6.3Summary
A spin-off/rebranding of the previous 1965 series The Mask of Janus, The Spies is a more conventional espionage thriller than its predecessor, being explicitly concerned with the actual operations of British secret service agents stationed in the fictional European country of Amalia.
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- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
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Cast
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Dinsdale LandenRichard Cadell
Simon OatesAnthony Kelly
Peter ArneCopic
William DexterMajor Riarkos
Hamilton DyceArthur Letby
Peter DyneleyCommander Charles Hastings
Lisa DanielyJanine Corri
Esmond KnightGeneral Loren
Terence de MarneyGeneral Sirrett
Suzy KendallPolly Katt
Paul StassinoAristotle
Isobel BlackMelina
Joseph O'ConorPolini
Tom AdamsStefan
Cyril ShapsHamil
Robert HarrisEdward Manner
Mark DignamVassilias
Freda JacksonImradda
Frederick JaegerCooper
Glyn HoustonChief Superintendent Matthews
Reg LyeTchernik
Ann LancasterDora
Anna CropperJane Patrick
Crew
- Directors
- Philip Dudley, Paul Ciappessoni, William Slater
- Written by
- John Gould, Tony Williamson, Michael Winder
- Produced by
- David Sullivan Proudfoot
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Facts
January 1, 1966 · April 16, 1966 · Ended
- First aired
- January 1, 1966
- Last aired
- April 16, 1966
- Status
- Ended
- Length
- 1 season · 15 episodes
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Crime
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom