Codename (1970)
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a British espionage series from 1970 about a secret organization called MI17 that operates from a Cambridge University residence hall. The show follows their undercover activities across thirteen episodes.
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What happens
Codename was a short-lived British television series produced by the BBC in 1970. An espionage thriller series, Codename recounted the activities of a secret organisation, MI17, being run from a residential hall at Cambridge University. The programme, lasting for one series of thirteen episodes, was produced by Gerard Glaister and starred Clifford Evans, Alexandra Bastedo, Anthony Valentine and Brian Peck. It was preceded by a one-off pilot play, with a different cast. The leads were well known from other series when this series was originally transmitted, Valentine from Callan, Bastedo from The Champions and Evans from The Power Game, and the first episode featured on the cover of the Radio Times. However, unlike its rival Callan on ITV, Codename failed to capture the public imagination, and no further series were made. No episodes survive in the BBC archive, though there is a recording of the pilot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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