Victor Canning

The Limbo Line tells a story of Cold War double-crossing with British secret agent Manston trying to break up a group of Russian agents who return defectors to Moscow for brainwashing. When a Russian ballerina defects to Germany, Manston goes after the head of The Limbo Line in an effort to stop the group from kidnapping the defectors. Acting against the orders of his boss, Manston is faced with killing the communist leader of the movement in Germany or allowing the dancer to be turned over for interrogation and reprisals for her political beliefs. Matters are further complicated when Manston finds himself falling for the ballerina…

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An ex-criminal is persuaded to infiltrate a company that is a known front for organised crime.

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A secret service agent is assigned to protect an expert metallurgist. All five episodes are believed to be lost.

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A former secret service agent turned private detective finds himself hired as a Nazi-hunter to avenge a murder committed during the Second World War.

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Curtain of Fear is a classic 1964 British Cold War thriller series broadcast by the BBC. Written by renowned espionage author Victor Canning, the six-part television series follows a Czech-born British professor escaping across the Iron Curtain

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Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.

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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Travelling to Venice to locate an ex-partisan on behalf of a French insurance company, a British private detective gets mixed-up in a political assassination conspiracy.

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An archaeologist stumbles into the territory of an evil crime syndicate and struggles to set things right.

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