Search

1h

Action & Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.

Episodes

Cast

The Murrow Disappearance

1. The Murrow Disappearance

1h

13th Sep 1972

Series Premiere. Lockwood investigates the disappearance of a State Department Official, which leads him to a private Country Club where the key to the operation may be a card game.

One of Our Probes Is Missing

2. One of Our Probes Is Missing

1h

20th Sep 1972

Tony Franciosa's first episode. Omega Probe Agent Nick Bianco travels to England to find a missing Probe agent who was investigating perfect counterfeit $100 bills.

Short Circuit

3. Short Circuit

1h

27th Sep 1972

Doug McClure's first episode. Stand-by Probe Agent C. R. Grover races against the clock to prevent an electronics expert from destroying Probe Control with a Mega-Trans Package...a device that makes anything carrying electricity self-destruct.

Moonrock

4. Moonrock

1h

4th Oct 1972

Lockwood tracks down the man who stole a football-sized diamond brought back from the moon.

Live Men Tell Tales

5. Live Men Tell Tales

1h

11th Oct 1972

Bianco travels to the Adriatic to determine if a missing Probe Agent was kidnapped, killed or deserting his job and his wife.

Operation Iceman

6. Operation Iceman

1h

25th Oct 1972

Bianco has to prevent the assassination of a diplomat by a hitman known only as ""The Iceman"".

The Bullet

7. The Bullet

1h

1st Nov 1972

Lockwood travels to an iron curtain country to bring out the scientist who invented a new deadly toxin and has the only formula for the cure. In the process Lockwood becomes infected by the toxin.

In Search of Midas

8. In Search of Midas

1h

8th Nov 1972

Grover sets out to find recluse billionaire J.R. Devlin, who has not been seen in public for 18 months.

The Adonis File

9. The Adonis File

1h

15th Nov 1972

Lockwood investigates threats against a talk-show host who is running for the U.S. Senate.

Flight to Nowhere

10. Flight to Nowhere

1h

22nd Nov 1972

Lockwood asks for Probe Control's help in finding a friend who disappeared, along with his plane, in the desert.

The Gold Machine

11. The Gold Machine

1h

20th Dec 1972

Lockwood travels to San Francisco to find a gold mine that has been lost since the early 1900's.

Let Us Prey

12. Let Us Prey

1h

3rd Jan 1973

Bianco investigates the disappearance of a woman he was once involved with...only to find the whole thing was a trap set up by the woman's jealous fiance.

A Honeymoon to Kill

13. A Honeymoon to Kill

1h

10th Jan 1973

Carla Lucchese, daughter of a billionaire industrialist, is shot at on her wedding day and promptly disappears. Her anxious husband hires Grover to track down his wife; however it soon emerges that other members of the Lucchese family are also on the trail-and will stop at nothing to prevent Carla from coming into her inheritance.

The Twenty-Four Carat Hit

14. The Twenty-Four Carat Hit

1h

24th Jan 1973

First episode with the new set and slightly revised format. Bianco tries to help a fellow Probe agent, who is injured and is out on his own to find the people who killed his wife and kidnapped his daughter.

Numbered for Death

15. Numbered for Death

1h

31st Jan 1973

Grover travels to Switzerland to investigate the black-mailing of people who have secret numbered accounts in a Swiss Bank.

Countdown to Panic

16. Countdown to Panic

1h

7th Feb 1973

Lockwood has to track down a friend who was infected by a mysterious and highly contagious disease following a deep sea dive.

The Clayton Lewis Document

17. The Clayton Lewis Document

1h

14th Feb 1973

Bianco goes to Washington to prevent the blackmailing of a friend who is the key to an upcoming international summit.

Goddess of Destruction

18. Goddess of Destruction

1h

21st Feb 1973

Grover has to find a stolen statue, which may signal the revival of an ancient criminal order.

The Mattson Papers

19. The Mattson Papers

1h

28th Feb 1973

Bianco looks for a missing comptroller, whose journals could bring down an organized crime ring.

Moment of Madness

20. Moment of Madness

1h

14th Mar 1973

Grover looks for Cameron, who was kidnapped from Probe Control by an old army trainee, who blames Cameron for his capture and torture during the Korean War.

Ends of the Earth

21. Ends of the Earth

1h

21st Mar 1973

Bianco's investigation of missing criminals leads him to a travel agency whose speciality is helping wanted criminals escape.

Suffer My Child

22. Suffer My Child

1h

28th Mar 1973

Lockwood looks for the daughter of a financial wizard who was kiddnaped...or who arranged her own kiddnapping.

The Packagers

23. The Packagers

1h

11th Apr 1973

Grover's search for a missing officer previously involved in a failed military coup carries him into the heart of a group planning a full-scale revolution.

First air date

13th Sep 1972

Last air date

11th Apr 1973

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks