites is sabotaged, the evidence leads to General Brompton, to whom Father Unwin passes on false intelligence during a golf match. Matthew spies on two of Brompton's henchmen, Kromer and Blake, and learns that the golf balls contain recording devices. The fate of the satellites rests on Unwin's success in scoring a hole in one. | |||||
| 07 | "Recall to Service" | Peter Anderson | Pat Dunlop | 2 November 1969 | 07 |
| Father Unwin and Matthew investigate what appears to be a case of sabotage when the AquaTank, a computerised World Army superweapon, develops a mechanical fault. After NATO officials arrive to attend a demonstration of the AquaTank's capabilities, suspicion falls on Captain Mitchell as he commands computer expert Professor Graham to program it to fire on the delegates' bunker. | |||||
| 08 | "Errand of Mercy" | Leo Eaton | Tony Barwick | 9 November 1969 | 06 |
| Suffering from heatstroke, Father Unwin rests at his vicarage. An article in a newspaper covering an epidemic in Africa prompts a surreal dream in which Unwin and Matthew are assigned to transport medicines to Bishopsville in an airborne Gabriel. After abduction at the hands of natives, Unwin saves himself and his accomplice from ritual sacrifice using his gobbledegook. | |||||
| 09 | "The Deadly Whisper" | Leo Eaton | Donald James | 16 November 1969 | 11 |
| Professor Soames has invented an ultrasonic vibrational rifle that is capable of obliterating armoured vehicles. Criminal Mark Slater and his gang, who intend to shoot down an experimental aircraft using the weapon, threaten Soames' daughter, Anne. With the professor's assistance, Father Unwin and Matthew rescue Anne and set out to thwart Slater. | |||||
| 10 | "The Cure" | Leo Eaton | Pat Dunlop | 23 November 1969 | 10 |
| Racing to intercept international assassin Sakov, who has appeared at Greenways health clinic on the pretence of receiving therapeutic treatment, Father Unwin is unaware that the agent has designs on the new GK2 additive chemical, which if mixed with water produces a compound as combustible as high-octane fuel. | |||||
| 11 | "School for Spies" | Ken Turner | Donald James | 30 November 1969 | 09 |
| The sabotage of multiple military installations prompts The Bishop to contact Father Unwin. Tracking down Brother Gregory, a vicar involved in a car accident near the site of the latest attack, Unwin helps Matthew to slip into Brother Thomas' briefcase. Arriving at Pennydridge Seminary, Harding finds that the vicars are in fact mercenaries who answer to their own Archdeacon. | |||||
| 12 | "May-Day, May-Day!" | Alan Perry | Bob Kesten | 7 December 1969 | 12 |
| Father Unwin and Matthew are assigned to guard the King of Muldovia, who is in London to sign an oil rights convention. The Prince of Muldovia plots to overthrow the King, but his hitman is thwarted while making an assassination attempt on the monarch. Following this, the Prince conceals a bomb inside a toy bear intended for the King's son. | |||||
| 13 | "More Haste Less Speed" | Ken Turner | Tony Barwick | 14 December 1969 | 13 |
| Aristocrats Lord and Lady Hazlewell and their associate, Spiker, greet ex-convict Mullins at their manor. The deceased Lord Hazlewell Senior bequeathed to his children one of two plates with which to print counterfeit dollar bills. Mullins reveals that the second plate is hidden at Greenacre Farm. Father Unwin and Matthew join the race to be the first to reach the prize. |
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