The Rat Catchers is a 1960s British television series about a top secret British Intelligence Unit who receive orders from the Prime Minister and without questions battles enemy spies, sabateurs, and other criminals in order to protect the security of Great Britain and the Western Alliance. The show centered around three major characters: Peregrine Pascale Smith, the Oxford University-educated managing director with 12 years experience under his belt, Brigadier H. St. J.

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  • The Rat Catchers is a 1960s British television series about a top secret British Intelligence Unit who receive orders from the Prime Minister and without questions battles enemy spies, sabateurs, and other criminals in order to protect the security of Great Britain and the Western Alliance. The show centered around three major characters: Peregrine Pascale Smith, the Oxford University-educated managing director with 12 years experience under his belt, Brigadier H. St. J. Davidson, the emotionless analytical brains behind the group, and newly-recruited Richard William Hurst, formerly a superintendent at Scotland Yard. The organisation was based at Whitehall but officially didn't exist, being denied at the highest level as they worked with the greatest secrecy. The show began with the arrival of Hurst who is out of step with the other two. Raymond Francis was originally picked for the Hurst role but changed his mind at the last minute. Many of the stories were continued, sometimes with cliff-hanger endings. The show aired from February 2 1966 to April 27 1966 and December 15 1966 to March 9 1967 and comprised 25 60-minute colour episodes. It was a Rediffusion TV Network Production. Producer Cyril Coke. It was in the Monday 8 pm slot. According to www. lostshows. com, only one episode of this programme is known to exist, alongside another incomplete, poor-quality episode from series two. Writers: Raymond Bowers = 1-4, 18-21. Paul Lee = 5, 6, 10. Jeremy Paul = 7-9, 14, 22. Victor Canning = 11-13, 15-17. Stanley Miller = 23-25.
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  • The Rat Catchers is a 1960s British television series about a top secret British Intelligence Unit who receive orders from the Prime Minister and without questions battles enemy spies, sabateurs, and other criminals in order to protect the security of Great Britain and the Western Alliance. The show centered around three major characters: Peregrine Pascale Smith, the Oxford University-educated managing director with 12 years experience under his belt, Brigadier H. St. J.
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  • The Rat Catchers
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