Talk:Department S (TV series)

A fact from Department S (TV series) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 27 July 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Department S was an ITC Entertainment production which not only led to a successful spin-off, Jason King, but was also a large source of inspiration for Austin Powers?

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Description

This series in the article is described as British espionage/science fiction. This can not be right, only a couple of stories involved spies and the British secret service and I can not think of any stories that would fall under the science fiction catergory. Detective/Crime/Mystery would be more appropriate...Any comments?REVUpminster (talk) 09:43, 29 January 2009 (UTC) I just noticed espionage/science fiction was used for The Champions, maybe it was used in error on Department SREVUpminster (talk) 19:11, 30 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Episode list (start of draft episode list for article page)

Filming took place between April 1968 and June1969.

Airdate^[1] is for ATV Midlands. ITV^[2] regions varied date and order.

Production number here refers to ITC synopsis guide number and the order in the Network DVD booklet.

Episode#	Prod #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate
1	5101	"Six Days"	Cyril Frankel	Gerald Kelsey	March 9, 1969
An aircraft goes missing for six days and the crew have no recollection of events, Department S investigate.
2	5102	"The Trojan Tanker"	Ray Austin	Phillip Broadley	March 16, 1969
A crashed tanker with a room built inside and a girl unconscious who disappears before help arrives.
3	5116	"A Cellar Full of Silence"	John Gilling	Terry Nation	March 23, 1969
Department S are called after the discovery of four dead men are found in a cellar wearing fancy dress.
4	5110	"The Pied Piper of Hambledown"	Roy Ward Baker	Donald James	March 30, 1969
When an entire village disappears overnight except for one girl, Department S are called.
5	5103	"One of Our Aircraft Is Empty"	Paul Dickson	Tony Williamson	April 6, 1969
An airliner lands at Heathrow and the crew and passengers are missing. (Made back to back with Six Days).
6	5118	"The Man in the Elegant Room"	Cyril Frankel	Terry Nation	April 13, 1969
When a deaf girl and a demented man are found in a room inside a disused factory Depart S investigate.
7	5117	"Handicap Dead"	John Gilling	Phillip Broadley	April 20, 1969
A tournement golfer is found dead on nearby beach leads Sullivan to investigate.
8	5121	"A Ticket to Nowhere"	Cyril Frankel	Tony Williamson	April 27, 1969
A disappearing scientist and the death of a financier are linked, but Jason and Stewart keep forgetting about the case to the despair of Annabelle.
9	5115	"Black Out"	Ray Austin	Phillip Broadley	September 17, 1969
A chef and food critic is found unconscious in the Mexican desert and cannot recall the last three days. Is there a connection to the American space program?
10	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
11	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
12	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
13	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
14	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
15	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
16	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

REVUpminster (talk) 13:58, 27 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Dates from ITC Episode guide issued with the Network DVD
^ Before 1968 ATV transmitted weedays in the Midlands and weekends in London. See History of ITV

back to back …

To further cut costs, the series was produced back-to-back with Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).

What does that mean exactly? They shared sets and crew? —Tamfang (talk) 23:07, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

alternate sequence

I removed this list (added by an anonymous user with the comment "Production Order taken from Network's CD set of Music from the series"):

DS/DCW/4001 The Man in the Elegant Room
DS/DCW/4002 The Pied Piper of Hambledown
DS/DCW/4003 A Cellar Full of Silence
DS/DCW/4004 The Trojan Tanker
DS/DCW/4005 Handicap Dead
DS/DCW/4006 Six Days
DS/DCW/4007 One of Our Aircraft is Empty
DS/DCW/4008 The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol
DS/DCW/4009 Black Out
DS/DCW/4010 The Double Death of Charlie Crippen
DS/DCW/4011 The Man Who Got a New Face
DS/DCW/4012 The Shift That Never Was
DS/DCW/4013 Who Plays the Dummy?
DS/DCW/4014 Les Fleurs Du Mal
DS/DCW/4015 Last Train to Redbridge
DS/DCW/4016 Dead Men Die Twice
DS/DCW/4017 A Ticket to Nowhere
DS/DCW/4018 The Ghost of Mary Burnham
DS/DCW/4019 The Man from 'X'
DS/DCW/4020 Death on Reflection
DS/DCW/4021 The Perfect Operation
DS/DCW/4022 The Duplicated Man
DS/DCW/4023 The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine
DS/DCW/4024 Spencer Bodily is Sixty Years Old
DS/DCW/4025 A Fish Out of Water
DS/DCW/4026 A Small War of Nerves
DS/DCW/4027 The Bones of Byrom Blain
DS/DCW/4028 The Soup of the Day

Should the numbers be integrated into the main table? —23:21, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

[1] Dates from ITC Episode guide issued with the Network DVD

[2] Before 1968 ATV transmitted weedays in the Midlands and weekends in London. See History of ITV

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