Codename (1970)

BBC Two Scripted TV Series

NR April 7th, 1970Drama1 Seasons, 13 Episodes

Codename, which premiered in April 1970, was about the secretive MI17 Spy Organisation of the same name based in the residential hall of a Cambridge College. Eventually the series attained a more international flavour, although its base was always in Great Britain. Primarily Codename dealt with the themes of espionage and counter-espionage at the time of the Cold War of the sixties. Its cast contained many of Great Britain's most versatile and talented actors.

StarringAlexandra BastedoClifford EvansAnthony Valentine

DirectorsViktors RitelisDavid Sullivan ProudfootPeter Graham Scott

WritersDavid T. ChantlerMervyn HaismanTony Williamson

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