Department S (TV series)
| Department S | |
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| Created by |
Dennis Spooner Monty Berman |
| Developed by | Dennis Spooner |
| Starring |
Peter Wyngarde Joel Fabiani Rosemary Nicols Dennis Alaba Peters |
| Theme music composer | Edwin Astley |
| Composer(s) | Edwin Astley |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 28 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Monty Berman |
| Cinematography |
Frank Watts |
| Running time | 49 mins |
| Production company(s) | ITC production |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ATV |
| Picture format | 35 mm film 4:3 Colour |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | 9 March 1969 – 4 March 1970 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Jason King |
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Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. It consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969 and 1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King (later featured in spin-off series Jason King), Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. These three were agents for a fictional special department (the "S" of the title) of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse (Dennis Alaba Peters).
"When a case proves too baffling for the minds of Interpol, they turn to the talents of Department S." – from the ITC trailer for the series.
The series was created by Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman, although neither man wrote any of the episodes. Episodes were instead written by ITC regulars such as Terry Nation and Philip Broadley. Many of the directors on the show had also worked on other ITC shows such as The Saint, Danger Man and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
The series was filmed on 35mm and designed, like all ITC's film productions, to fit the United States commercial format. Unusually, however, the episode title, writer and director credits appear on screen before the opening title sequence, though after the theme tune has started. With a few exceptions, the principal cast is always studio-bound. Some exteriors are represented by studio buildings, while the rest are mainly shown in second-unit footage using doubles where necessary. Exotic locations are usually established by the use of . To further cut costs, the series was produced back-to-back with Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased).
Department S is a division of Interpol headed by international bureaucrat Sir Curtis Seretse (Peters). Its headquarters is in Paris (Interpol's headquarters has been located in Lyon since 1989) and the members inspect international cases other crime agencies cannot solve.
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