Espionage is a British-produced TV spy anthology series broadcast in the United States on NBC from October 2, 1963, until September 2, 1964.[1]

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Espionage
1963 title screenshot.
Genre	Anthology
Written by	Raymond Bowers Norman Borisoff John Furia Jr. David Greene Donald Jonson Ernest Kinoy Albert Ruben Halsted Welles
Directed by	Robert Butler Fielder Cook David Greene Ray Herbert Herbert Hirschman Seth Holt Ken Hughes William T. Kotcheff Anton M. Leader Michael Powell Stuart Rosenberg James Sheldon
Composers	Malcolm Arnold Benjamin Frankel
Country of origin	United Kingdom USA
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	24
Production
Executive producer	Herbert Hirschman
Producer	George Justin
Running time	48 min.
Production companies	ATV ITC Productions
Distributor	Independent Television Corporation
Release
Original network	ITV (UK) NBC (USA)
Picture format	Black and white, 4:3
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	2 October 1963 (1963-10-02) – 20 May 1964 (1964-05-20)

Synopsis

Made from actual case histories,[2] episodes used newsreel and documented narratives to show activities of spies from various countries as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.[3] The 24 black-and-white episodes, each with a running time of 48 minutes, had no regular cast.^{[citation needed]}

Guest cast

Featured guest stars included:

• Martin Balsam
• David Kossoff
• Dennis Hopper
• Patricia Neal
• Joan Hickson
• Patrick Troughton
• Billie Whitelaw
• Patrick Cargill
• Jill Bennett
• Millicent Martin
• Anthony Quayle – a real-life "spy" with the Special Operations Executive during World War II.

Many of the cast members were largely unknown in the United States when this series was first broadcast and some members would go on to fame in the US because of the exposure.^{[citation needed]}

Production

Herbert Hirschman[3] and Herbert Brodkin were the producers.[1] The theme music was composed and conducted by Malcolm Arnold.^{[citation needed]}

The program was broadcast from 9 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday nights.[2]

Episode list

This list is in NBC's airdate order.

References

External links

• CTA information
• Espionage at IMDb