
Department S (1969)
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Leslie Norman — Director
Episodes 3
Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old
LOCATION: London, England DATE: May 8th
A man commits suicide beneath a tree in a park. He has no identification and is completely untraceable. To complicate matters, the coronor's report indicates the dead man is 60 years old -- even though his physical appearance makes him appear to be in his 20s. Before the Department can question the autopsy, the corpse is stolen.
Read MoreA Small War of Nerves
LOCATION: Wiltshire, England DATE: April 20th
Greg Halliday is fed up with his work as a chemical engineer creating weapons that can obliterate the population of large cities. He leaves his job with a canister of the deadly chemical. The Department is out to find him before others who want the chemicals get to him -- or before Halliday uses the weapon himself.
Read MoreThe Soup of the Day
LOCATION: Liverpool, England DATE: May 2nd
Department S is called upon to investigate a most unusual burglary: four men break into a warehouse and break through a stone wall, all to steal one crate of Portugese fish soup. The crime becomes more confusing when the stolen soup cans are found discarded less than a day after they are stolen.
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