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Spyder's Web

7.3·1 season·13 episodes·52 min avg.·United Kingdom

Spyder's Web was a British crime drama television series aired in 1972. It starred Anthony Ainley as Clive Hawksworth and Patricia Cutts as Charlotte "Lottie" Dean as two secret agents working for the mysterious Spyder organisation in the interests of the British government.

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Spyder Secures a Main Strand
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Jan 21, 1972

After a British agent fleeing across a Communist border is picked up by car, and shot, the Web weaves its way into the hunt for a traitor. A reshuffle of British security is called for and Charlotte accepts the challenge.

02
The Executioners
The Executioners
Jan 28, 1972

Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.

03
Romance on Wheels
Romance on Wheels
Feb 4, 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth join members of a dating agency on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to discover how certain candidates are being replaced by Soviet agents.

04
The Hafiz Affair
The Hafiz Affair
Feb 11, 1972

The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.

05
Life at a Price
Life at a Price
Feb 18, 1972

The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.

06
Emergency Exit
Emergency Exit
Feb 25, 1972

Spyder's Web (1972) A Spyder agent is substituted for one of the opposition's to discover how the enemy escape route works. The trail leads to the Viscount Employment Agency run by Kalashnkov - whom adores the British aristocracy.

07
Red Admiral
Red Admiral
Mar 3, 1972

On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?

08
Lies and Dolls
Lies and Dolls
Mar 10, 1972

Spyder's Web (1972) A message from a myna bird alerts Lottie to the death of an MP, which then leads to Eastern European puppeteers who are the front for a people-smuggling organization.

09
Things That Go Bang in the Night
Things That Go Bang in the Night
Mar 17, 1972

An inventor of bizarre killing-machines leaves a lethal legacy, which his eccentric relations compete to get their hands on.

10
An Almost Modern Man
An Almost Modern Man
Mar 24, 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.

11
Nobody's Strawberry Fool
Nobody's Strawberry Fool
Mar 31, 1972

A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.

12
The Prevalence of Skeletons
The Prevalence of Skeletons
Apr 7, 1972

What is behind the killing of a number of prominent individuals, why did they withdraw their life savings on the day of their deaths, and why have their corpses aged so dramatically? Lottie and Hawksworth investigate.

13
Rev Counter
Rev Counter
Apr 14, 1972

Lottie and Hawksworth infiltrate an eccentric group led by a vicar who aim to liberate the Isle of Wight from the English - by armed force.

Cast

4 credited
Roger Lloyd Pack
Albert Mason
Veronica Carlson
Wallis Ackroyd
Patricia Cutts
Charlotte 'Lottie' Dean
Anthony Ainley
Clive Hawksworth

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