
Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of suspected spies during World War II and had later published his memoirs under the title Spy Catcher. Each episode showed Pinto questioning refugees to England from Nazi-dominated Europe, and eventually exposing them as enemy agents.
Title | Spycatcher - Series 1 |
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Alternative Titles | Spy-Catcher |
First Air Date | 1959-09-03 |
Last Air Date | 1961-06-13 |
Number of Episodes | 24 |
Number of Seasons | 4 |
Genres | Drama, |
Networks | BBC Television, |
Casts | Bernard Archard |
Plot Keywords | , |

Episodes List
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 1 One Must Die One Must Die
1959-09-03Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 2 Three from Spain Three from Spain
1959-09-10Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 3 Friend or Foe? Friend or Foe?
1959-09-17Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 4 The Gentle Gestapo Man The Gentle Gestapo Man
1959-09-24Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 5 Know Your Face Know Your Face
1959-10-01Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...
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Spycatcher Season 1 :Episode 6 Louise Louise
1959-10-08Based on the real-life activities of Dutch counterintelligence officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Oreste Pinto, who specialised in the interrogation of...