Operation Susie

Synopsis: ++++Rahad, a middle-eastern diplomat is a menace to society. Unlike his Arab stereotypes, he drinks, womanises, gambles... and kills people he doesn't like. While Cowley is having a meeting with Sir John Terringham of the Foreign Office about the possible expulsion of Rahad, Rahad himself bursts in and demands that the CI5 men who are tailing him are called off. Cowley has a plan, and it involves Sir John's daughter, Clare. Cowley and Doyle set up the leader of an anti-arab movement to find a bag of burglary tools, and then be discovered by a local PC. Whilst the PC is frisking him, Doyle knocks the PC out cold and "escapes" with the gang leader. Bodie meanwhile is becoming known as a rich gambler who arrives at the casino in a Rolls-Royce with Clare driven by her chauffer. Bodie tries to get himself invited to "the big game" which he knows that Rahad plays in; once they take the bait, the casino manager has Bodie followed to Sir John's house, where he has a mock argument with Doyle, and knocks him out. Doyle is then "befriended" by the casino bouncer who "accidentally" discovers that Bodie works with Doyle, and Doyle is CI5. Hollis, the casino manager, then believes that he can "own" a man in CI5, by inviting Bodie to the big game, and framing him. Doyle however has other plans. He hires a very classy prostitute called "Anna" who he and Cowley persuade to get picked up by Rahad. Bodie, now Rahad's "inside man" in CI5, feeds him information that Anna is the daughter of a women's lib campaigner for Arabian women, and it would look very bad if it became known that Rahad had been with her. Rahad agrees, and gets Bodie to arrange a mob to kill Anna. Bodie does this - the mob being the anti-Arab brigade. When the fighting starts, Cowley interrupts Rahad's card game and explains the situation to him. Either Rahad leaves Britain or Cowley arranges for certain photographs to be seen by the leader of his country.
Made:1980
Production code:E02
Series Code:E
Episode in season:2
Serial number:48
Length:50 mins.
CastCrew
Gordon Jackson ­ George Cowley;
Martin Shaw ­ Ray Doyle;
Lewis Collins ­ Bodie;
Alice Krige ­ Diana Molner;
Ewan Stewart ­ Rudiger Molner;
Harold Innocent ­ Northcott;
Maggie Henderson ­ Jane;
John Line ­ Somerfield;
Donald McKillop ­ Maclean;
Alexander Davion ­ Torres;
George Raistrick ­ Smith;
Robert McBain ­ Deville;
Andrew MacLachlan ­ Powell;
Robert Morgan ­ Philip Latimer;
P.H. Moriarty ­ Harris;
Geoffrey Freshwater ­ Dodds;
Bernard Finch ­ D.I. Harrington;
Colm Daly ­ Student;
Jim Wiggins ­ Dr. Roberts;
Jackie Downey ­ Receptionist;
Roger Owen ­ Driver;
Barry Copping ­ 1st Ambulance man.
Producer - Raymond Menmuir;
Writer - Ranald Graham;
Director - Ian Sharp.
Transmission details:
Date: 14-Nov-82
  • Channel: LWT
Date: 17-Apr-97
  • Time: 22:00
  • Channel: Granada+
  • Edited transmission

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