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Starring: Anthony Quayle Kaz Garas Anneke Wills |
The episodes are now listed in order of original broadcast in the UK, thanks
to Strange Report fan, David Hutchinson. It premiered on Sunday, September
21, 1969, and aired almost every Sunday after that until January 11, 1970,
when the final episode of the series, 'Swindle' aired. Not sure on what channel
the show aired in the UK, anyone out there know? I know that it aired on NBC-TV
in the US, in the early '70's. Report 5055: Cult- Murder Shrieks out Original UK Airdate: September 21, 1969 Notes plucked from a guitar spell death for a young man who suspects the truth about a charity-collecting religious sect. Can Adam Strange and his team get to the bottom of this murder and prevent more people being killed? Report 0649: Skeleton- Let Sleeping Heroes Lie Original UK Airdate: September 28, 1969 A skeleton found in a basement re-opens a mysterious war-time file. Just who was this man? And what were the circumstances behind his mysterious death? -- Report 2641: Hostage- If You Won't Learn, Die Original UK Airdate: October 5, 1960 -- Report 2641: Hostage- If You Won't Learn, Die Original UK Airdate: October 5, 1969 -- Report 0846: Lonely Heart- Who Killed Dan Cupid? Original UK Airdate: October 12, 1969 Romance and murder at a lonely hearts club, take an even more sinister turn when the victim is revealed as a former secret agent. What is the motive behind the meaningless murder? The case leads Adam Strange and his team into a race against time, to prevent the murder of a bank security expert and to stop a million pound diamond robbery, somewhere in London. -- Report 8319: Grenade- What Price Change? Original UK Airdate: October 19, 1969 Sinister right-wing forces are at work, when a student protest group are being used for extreme political trouble making. Who is manipulating things for his own ends? Adam Strange is asked to investigate. While Ham infiltrates the group, Strange and Evelyn try to get at the truth from the outside. They must uncover the real person behind the conspiracy, before innocent people begin to get hurt! -- Report 3906: Covergirls- Last Year's Model Original UK Airdate: October 26, 1969 The hectic world of fashion is not one in which Adam Strange is usually to be found. But it's another matter entirely when he becomes involved in the affairs of a fashion designer, whose latest creations have been stolen and who is now being threatened unless she pulls out of the parade. -- Report 3424: Epidemic- A Most Curious Crime Original UK Airdate: November 2, 1969 The traffic in illeagal immigrants, leads Adam Strange to investigate the brutal murder of a sick young asian man. However, the situation becomes desperate when the whole of London is threatened by cholera epidemic. While Ham lies dangerously ill in hospital, the source must be found quickly before thousands more are infected and the murderer himself may well be the carrier! -- Report 2476: Revenge- When A Man Hates Original UK Airdate: November 9, 1969 -- Report 1021: Shrapnel- The Wish in the Dream Original UK Airdate: November 23, 1969 Scientist, Paul Webber, is killed in an explosion at his laboratory. Was it just an accident or a clever murder? Strange, Ham and Evelyn investigate but the charred remains of Webber raise some interesting questions. Was Webber's wife and her lover behind the explosion and more important, was the unidentified body found really that of Paul Webber in the first place?
Report No. 8844: Hand- A Matter Of Witchcraft. Original UK Airdate: November 30, 1969 Called in by Scotland Yard's murder squad, Adam Strange and his team now find themselves investigating a coven of modern day witches. Three young girls are to be sacrificed on their birthdays, in a black magic rite. The case becomes a desperate race against time, when the next intended victim turns out to be Evelyn herself! -- Report 1553: Racist- A Most Dangerous Proposal Original UK Airdate: December 7, 1969 -- Report 7931: Sniper- When is your Cousin not? Original UK Airdate: December 14, 1969 -- Report 4821: X-Ray- Who Weeps for the the doctor? Original UK Airdate: December 21, 1969 Has anyone the right to help a man take his own life even though lingering death would otherwise await him? Adam Strange finds himself involved in the tragedies of two women and the men they loved. -- Report 2493: Kidnap- Whose Pretty Girl are you? Original UK Airdate: December 28, 1969 When his daughter is kidnapped and a ransome demmand arrives, Otis Dean can't go to the police. He turns to Adam Strange for help but is the case quite what it seems? As the pieces of the puzzle fit together, Strange begins to suspect that the kidnappingmay be a fake and that the victim, is a more than willing participant in the crime.
-- Report 4407: Heart- No Choice for the Donor Original UK Airdate: January 4, 1970 -An eminent surgeon goes missing, Adam Strange is sent to investigate and through his equiries stumbles across a plot to use a live donor for a heart-transplant operation. He uses his assistant, Ham, to infiltrate the circle but there are grim hazards ahead which threaten to cheat them. -- Report 4977. Swindle: Square Root Of Evil Original UK Airdate: January 11, 1970 |
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Originally Aired in the UK: September 21, 1969 until January 11, 1970 |
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Strange Report page was redesigned by Carolyn Ibis, 2003. Page created in 1999. Information (and pictures) on Strange Report provided by Augusto P. from Brazil, David H. from the UK, Bill K. from the US, the Internet Movie Database, and from the video tape cassettes produced and released by ITC Entertainment Group (provided by an anonymous Strange Report Fan from the USA). Thanks goes to all for the help. Pictures are scanned from the video-tape covers. | |||||||||