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01
The General
Episode 12nd August 1971
The Japanese army have invaded New Ireland and plantation owners, Erskine and Haber have fled to Australia leaving behind a woman they both love. They are offered/coerced by Australian intelligence, a chance to rescue her, if they first go in and kidnap a German officer who is visiting the island.
02
Death Railway
Episode 22nd September 1971
Erskine and Haber are sent to Siam to be deliberately captured so they can obtain a blueprint of the Buma - Siam railway, which is being built by allied prisoners.
03
Portuguese Man Of War
Episode 316th August 1971
German saboteurs are attacking wartime installations. Erskine is sent to track down the saboteurs supply lines in the Portuguese fishing community, while Haber is interned in a prison with some captured Germans to learn their plans.
04
The Prisoner
Episode 423rd August 1971
Erskine and Haber break into the notorious Changi Prison in Singapore to rescue a British bacteriologist.
05
The Bridge
Episode 530th September 1971
A plan to blow up the Sydney Harbour Bridge is discover by Erskine and Haber.
06
The Trader
Episode 66th September 1971
Erskine and Haber take refuge at a trading post while evacuating a small party from New Guinea. Suspicion grows that one of the party is in league with the enemy.
07
The Escape
Episode 713th September 1971
Erskine and Haber guard German aeronautics expert Gen. Gustav Hochstraadt against an escape attempt.
08
27 Hours
Episode 820th September 1971
Erskine and Haber take Gen. Hochstraadt on a direct 27 hour flight to Colombo where he is to be handed over to the British.
09
The Volunteers - part one
Episode 927th September 1971
Erskine and Haber lead a daring raid against enemy shipping in Singapore Harbour, however it becomes obvious that one of the group is determined to sabotage the attempt.
10
The Volunteers - part two
Episode 104th October 1971
A saboteur endangers the mission in Singapore Harbour, and Haber is faced with the decision of abandoning Erskine to certain capture, or picking Erskine up and risking the lives of all the others on the mission.
11
The Countess
Episode 1130th August 1971
Erskine and Haber make contact with the Countess in Macau, to obtain information on Japanese troop movements.
12
The Cripple
Episode 1218th October 1971
Erskine is shot and loses the use of his legs. The doctor suspects the disability is only psychosomatic.
13
The Assassin
Episode 1313th November 1971
A top German assassin is sent to Australia to kill General MacArthur. Cato has a devious plan to protect MacArthur - without his approval.
14
The Tunku
Episode 1411th December 1971
Erskine and Haber are sent to Malaya to prevent the Tunku of the Selegore area from making a broadcast to his people instructing them to cease resisting the Japanese.
15
The Gunner
Episode 158th November 1971
Haber and Jill Stewart are in New Guinea to sink Japanese shipping in Lae Harbour, and need help from a sole surviving, mentally unbalanced member of a lost artillery unit.
16
The Saviour - part one
Episode 1622nd November 1971
Erskine, Haber and Lt. French go to New Guinea to bring back a pacifist doctor wanted by the Americans due to his involvement with the atom bomb research.
17
The Saviour - part two
Episode 1718th December 1971
Erskine, Haber and Lt. French go to New Guinea to bring back a pacifist doctor wanted by the Americans due to his involvement with the atom bomb research.
18
The Samurai
Episode 1812th January 1972
Erskine and Haber are sent to an occupied island to assassinate a high-ranking Japanese Intelligence officer, who models his life on the 11th century Samurai.
19
The Bunker
Episode 1912th January 1972
Erskine, Haber and two Japanese soldiers spend Christmas Eve trapped in a bunker under heavy fire from Allied and Japanese artillery.
20
Reilley's Army
Episode 2023rd September 1971
Erskine and Haber go to New Guinea to bring back Reilley, who has been waging a private war with the japanese thus jeopardising Allied coastwatchers.
21
The Courier
Episode 218th March 1972
Erskine and Lt. French are stranded in the desert by a German agent while escorting a captured Japanese courier from Darwin to Sydney.
