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Department S (1969)

Department S poster
Genre
adventure television series, crime television series, science fiction television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 28 episodes
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Three agents from a special Interpol department solve unusual international cases. One is a flamboyant author, one is a pragmatic American, and one is a sharp computer analyst.

stylishlightheartedplayfulfast-pacedretroquirkysuspensefulclever

What happens

Department S is a British spy-fi adventure series, produced by ITC Entertainment. It consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969 and 1970. It stars Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King (later featured in spin-off series Jason King), Joel Fabiani as field investigator Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. These three are agents for a fictional special department (the "S" of the title) of Interpol. The head of Department S is Sir Curtis Seretse (Dennis Alaba Peters). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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