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É from the Pen of Robert
Barr: Spy Catcher & The
Dark Island |
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Spy Catcher was based on the memoirs of Lt. Col. Oreste
Pinto, a Dutch intelligence agent
who worked for the Allied Counterintelligence Services in England during WWII - described by Eisenhower as
"the greatest living expert in security". It charted the exploits of
Pinto and his team of investigators as they relentlessly tried to root out
potential spies entering Britain. Spy Catcher began its life in 1959 as a 19
part TV series and made a star of Bernard Archard who played Pinto. Masterminded by writer Robert
Barr, Spy Catcher was produced in an almost the documentary manner
and Pinto's half-hour cases were based on true stories. Each episode found Pinto
interrogating a self-proclaimed Allied serviceman or political refugee. Using
all the verbal and psychological tricks at his command, Pinto endeavored to
find out if the interviewee was actually a Nazi spy - which often as not
proved to be the case. In 1960 Robert Barr
penned 26 Spy Catcher stories for BBC Radio - and these were broadcast in two
seasons across the next two years again with Bernard Archard in the role of
Pinto. All but one episode of this
fabulous radio series has survived. Robert Barr next wrote a 6 part TV series entitled The Dark
Island. A story of espionage in the
remote islands of the Outer Hebrides, it starts out with the discovery of a
strange, unidentified torpedo, found washed up on shore of a small, nearly
uninhabited island. This leads to a long-standing Soviet espionage ring and
an action-filled effort to find and capture the members of the ring. The Dark Island originally
aired as a TV serial on BBC TV, starting on 8 July 1962. Later, Barr adapted it
as a 6-part radio serial, airing on BBC Radio 4, from 19 September, before turning The Dark Island into a novel which
was published in March of 1973. Want
to check out an of Spy Catcher
episode? - why not "taste & try"? This
episode can be freely downloaded to your computer - just right button click
on any link below and chose "Download Linked File" (or words to
that effect). The file is on an average about 22 Mb - download time will
depend on your (broadband) speed SC_1960-09-28
The Photograph.mp3 This MP3CD contains all 25 surviving episodes of
the Spy Catcher stand-alone radio series as well as the 6 part continuing radio series: The Dark
Island. Each episode / part is of about 30 minutes
duration A. Spy Catcher Episodes 1.
SC_1960-09-07 One Must
Die 2.
SC_1960-09-14 Three
from Spain 3.
SC_1960-09-21 Double
Agent 4.
SC_1960-09-28 The
Photograph 5.
SC_1960-10-05 The V I
P 6.
SC_1960-10-12 The
Gentle Gestapo Man 7.
SC_1960-10-19 I Know
Your Face 8.
SC_1960-10-26 Friend
or Foe 9.
SC_1960-11-02 Game,
Set and Match 10.
SC_1960-11-09 The
Absent Friend 11.
SC_1960-11-16 Never
Say Die 12.
SC_1960-11-23 The
Infernal Triangle 13.
SC_1960-11-30 Louise 14.
SC_1961-07-26 Left
Luggage 15.
SC_1961-08-09 Neutral
Ground 16.
SC_1961-08-16 Margin
of Error 17.
SC_1961-08-23 Happy
Landing 18.
SC_1961-08-30 Stooping
to Conquer 19.
SC_1961-09-06 Doves of
War 20.
SC_1961-09-13 Keeping
a Promise 21.
SC_1961-09-20 Logic
and Lies 22.
SC_1961-09-27 One of
Our Aircraft 23.
SC_1961-10-04 Traitor
in the Forest 24.
SC_1961-10-11 The
Lisbon Run 25.
SC_1961-10-18 Spitfire
Johnny B. The Dark Island Episodes 1.
TDI_1969-09-19 Episode
No. 1 2.
TDI_1969-09-26 Episode
No. 2 3.
TDI_1969-10-03 Episode
No. 3 4.
TDI_1969-10-10 Episode
No. 4 5.
TDI_1969-10-17 Episode
No. 5 6.
TDI_1969-10-24 Episode
No. 6 |