22
The Doctor
Episode 2226th January 1972
German agents abduct the wife of a doctor in order to force his aid in sabotaging the supply of penicillin to Allied troops.
23
The Major
Episode 235th January 1972
Erskine and Jill Stewart go to Burma to blow up a bridge the Japanese are using to advance north into China. They find a British regiment left behind as a ‘tactical rear guard’.
24
The Chase
Episode 251st March 1972
Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue a politicians son from a prison camp, but the Japanese seem all to aware of the plan.
25
The Diplomat
Episode 269th February 1972
A Japanese cabinet minister wants to organise a peace treaty as he is does not think Japan can win the war. Haber, impersonating Col. Cato, is sent to a Japanese island for a meeting with the cabinet minister.
26
The District Commissioner
Episode 2723rd February 1972
The local District Commissioner stops Erskine from using the radio to organise a retreat as he is obsessed with holding the line.
27
The Troupers
Episode 2815th March 1972
A group of entertainers who have visited many of the Allied camps are captured by the Japanese. Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue them before the Japanese can learn the locations of the camps.
28
The Encounter
Episode 2922nd March 1972
An American deserter is captured by Erskine as Col. Cato suspects he is being using as a scapegoat to cover a more serious war crime.
29
The Breakout
Episode 3013th November 1972
hen a number of Australian soldiers are captured, Erskine is sent to New Guinea to break them out of a holding camp before the Japanese can learn of Allied troop movements.
30
The Interrogator
Episode 3119th January 1972
Cato and Lt. French are en route to an Intelligence Conference when they are captured by Germans. Cato is subject to an interrogation to obtain details of Allied troop ship movements.
31
The Raiders
Episode 3219th April 1972
A Japanese sub has been raiding northern Australia. Haber and explosives expert Owen Davies, an unreliable drunk, are sent to destroy it.
32
The Forger
Episode 3317th April 1972
Haber and Parsons are sent to track down a counterfeit ring which appears to be centred in a small Queensland country town.
33
The Correspondent
Episode 3427th March 1972
An American news correspondent jeopardised a mission when he reveals details of the operation.
34
The Double Agent
Episode 354th December 1972
Haber takes the place of a captured German agent in order to track down the suppliers of a German sub operating off the coast of Australia.
35
The Misfits
Episode 3629th January 1973
Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue a cypher expert from a Japanese prison camp, but a group of misfit soldiers also at the camp cause problems.
36
The Mission
Episode 372nd December 1972
Erskine has an attack of malaria which forces him to seek shelter in a mission on a Japanese occupied island. The mission has an uneasy truce with the Japanese, which Erskine's presence shatters completely.
37
The Journey
Episode 389th December 1972
On an escape flight from Burma, Erskine and Haber share a plane with five refugees, one of whom is a secret British agent. It is discovered that someone is radioing the plane's position to the Japanese, and then shortly after one of the passengers is murdered.
38
The Decoy
Episode 3915th January 1973
Erskine is sent to a Pacific island to blow up a Japanese fuel dump, as a cover for an Allied attack on a nearby island. Upon arrival he finds British women and their families held captive by the Japanese.
39
The Murder
Episode 4020th January 1973
Col. Cato supposedly dies of a heart attack while working at his desk, but Erskine, Haber and French find evidence that he was murdered, and they work to expose the cover-up.
40
The Trail
Episode 4114th June 1972
Erskine accompanies two Army nurses to a medical aid station on the Kakoda Trail in New Guinea. When he discovers a Japanese platoon in the region his report is ignored by the General in command of the area, who refuses to allow the post to be evacuated.
41
The Rolls That Went To War
Episode 422nd February 1973
Erskine's plane is shot down, and he is washed ashore on an isolated peninsula in Malaya. He is found by a group of Allied agents who crash-landed some months previously and are hiding out in an abandoned mansion. Erskine is wary of the group, but he must depend on them to help destroy a bridge, which is vital to Allied war efforts.
The General
Episode 12nd August 1971
The Japanese army have invaded New Ireland and plantation owners, Erskine and Haber have fled to Australia leaving behind a woman they both love. They are offered/coerced by Australian intelligence, a chance to rescue her, if they first go in and kidnap a German officer who is visiting the island.
02
Death Railway
Episode 22nd September 1971
Erskine and Haber are sent to Siam to be deliberately captured so they can obtain a blueprint of the Buma - Siam railway, which is being built by allied prisoners.
03
Portuguese Man Of War
Episode 316th August 1971
German saboteurs are attacking wartime installations. Erskine is sent to track down the saboteurs supply lines in the Portuguese fishing community, while Haber is interned in a prison with some captured Germans to learn their plans.
04
The Prisoner
Episode 423rd August 1971
Erskine and Haber break into the notorious Changi Prison in Singapore to rescue a British bacteriologist.
05
The Bridge
Episode 530th September 1971
A plan to blow up the Sydney Harbour Bridge is discover by Erskine and Haber.
06
The Trader
Episode 66th September 1971
Erskine and Haber take refuge at a trading post while evacuating a small party from New Guinea. Suspicion grows that one of the party is in league with the enemy.
07
The Escape
Episode 713th September 1971
Erskine and Haber guard German aeronautics expert Gen. Gustav Hochstraadt against an escape attempt.
08
27 Hours
Episode 820th September 1971
Erskine and Haber take Gen. Hochstraadt on a direct 27 hour flight to Colombo where he is to be handed over to the British.
09
The Volunteers - part one
Episode 927th September 1971
Erskine and Haber lead a daring raid against enemy shipping in Singapore Harbour, however it becomes obvious that one of the group is determined to sabotage the attempt.
10
The Volunteers - part two
Episode 104th October 1971
A saboteur endangers the mission in Singapore Harbour, and Haber is faced with the decision of abandoning Erskine to certain capture, or picking Erskine up and risking the lives of all the others on the mission.
11
The Countess
Episode 1130th August 1971
Erskine and Haber make contact with the Countess in Macau, to obtain information on Japanese troop movements.
12
The Cripple
Episode 1218th October 1971
Erskine is shot and loses the use of his legs. The doctor suspects the disability is only psychosomatic.
13
The Assassin
Episode 1313th November 1971
A top German assassin is sent to Australia to kill General MacArthur. Cato has a devious plan to protect MacArthur - without his approval.
14
The Tunku
Episode 1411th December 1971
Erskine and Haber are sent to Malaya to prevent the Tunku of the Selegore area from making a broadcast to his people instructing them to cease resisting the Japanese.
15
The Gunner
Episode 158th November 1971
Haber and Jill Stewart are in New Guinea to sink Japanese shipping in Lae Harbour, and need help from a sole surviving, mentally unbalanced member of a lost artillery unit.
16
The Saviour - part one
Episode 1622nd November 1971
Erskine, Haber and Lt. French go to New Guinea to bring back a pacifist doctor wanted by the Americans due to his involvement with the atom bomb research.
17
The Saviour - part two
Episode 1718th December 1971
Erskine, Haber and Lt. French go to New Guinea to bring back a pacifist doctor wanted by the Americans due to his involvement with the atom bomb research.
18
The Samurai
Episode 1812th January 1972
Erskine and Haber are sent to an occupied island to assassinate a high-ranking Japanese Intelligence officer, who models his life on the 11th century Samurai.
19
The Bunker
Episode 1912th January 1972
Erskine, Haber and two Japanese soldiers spend Christmas Eve trapped in a bunker under heavy fire from Allied and Japanese artillery.
20
Reilley's Army
Episode 2023rd September 1971
Erskine and Haber go to New Guinea to bring back Reilley, who has been waging a private war with the japanese thus jeopardising Allied coastwatchers.
21
The Courier
Episode 218th March 1972
Erskine and Lt. French are stranded in the desert by a German agent while escorting a captured Japanese courier from Darwin to Sydney.
22
The Doctor
Episode 2226th January 1972
German agents abduct the wife of a doctor in order to force his aid in sabotaging the supply of penicillin to Allied troops.
23
The Major
Episode 235th January 1972
Erskine and Jill Stewart go to Burma to blow up a bridge the Japanese are using to advance north into China. They find a British regiment left behind as a ‘tactical rear guard’.
24
The Chase
Episode 251st March 1972
Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue a politicians son from a prison camp, but the Japanese seem all to aware of the plan.
25
The Diplomat
Episode 269th February 1972
A Japanese cabinet minister wants to organise a peace treaty as he is does not think Japan can win the war. Haber, impersonating Col. Cato, is sent to a Japanese island for a meeting with the cabinet minister.
26
The District Commissioner
Episode 2723rd February 1972
The local District Commissioner stops Erskine from using the radio to organise a retreat as he is obsessed with holding the line.
27
The Troupers
Episode 2815th March 1972
A group of entertainers who have visited many of the Allied camps are captured by the Japanese. Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue them before the Japanese can learn the locations of the camps.
28
The Encounter
Episode 2922nd March 1972
An American deserter is captured by Erskine as Col. Cato suspects he is being using as a scapegoat to cover a more serious war crime.
29
The Breakout
Episode 3013th November 1972
hen a number of Australian soldiers are captured, Erskine is sent to New Guinea to break them out of a holding camp before the Japanese can learn of Allied troop movements.
30
The Interrogator
Episode 3119th January 1972
Cato and Lt. French are en route to an Intelligence Conference when they are captured by Germans. Cato is subject to an interrogation to obtain details of Allied troop ship movements.
31
The Raiders
Episode 3219th April 1972
A Japanese sub has been raiding northern Australia. Haber and explosives expert Owen Davies, an unreliable drunk, are sent to destroy it.
32
The Forger
Episode 3317th April 1972
Haber and Parsons are sent to track down a counterfeit ring which appears to be centred in a small Queensland country town.
33
The Correspondent
Episode 3427th March 1972
An American news correspondent jeopardised a mission when he reveals details of the operation.
34
The Double Agent
Episode 354th December 1972
Haber takes the place of a captured German agent in order to track down the suppliers of a German sub operating off the coast of Australia.
35
The Misfits
Episode 3629th January 1973
Erskine and Haber are sent to rescue a cypher expert from a Japanese prison camp, but a group of misfit soldiers also at the camp cause problems.
36
The Mission
Episode 372nd December 1972
Erskine has an attack of malaria which forces him to seek shelter in a mission on a Japanese occupied island. The mission has an uneasy truce with the Japanese, which Erskine's presence shatters completely.
37
The Journey
Episode 389th December 1972
On an escape flight from Burma, Erskine and Haber share a plane with five refugees, one of whom is a secret British agent. It is discovered that someone is radioing the plane's position to the Japanese, and then shortly after one of the passengers is murdered.
38
The Decoy
Episode 3915th January 1973
Erskine is sent to a Pacific island to blow up a Japanese fuel dump, as a cover for an Allied attack on a nearby island. Upon arrival he finds British women and their families held captive by the Japanese.
39
The Murder
Episode 4020th January 1973
Col. Cato supposedly dies of a heart attack while working at his desk, but Erskine, Haber and French find evidence that he was murdered, and they work to expose the cover-up.
40
The Trail
Episode 4114th June 1972
Erskine accompanies two Army nurses to a medical aid station on the Kakoda Trail in New Guinea. When he discovers a Japanese platoon in the region his report is ignored by the General in command of the area, who refuses to allow the post to be evacuated.
41
The Rolls That Went To War
Episode 422nd February 1973
Erskine's plane is shot down, and he is washed ashore on an isolated peninsula in Malaya. He is found by a group of Allied agents who crash-landed some months previously and are hiding out in an abandoned mansion. Erskine is wary of the group, but he must depend on them to help destroy a bridge, which is vital to Allied war efforts.
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