The Man In Room 17 Episode Guide

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1.1 TELL THE TRUTH

A break-in at an aircraft establishment but noting is apparently taken. However there are concerns about possible espionage. Its a case for Room 17.

Vladek Sheybal in Tell the Truth (1965)

Meg Wynn Owen and Vladek Sheybal in Tell the Truth (1965)


Michael Aldridge in Tell the Truth (1965)

Roger Hammond and Vladek Sheybal in Tell the Truth (1965)

Richard Vernon in Tell the Truth (1965)
 

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1.2 HELLO, LAZARUS

The chairman of an investment company is killed in a plane crash just as the company is about to go bankrupt. So why is Room 17 involved and why is Dimmock investing large amounts of government money in the company?


Adrienne Corri and Frederick Jaeger in Hello, Lazarus (1965)

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in Hello, Lazarus (1965)

Adrienne Corri and Frederick Jaeger in Hello, Lazarus (1965)
 

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1.3 THE YEARS OF GLORY

A break-in and murder at a retired general's house but nothing is missing. Then stories start to emerge that his war service in Greece may not as been as heroic as people had been led to believe. Can Room 17 get to the bottom of this?

Gene Anderson and David Morrell in The Years of Glory (1965)

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in The Years of Glory (1965)


John Franklyn-Robbins in The Years of Glory (1965)

Michael Aldridge, Willoughby Goddard, and Richard Vernon in The Years of Glory (1965)

Pauline Munro and David Morrell in The Years of Glory (1965)
 

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1.4 CONFIDENTIAL REPORT

A journalist's flat is broken into and a report she has been working on is stolen. The report has the potential to cause embarrassment to the British and French governments. Can Room 17 get it back?
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Nicholas Courtney in Confidential Report (1965)

Nicholas Courtney and Leonard Sachs in Confidential Report (1965)


Jerome Willis in Confidential Report (1965)

Zena Walker and Jerome Willis in Confidential Report (1965)
 

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1.5 THE MILLIONS OF MUZAFARIYAH
An attempt on the life of an official in the Foreign Office brings Room 17 into contact with the Middle East. They discover that although the official was stabbed only once, he has two wounds.

Christopher Benjamin in The Millions of Muzafariyah (1965)

Christopher Benjamin and Hugh Burden in The Millions of Muzafariyah (1965)


David Blake Kelly in The Millions of Muzafariyah (1965)

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in The Millions of Muzafariyah (1965)

Gerard Hely and Barbara Jefford in The Millions of Muzafariyah (1965)
 

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1.6 THE SEAT OF POWER
A Russian Grand Chess Master wants to defect whilst in London for a tournament. But is all what it seems? And can Room 17 investigate or have they been compromised?

Michael Aldridge in The Seat of Power (1965)

Rio Fanning and Elizabeth Wallace in The Seat of Power (1965)

Colin Jeavons and Elizabeth Wallace in The Seat of Power (1965)
 

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1.7 SAFE CONDUCT

The President of a small South American oil-rich country is in exile in the UK. Attempts to re-unite his son with him are underway - or are they? Room 17 need to sort out what is going on.


Ian Ogilvy in Safe Conduct (1965)

Liz Ashley, Robert Dorning, and Ian Ogilvy in Safe Conduct (1965)

Barbara Evans in Safe Conduct (1965)
 

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1.8 A MINOR OPERATION

A man has something surgically implanted in him by Eastern European agents. How is the ballet company involved? Can Room 17 sort this out when Dimmock and Oldenshaw are refusing to work together?

Arthur Pentelow in A Minor Operation (1965)

Andre Van Gyseghem in A Minor Operation (1965)

Carol Cleveland and Barry Linehan in A Minor Operation (1965)
 

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1.9 FIND THE LADY

How to link together a planned coup in a South American country, the missing daughter of an advisor to HM Treasury and the fact Dymock has a role as an air traffic controller? It can only be another case for Room 17.


John Moffatt and Mike Pratt in Find the Lady (1965)

Eira Heath in Find the Lady (1965)

Eira Heath and Mike Pratt in Find the Lady (1965)
 

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1.10 THE BEQUEST

A scientist develops a new formula which rival companies want to purchase. He refuses and is shot dead. Suspects include his wife, his lover, his lover's boyfriend and the representative of the rival company. Can Room 17 help solve this?

George Benson, Frank Thornton, and Rex Graham in The Bequest (1965)

Michael Aldridge in The Bequest (1965)

Richard Vernon in The Bequest (1965)
 

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1.11 UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL

A stabbed Italian man falls dead, feet on British soil, head in the Macedonian embassy? What has an art exhibition and a car repair shop got to do with it? Send for Room 17.


Richard Vernon in Up Against a Brick Wall (1965)

David Calderisi and Joyce Grant in Up Against a Brick Wall (1965)


Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in Up Against a Brick Wall (1965)

Dilys Laye and Donald Pickering in Up Against a Brick Wall (1965)

Janet McIntyre in Up Against a Brick Wall (1965)
 

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1.12 OUT FOR A DUCK

A tax-dodger from the UK is on on a Caribbean Island where he has set up a night club with the help of a corrupt Chief of Police. How can Room 17 sort this one out?

Scott Forbes and Jan Waters in Out for a Duck (1965)

Jan Waters in Out for a Duck (1965)

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in Out for a Duck (1965)
 

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1.13 BLACK ANNIVERSARY

Every February 15 someone is killed in strange circumstances. The link is they were all involved in an ex-colonial African country. Can Room 17 work out who is next and prevent it?


Denis Quilley in Black Anniversary (1965)

Delena Kidd, Denis Quilley, and Tony Steedman in Black Anniversary (1965)

Michael Aldridge and Richard Vernon in Black Anniversary (1965)
 
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2.1 HOW TO ROB A BANK -
AND GET AWAY WITH IT

A bank robbery film is using a real branch as its location but the realistic style of its unpredictable producer leads to fears the robbery will be genuine. The bank manager and his wife realise too late that they have starring roles.

Denholm Elliott in How to Rob a Bank - And Get Away with It (1966)

John D. Collins, Mike Pratt, Vladek Sheybal, and Virginia Wetherell in How to Rob a Bank - And Get Away with It (1966)

Richard Vernon in How to Rob a Bank - And Get Away with It (1966)
 

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2.2 VENDETTA

An Italian man is falls overboard from a NATO ship. Suspicion falls on an Italian seaman whose family has been involved in many incidents with the family of the dead man going back a century. And why are Room 17 using opera to solve this?


David Burke and Neil Stacy in Vendetta (1966)

Denholm Elliott and Richard Vernon in Vendetta (1966)

David Burke and Neil Stacy in Vendetta (1966)
 

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2.3 THE BLACK WITCH

An American ornithologist is found dead. The coroner thinks an accidental death but the police think murder. And how is this linked to a new car and the occult? Time to call in Room 17.


Trevor Bannister and Amber Kammer in The Black Witch (1966)

Morris Perry in The Black Witch (1966)

Amber Kammer in The Black Witch (1966)
 

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2.4 FIRST STEAL SIX EGGS

Decorators at a flat near the Houses of Parliament arouse suspicion so Room 17 send in one of their female agents, Tracey. She gets emotionally attached to the prime suspect. Where will it go from here?

Amber Kammer in First Steal Six Eggs (1966)

Richard Vernon in First Steal Six Eggs (1966)



Amber Kammer and Peter Wyngarde in First Steal Six Eggs (1966)

Peter Wyngarde in First Steal Six Eggs (1966)

Amber Kammer in First Steal Six Eggs (1966)
 

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2.5 THE CATACOMBS

A disgraced archaeologist is funded by a businessman to investigate the catacombs of Istanbul Which side is the dealer on? How is the Orthodox Priest involved? Another case for Room 17.


Warren Mitchell in The Catacombs (1966)

Denholm Elliott and Richard Vernon in The Catacombs (1966)

Edward Chapman and Warren Mitchell in The Catacombs (1966)
 

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2.6 WHERE THERE'S A WILL

Strange goings on in a country house - pictures change, artifacts appear. Is it the mentally ill daughter, her teenage step-sister, the strange uncle, the butler or the dead brother? Send for Room 17.

Denholm Elliott and Richard Vernon in Where There's a Will (1966)

Amber Kammer in Where There's a Will (1966)

Geraldine Newman in Where There's a Will (1966)
 

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2.7 THE FISSILE MISSILE MAKERS

What links a milk round, a Chinese lady, a boarding school for boys, a property development company building a new block for the police and some air-to-air missiles? Throw in a couple of dead bodies and you have a case for Room 17.

Michael Cashman in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)

Paula Li Shiu and Martin Norton in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)

Paula Li Shiu in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)


Denholm Elliott and Richard Vernon in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)

Martin Norton in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)

Paul A. Martin and George Sewell in The Fissile Missile Makers (1966)
 
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