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Season 1

  • S01E01 Circle of Deceit (pilot)

    • October 16, 1993
    • ITV1

    An ex-SAS operative is called back by his superiors to infiltrate the IRA.

  • S01E02 Dark Secret

    • December 27, 1995
    • ITV1

    Ex-SAS soldier John Neil is brought out of retirement by a secretive government controller, and is asked to investigate an old SAS colleague who's taken to a life of crime. An MP is exposed to blackmail, and the conspiracy uncovered leads all the way back to Nazi Germany.

  • S01E03 Kalon

    • April 8, 1996
    • ITV1

    Investigating the murder of a Major in military intelligence, ex-solider Jon Neil follows two lines of enquiry. One is the beautiful girlfriend of the murdered man, the other takes him undercover at a merchant bank. He unearths an international drugs deal, and the Controller insists he remains in place, even when a murderous Columbian appears on the scene.

  • S01E04 Sleeping Dogs

    • December 23, 1996
    • ITV1

    Final part in a trilogy about John Neil, an ex-SAS soldier who is persuaded to end his semi-retirement by a powerful and secretive government department. He is sent to Paris to do a deal with a former KGB agent who has the names of two people he recruited as potential saboteurs in the 1970s. The agent is killed, and Neil becomes the target of a hit man.