Season 2 (1967)
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Episodes 14
The Waiting Game
Drayton, a perfectly normal and respectable businessman, is sacked from his job as general Manager of the Dynaflow company after only four weeks in office. The company has been bought out by a Mr. Purvis and the price is suspiciously low. Drayton contacts the I.B. and it doesn't take Smith long to realise that a colossal Purchase Tax swindle is in the making. The trouble is, how to prove it. And that's where Smith has to start playing the waiting game.
Read MoreMan in a Wheelbarrow
The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.
Read MoreThe Present
Lying to the Customs men - whether about that extra packet of cigarettes or an expensive gold watch - causes more trouble than it's worth. Sheila and Dick Graham find this out when they lie about a valuable microscope found in their luggage, and set McInnes and Smith off on an investigation.
Read MoreWho Needs Friends?
Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?
Read MoreA Cup of Kindness
Ross McInnes learns that a good I.B. man must think of the Department above all things - even above friendship.
Read MoreBetter Dead Than Alive
When Penman's flat is broken into by a young man, a chain of strange events leads the I.B. into a macabre and dangerous case.
Read MoreEvidence Partial and Impartial
Smith arrests two old clients and oversteps the mark. The two he has accused insist that he himself should be investigated.
Read MoreA Sleeping Partner
Fortunes can be made from a leak of information from a Customs office. Smith and McInnes attack the problem from two sides, both with equal application.
Read MoreConflict of Interests
Perhaps to be a good I.B. officer one should have no emotions at all. Ross McInnes finds this out the hard way.
Read MoreYou Can't Touch Me
When Paul Hasek, a foreign diplomat, is caught in a compromising situation, his privileged position is used as a cover for smuggling.
Read MoreFox in the High Street
Any way of reducing the price of mink coats would be welcomed by some women, even if it means depriving the country of revenue.
Read MoreThe Golden Spider
When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.
Read MoreThe New Faces
Smith is involved in butter smuggling between Northern and Southern Ireland and he and McInnes find themselves up against a very professional operator.
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