Quiller

50min

Drama

Quiller is a British drama television . Quiller is the alias of a fictional spy created by English novelist Elleston Trevor who featured in a series of Cold War thrillers written under the pseudonym "Adam Hall".

Episodes

Cast

The Price of Violence

1. The Price of Violence

50min

29th Aug 1975

Escaping from Beirut with his life, Quiller discovers that rogue a Mossad agent aims to kill him in revenge for the death of his family by an Arab faction trained by a British officer.

Tango Briefing

2. Tango Briefing

50min

5th Sep 1975

A light airplane has crashed in the Moroccan desert. Quiller is sent to find the plane and discover what it was carrying. The opposition are already waiting and on his trail.

Any Last Request

3. Any Last Request

50min

12th Sep 1975

Quiller has to come up with a plan to a get a British spy, Dougie Cater out of Banana Republic but make it look like he has first been shot by firing squad.

Sacrifice to Survival

4. Sacrifice to Survival

50min

19th Sep 1975

The wife of a diplomat is kidnapped on her brother's farm in South Africa. Quiller is sent out undercover as a journalist and soon realises something is not right.

Assault on the Ritz

5. Assault on the Ritz

50min

3rd Oct 1975

Quiller goes undercover to join John Carson's mercenaries who are heading for the Middle East. Unfortunately the mission has been compromised from the start by the Soviets.

Objective Caribbean

6. Objective Caribbean

50min

10th Oct 1975

On the eve of free elections, on the island of St Peter, candidates appear to be dying from voodoo. Quiller and the CIA think Joseph Field is attempting to rig the election.

Target North

7. Target North

50min

17th Oct 1975

Quiller is sent to Scotland to look into the death Sir Michael Foster. Evidence of a recent explosion alerts him to a group of Scottish Nationalists who are planning a bombing campaign.

The Thin Red Line

8. The Thin Red Line

50min

24th Oct 1975

Kinloch receives anonymous letters about a cabal of officers raising cash through robberies to fund a coup against the Labour government. Quiller infiltrates the Lion of England Club to root out the source.

Political Jungle

9. Political Jungle

50min

31st Oct 1975

A revolution has taken place in St Christabel and the communists have been ousted. An oil refinery may now be returned to Britain but they also want aristocrat's granddaughter Arabella who has been kidnapped.

Mark the File Expendable

10. Mark the File Expendable

50min

7th Nov 1975

A new type of advanced rocket launcher is stolen from a British barracks in Cyprus. Quiller is sent to the country to get them back but when his contact Kontopoulos is murdered he needs a new lead.

Safe Conduct

11. Safe Conduct

50min

14th Nov 1975

British defector Donald Mays, to the Soviet Union, turns up at the Austrian Embassy wanting to make a deal. He wants £1 million in exchange for three agents who are working in the UK. Quiller has to discover whether it's true.

Thundersky

12. Thundersky

50min

21st Nov 1975

General Fischer, a top NATO officer in charge tactical nuclear weapons, has vanished without a word. When his daughter Tracy arrives in Britain she vanishes. Quiller discovers a connection with Thundersky base and a murdered American.

Night of the Father

13. Night of the Father

50min

28th Nov 1975

When an agent is killed, Quiller heads to Munich. His only lead is Mrs Brown and her daughter Kate who is there to meet her husband, who died in 1948. When Mrs Brown is killed it leads directly to the far right Neumann Group.

First air date

29th Aug 1975

Last air date

28th Nov 1975

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks