Spyder's Web

52min

Spyder's Web was a British crime drama television series aired in 1972. It starred Anthony Ainley as Clive Hawksworth and Patricia Cutts as Charlotte "Lottie" Dean as two secret agents working for the mysterious Spyder organisation in the interests of the British government.

Episodes

Cast

Spyder Secures a Main Strand

1. Spyder Secures a Main Strand

21st Jan 1972

After a British agent fleeing across a Communist border is picked up by car, and shot, the Web weaves its way into the hunt for a traitor. A reshuffle of British security is called for and Charlotte accepts the challenge.

The Executioners

2. The Executioners

52min

28th Jan 1972

Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.

Romance on Wheels

3. Romance on Wheels

51min

4th Feb 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth join members of a dating agency on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to discover how certain candidates are being replaced by Soviet agents.

The Hafiz Affair

4. The Hafiz Affair

50min

11th Feb 1972

The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.

Life at a Price

5. Life at a Price

48min

18th Feb 1972

The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.

Emergency Exit

6. Emergency Exit

50min

25th Feb 1972

Spyder's Web (1972) A Spyder agent is substituted for one of the opposition's to discover how the enemy escape route works. The trail leads to the Viscount Employment Agency run by Kalashnkov - whom adores the British aristocracy.

Red Admiral

7. Red Admiral

52min

3rd Mar 1972

On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?

Lies and Dolls

8. Lies and Dolls

48min

10th Mar 1972

Spyder's Web (1972) A message from a myna bird alerts Lottie to the death of an MP, which then leads to Eastern European puppeteers who are the front for a people-smuggling organization.

Things That Go Bang in the Night

9. Things That Go Bang in the Night

51min

17th Mar 1972

An inventor of bizarre killing-machines leaves a lethal legacy, which his eccentric relations compete to get their hands on.

An Almost Modern Man

10. An Almost Modern Man

51min

24th Mar 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.

Nobody's Strawberry Fool

11. Nobody's Strawberry Fool

51min

31st Mar 1972

A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.

The Prevalence of Skeletons

12. The Prevalence of Skeletons

51min

7th Apr 1972

What is behind the killing of a number of prominent individuals, why did they withdraw their life savings on the day of their deaths, and why have their corpses aged so dramatically? Lottie and Hawksworth investigate.

Rev Counter

13. Rev Counter

52min

14th Apr 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth infiltrate an eccentric group led by a vicar who aim to liberate the Isle of Wight from the English - by armed force.

First air date

21st Jan 1972

Last air date

14th Apr 1972

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks