Special Branch Episode Rating Graph
Sep 1969 - May 1974
Sep 1969 - May 1974
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Browse episode ratings trends for Special Branch. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Special Branch's 53 episodes.
S4 Ep13
8.0
9th May 1974
Craven and Haggerty are working against the clock to find a gunman stalking the London streets.
S4 Ep10
8.0
18th Apr 1974
Craven has to investigate a morally dubious but strategically important foreign VIP who has been robbed of a fortune in diamonds.
S4 Ep1
8.0
14th Feb 1974
Craven and Haggerty are assigned to investigate if a photographer is a threat to national security.
S1 Ep11
8.0
26th Nov 1969
When a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employers.
S4 Ep5
7.5
14th Mar 1974
Tensions run high as Craven and Haggerty investigate two army officers.
S3 Ep13
7.5
4th Jul 1973
The team is assigned to protect a visiting foreign diplomat.
S4 Ep12
7.0
2nd May 1974
Is Strand's erratic behaviour a result of the pressure he is under or is he playing a much more dangerous game?
S4 Ep11
7.0
25th Apr 1974
A German student revolutionary has been allowed into Britain under the strict condition that he does nothing political. Craven and Haggerty are made to ensure that he sticks to the terms of his deal.
S4 Ep9
7.0
11th Apr 1974
Craven must unravel the connection between a recently-killed spy and an au pair.
S4 Ep8
7.0
4th Apr 1974
Craven is appalled to find himself implicated in his ex-wife's terrorist activities.
S4 Ep6
7.0
21st Mar 1974
Craven provides security for the debriefing of a captured KGB agent.
S4 Ep4
7.0
7th Mar 1974
An experimental weapon is stolen from a military research facility, but the thieves are unaware the weapon is unstable.
S4 Ep3
7.0
28th Feb 1974
Craven and Haggerty are hot on the trail of a traitor has broken out from prison.
S4 Ep2
7.0
21st Feb 1974
The team are on the trail of Rehfuss - a deadly assassin who has managed to get into the country.
S3 Ep12
7.0
27th Jun 1973
Craven and Haggerty are under the gun to find a kidnapped diplomat's daughter before she is killed.
S2 Ep7
4.0
23rd Sep 1970
Is an eminent scientist, on lone to a top-secret research establishment, a security risk? That's the question facing Inman and his team. The research establishment is suddenly prone to 'leaks'. Has the man been got at?
S2 Ep12
4.0
28th Oct 1970
Jordan and Inman go in search of a missing Russian ballerina.
S1 Ep1
4.6
17th Sep 1969
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
S2 Ep6
6.5
16th Sep 1970
Inman meets the CIA's new man in London. Jordan meets an old friend from Moscow. All perfectly legal - until the two are seen together at intervals and the Special Branch team become involved in international politics.
S2 Ep8
6.5
30th Sep 1970
While a member of the SB team keeps watch on Karl Peter's flat, Inman and his team scan though his charge sheet. They believe he will attempt to incite London dockworkers into taking industrial action against their employers.
S2 Ep9
6.5
7th Oct 1970
When military security intercepts letter written to a lonely serviceman by his foreign 'penpal' Rita, which contain casual references to secret information, Supt Inman sends DS Jordan to investigate.
S2 Ep10
6.5
14th Oct 1970
When a Czech au-pair goes missing in London and her father is one of the most powerful men the country, Inman and Jordan must find out what's happened to her. But their enquirers lead to a dead end.
S2 Ep11
6.5
21st Oct 1970
When Inman discovers that "The Guardians" are taking a more-than-usual interest in a group of pro-germ-warfare people and finds that their leader is a pretty girl, he decides to send Jordan along to question her.
S3 Ep3
6.5
18th Apr 1973
Craven finds the tables turned when he is accused of hounding a self-confessed fraud.
S1 Ep2
7.0
24th Sep 1969
Cowley suicides shortly after an unproductive round of questioning by Eden in gaol, which leads to an embarrassing public coroner's inquest. Jordon investigates a scientist being vetted for a sensitive position and all agree he's too far left for further consideration, yet he still succeeds.
S1 Ep3
7.0
1st Oct 1969
A small boat arrives at a beach in Kent where illegal aliens are unloaded, but the police bag the smugglers and all bar one of the Pakistanis, now quite ill, who seeks refuge with an immigrant rights activist.
S1 Ep4
7.0
8th Oct 1969
A teenager's vow of vengeance leads to Inspector Jordan interrupting a wedding and Superintendent Eden accepting a parcel that contains death. Before the day is over both men have cause for concern.
S1 Ep5
7.0
15th Oct 1969
Informed that the manuscript of a Russian author's novel which has been smuggled into Britain is a forgery and could discredit the Goverment, Inspector Jordan goes against orders and investigates the claim.
S1 Ep6
7.0
22nd Oct 1969
The son of a trusted officer of the special branch has become radicalised while away at university, trying to join a gang of riot-minded militant socialist students. This threatens to break up his family, and his father's position.
S1 Ep7
7.0
29th Oct 1969
A girl lands at Heathrow from Rhodesia, but owing to Britian's break of diplomatic relations, she has no valid passport. A young officer is supposed to mind her until she can be sent back, but takes her for a tour instead.
S1 Ep1
4.6
17th Sep 1969
The officers of the Special Branch mount a dawn raid on the homes of the members of a suspected spy ring.
S1 Ep2
7.0
24th Sep 1969
Cowley suicides shortly after an unproductive round of questioning by Eden in gaol, which leads to an embarrassing public coroner's inquest. Jordon investigates a scientist being vetted for a sensitive position and all agree he's too far left for further consideration, yet he still succeeds.
S1 Ep3
7.0
1st Oct 1969
A small boat arrives at a beach in Kent where illegal aliens are unloaded, but the police bag the smugglers and all bar one of the Pakistanis, now quite ill, who seeks refuge with an immigrant rights activist.
S1 Ep4
7.0
8th Oct 1969
A teenager's vow of vengeance leads to Inspector Jordan interrupting a wedding and Superintendent Eden accepting a parcel that contains death. Before the day is over both men have cause for concern.
S1 Ep5
7.0
15th Oct 1969
Informed that the manuscript of a Russian author's novel which has been smuggled into Britain is a forgery and could discredit the Goverment, Inspector Jordan goes against orders and investigates the claim.
S1 Ep6
7.0
22nd Oct 1969
The son of a trusted officer of the special branch has become radicalised while away at university, trying to join a gang of riot-minded militant socialist students. This threatens to break up his family, and his father's position.
S1 Ep7
7.0
29th Oct 1969
A girl lands at Heathrow from Rhodesia, but owing to Britian's break of diplomatic relations, she has no valid passport. A young officer is supposed to mind her until she can be sent back, but takes her for a tour instead.
S1 Ep8
7.0
5th Nov 1969
Is there something sinister going on behind the facade of 'The Children of Delight' - a group of hippies who have arrived on Eden's patch. Detective Sergeants Webb and Gifford go undercover to investigate.
S1 Ep9
7.0
12th Nov 1969
Superintendent Eden is on the spot. The Security Commission has met to consider the leak that tipped a spy during the Troika affair. The detective is cleared - but told that he cannot continue his role as Special Branch controller.
S1 Ep10
7.0
19th Nov 1969
A girl being held for giving official secret documents to the Russians faces a long gaol term, but an exchange offer for a Briton arrested in Moscow is offered. The officers suspect she's far more than she seems to be.
S1 Ep11
8.0
26th Nov 1969
When a member of a foreign embassy is caught shoplifting in London, but tries to hide her status by willingly accepting arrest, Superintendent Inman takes an interest in her employers.
S1 Ep12
3rd Dec 1969
Jordan's methods cause friction in an overseas British Embassy when he goes to investigate the theft of ten thousand pounds.
S1 Ep13
7.0
10th Dec 1969
When a KGB officer is sent to London to coordinate security measures with the SB team for the forthcoming visit a Russian VIP, Inman instructs Jordan to help him - with disastrous results.
S1 Ep14
7.0
17th Dec 1969
Sent to investigate the death of the son of a pro-British oil sheikh in a bomb plot, Superintendent Inman finds a hotbed of intrigue and dangerous international situation about to explode in his face.
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The first episode of Special Branch aired on September 17, 1969.
The last episode of Special Branch aired on May 09, 1974.
There are 53 episodes of Special Branch.
There are 4 seasons of Special Branch.
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Special Branch has ended.