Episode Summary
It seems that Cowley is lining his pockets by selling nerve gas to the East Germans.
Episode Details
- Writer: Douglas Watkinson
- Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
- Original Broadcast: UK: 15.12.1979
Cast
- Bodie Lewis Collins
- Cowley Gordon Jackson
- Doyle Martin Shaw
Guest Cast
- Dr Forbes Dennis Burgess
- Otto Hahn David De Keyser
- Alfred Cole Glynn Edwards
- Second Man Frank Ellis
- CI5 Agent Pat Gorman
- Karl James Lister
- Wilf Ryan Michael
- Groves Kenneth Owens
- Robert Plumb John Savident
- First Man Tony Scannell
- Ted Will Stampe
- Jutta Christina World
Quotes
Dr Forbes: Well, you're in pretty good shape for a man of your age.
Cowley: Good to hear.
Dr Forbes: But it can't go on indefinitely.
Cowley: What can't?
Dr Forbes: The pace, the tension. Your way of life.
Cowley: But you're giving me a clean bill of health?
Dr Forbes: No.
Cowley: What?
Dr Forbes: Now, we've been all through this before, George.
Cowley: And I've taken your advice.
Dr Forbes: So you tell me. The facts speak for themselves.
Cowley: And what do they say?
Dr Forbes: For a man of a sedentary occupation, reasonable expectations. But we can use the word sedentary when referring to, say, a spider lying in wait for the prey to fall into the web. And that's the trouble, George. You've spent far too long a time coiled, ready to spring.
Cowley: Och, how do you teach an old dog new tricks, Jim?
Dr Forbes: You don't. The wise old dog lets the young pups do all the work.
Cowley: And the young pups become impatient. They want to be top dog.
[Plumb is playing a tape recorder]
Hahn: [to tape] Civil rights: what an emotional phrase.
Cowley: [to tape] But I am not an emotional man. So all that remains is for us to agree a price.
Bodie: Why us? You've got your own heavy brigade.
Plumb: Because you're part of his organisation. You are above suspicion. And, anyway, I have your orders, properly authenticated. Good day.
Bodie: You weren't a Boy Scout, were you?
Doyle: No, I took dancing lessons.
Bodie: Oh, yeah. Yeah, it's a pity; helps you to untie knots. I bet Cowley was a Boy Scout.
Doyle: Yeah.