1001 tv shows - classic episodes
From the book. Not all tv shows mentioned feature a ‘classic episode’ but those listed are the ones that do.
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- DirectorThomas CarrStarsWilliam BoydEdgar BuchananRick VallinAn Indian agent asks Hoppy to help persuade an Indian chief to reveal the location where crude oil can be found on the land's surface. The country will be opened to settlement and unless the tribe agrees to contract with oil companies before homestead claims can be filed, an outsider might grab the land and prevent the Indians from earning income from the oil wells.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsClayton MooreJay SilverheelsFlorence LakeTonto witnesses the Calico Kid's gang rob a bank. The Lone Ranger sees it as an opportunity to catch an outlaw that has been on the run for years.
- 1950–19589.4 (28)TV EpisodeDirectorRod AmateauStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenHarry von ZellGracie jumps to conclusions and has everyone believing that Ronnie is dating an older woman, whom is actually his girlfriend's mother.
- DirectorFrederick De CordovaStarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonJack's monologue is interrupted by a picture taking family who join him onstage. Jack and Rochester are leaving on a personal appearance tour, so Jack rents his house while he is gone.
- 1950–1965Not Rated7.7 (11)TV EpisodeStarsJack BennyDick Van DykeDick Van Dyke takes on different characters with Jack in an English murder mystery.
- DirectorJack WebbStarsJack WebbBarney PhillipsLee MarvinFriday begins to question Henry Ross, a suspect in a man's disappearance, which Friday believes is actually a murder. Ross coolly and calmly denies any involvement in the disappearance, but Friday's relentless interrogation soon begin to crack the man's facade.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsGeorge ReevesJack LarsonNoel NeillA beautiful policewoman is asked to pose as Superman's wife in order to help him break up a gang of bank robbers.
- DirectorLouis J. HorvitzRoger GoodmanStarsChris RockAndrew AdamsonAlan AldaFilms nominated for the annual awards include The Aviator (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Ray (2004) and Sideways (2004).
- 1955–196230mTV-148.3 (1.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAlfred HitchcockBarbara Bel GeddesHarold J. StoneAfter Mary Maloney's police chief husband is murdered, the police investigate but have a hard time figuring out the murder weapon.
- DirectorDouglas MoodieStarsJack WarnerPhoebe HodgsonArthur RigbyOn the trail of a young deserter from the army, Dixon finds himself trapped in a perilous situation.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeEtta Stone is a very bitter, older, woman who has Kitty and Matt captured, and thrown into a homemade jail, and now she plans on hanging Matt for the execution of her husband 6 years before.
- DirectorTerry BishopStarsRichard GreeneAlfred BurkeAlan WheatleyAfter the sheriff captures another of Robins men, he comes to the realization that no one will give Robin and his men up. Instead he plans to infiltrate the Merry Men, and undermine the group from the inside.
- DirectorDennis KirklandStarsBenny HillHenry McGeeBob ToddHighlights of Benny's final show for Thames include his last rendition of "Pepys' Diary"; a cop show, "The Good Guys"; Hill's Angels performing variations on title sequences of various TV shows ("The Bill," "Tales of the Unexpected," "Boon"); and finally, Benny and the Little Angels go fishing and get involved in various misadventures involving a trio of escaped prisoners and pursuing policewomen.
- DirectorFrank SatensteinStarsJackie GleasonArt CarneyAudrey MeadowsRalph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show.
- DirectorDuncan WoodStarsTony HancockSidney JamesAustin TrevorIn Sidney Lumet's classic film, one courageous juror holds out and justice prevails. When Hancock is foreman of the Jury the outcome isn't quite so inspiring.
- DirectorMarc BreslowStarsBob BarkerMyra CarterSandy FlournoyContestants compete for prizes and cash, including cars and vacations, in games that test their knowledge of consumer goods pricing.
- DirectorNorman AbbottStarsBarbara BillingsleyHugh BeaumontTony DowOver breakfast on the last day of school before summer vacation, Beaver and Wally sneak a peek at the gift June bought for Beaver to give to his teacher. The embarrassed boys find a lacy slip, and not knowing that the department store made a mistake and that his gift was supposed to be handkerchiefs, Beaver must decide whether to give Miss Landers the slip or nothing at all.
- DirectorLeslie H. MartinsonStarsJames GarnerJack KellyRegis ToomeyBret gets ripped off by a small-town banker, and summons his friend and allies to con the man while he sits out the con, whittling on a hotel porch.
- DirectorWilliam D. RussellStarsRaymond BurrBarbara HaleWilliam HopperThe only witness to a rich man's murder is his parrot, who keeps repeating the suspect's name. But in court, everyone is surprised at what the bird says next. Perry does his magic at an informal coroner's Inquest in a rural area.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsAlfie BassBill FraserTed LuneBootsie contracts a nasty strain of the flu after refusing the injection, Snudge ends up ill in the next bed after accusations of malingering, and Flogger comes up with a plan to spend some time with the local ladies.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsGuy WilliamsHenry CalvinGene SheldonA group of bandits led by El Cuchillo arrives in Los Angeles, and set their sights on a silver shipment Garcia has been assigned to protect. When Zorro foils their plan, El Cuchillo vows to get even, and plans next to steal a cache of valuable hides.
- DirectorRobert DouglasStarsEfrem Zimbalist Jr.Roger SmithEdd ByrnesEunice Rice is in dire financial straits, a recent widow of an unhappy marriage, who is being blackmailed by an unknown stranger.
- DirectorJames SheldonStarsDonna ReedCarl BetzShelley FabaresMary returns home from a weekend visit with a friend and just raves about how wonderful her friend's home is. Donna begins to feel their own home is a shack compared to the other home.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsRobert StackElizabeth MontgomeryHarold J. StoneRusty Heller is a nightclub performer who has her eyes set on a better life for herself which, in her case, means lots more money. She sets her eyes on mobster Charles 'Pop' Felcher who has his own ambitions: with the recent arrest of Al Capone on tax evasion charges, he sees himself taking over as the top mobster in Chicago. When Felcher shows little interest in her, she settles for his lawyer, Archie Grayson. Felcher eventually comes around but Rusty starts to play a dangerous game when she decides to make money off Felcher and the Capone mob by selling both of them the same information.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsLloyd BochnerSusan CummingsRichard KielAn alien race comes to Earth, promising peace and sharing technology. A linguist and his team set out to translate the aliens' language, using a book whose title they deduce is "To Serve Man."
- DirectorRichard CrennaStarsAndy GriffithRon HowardDon KnottsAfter Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot, he takes on the job of raising her babies himself. He grows very attached to them, but then has to set them free when they get big.
- DirectorDerek BennettStarsPatricia PhoenixPhilip LowrieAnne CunninghamFlorrie Lindley settles into the Corner Shop. Elsie Tanner finds out that her daughter Linda has left her husband. Kenneth Barlow clashes with his father Frank over a date with a college friend.
- DirectorMichael TrumanStarsPatrick McGoohanJohn FraserSheila AllenAn agent is selling secrets to a foreign government. How he is doing this is unclear so Drake is brought in to find out, which he does by befriending him as a bumbling teacher on stress leave.
- 1961–196330mTV-PG7.8 (83)TV EpisodeDirectorAl De CaprioStarsJoe E. RossFred GwynnePaul ReedWhile Schnauser is laid up in the hospital, Toody is tapped by the FBI to go undercover to help them nab notorious bank robber "No Face."
- DirectorLeonard J. HornStarsRichard ChamberlainRaymond MasseyMiyoshi UmekiA Japanese-American doctor discovers that his pregnant Japanese-born wife, who he thought was from Tokyo, was actually from Nagasaki and was in that city when the atomic bomb was dropped there at the end of World War II--and that she is dying from radiation-induced leukemia.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsAlan YoungConnie HinesLarry KeatingAfter Clint Eastwood moves into the neighborhood, Mister Ed sets up a party line with his house, which causes nothing but problems for Mr. Eastwood.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerPeter Graham ScottStarsPatrick MacneeDiana RiggAlan MacNaughtanSteed and Emma visit a mysterious coastal town where several agents have vanished, and where the locals are not all they seem.
- 1961–196630mTV-G8.2 (328)TV EpisodeDirectorAlan RafkinStarsDick Van DykeRose MarieMorey AmsterdamA hypnotist visits a Petrie dinner party where Rob accidentally picks up a post-hypnotic suggestion.
- DirectorBob HirdStarsBill SimpsonAndrew CruickshankBarbara Mullen
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettLeonard RossiterIt's a cold winter day and the Steptoes are reduced to putting pfennigs in the meter. They are visited by two escaped convicts, elderly Frank and the younger Johnny. When Johnny denounces Frank as introducing him to crime and ruining his life, Harold sympathises and says that Albert has always held him back. Frank defends Albert, telling Harold to respect his father. When the two finally leave, having given Harold their last shilling for the meter, Johnny agrees to let Frank go with him, just as Harold has always allowed himself to return to Albert. Steptoe and Son feel sad that their visitors have gone.
- 1962–19691hTV Episode
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsBuddy EbsenIrene RyanDonna DouglasIt's tonic time in Beverly Hills. Granny's made a batch of tonic and sends a sample to their new neighbor, the Countess Maria. She loves it and throws a party to celebrate.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsRoger MooreIan HendryRosemary DexterTemplar is having a drink at a bar in Naples when he witnesses a mêlée between two of the customers. It appears that one of them has mistaken the other for an old colleague. Templar's suspicions are raised the next morning when he reads in the newspapers that one of the men has been murdered. He begins to investigate only to find himself thrown into the world of the Sicilian Mafia, and that few people are willing to help him.
- DirectorJim O'ConnollyStarsRoger MooreIan HendryRosemary DexterHaving survived a bomb attempt on his life the Saint tells Gina that her uncle is a high-ranking Mafia member. He is, in fact, being chosen as a replacement for the dying Don Pasquali, the current Mafia head. Gina eventually believes him. The Saint goes to the family vault to find out what happened to the real Allessandro, but he is captured by the Mafia gang and taken to see Don Pasquali and his replacement. He has to think very fast to sow the seeds of discord into the minds of those present and bring the vendetta to an end.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsJohn SlaterJames EllisGeoffrey HayesCharlie Cotes turns down 5,000 cigarettes from to yobbo's. He confides to Bert Lynch and reports to the station. The yobbo's drop two cases to his home and then ring the police. Sgt. Stone knows Cotes has a record and believes he guilty.
- DirectorPaddy RussellStarsJohn SlaterJames EllisGeoffrey HayesBert Lynch believes Cotes has been set up but Sgt Stone disagrees. Cotes thinks his daughter's estranged husband Jack is to blame. Lynch spots stolen cigarettes sold at the pub he drinks and wants Cotes to pick Hargreaves out his mates.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsDavid JanssenVera MilesBrian KeithAfter being on the run for 6 months, Richard Kimble falls in love with a beautiful woman who has a young son. She also has a physically abusive, estranged husband, that wants Kimble out of town, or dead.
- DirectorJerry DavisStarsElizabeth MontgomeryDick YorkAgnes MooreheadFormer flame Rodney turns himself into a dog to break up Darrin and Sam's marriage.
- DirectorJeff NaylorStarsFreema AgyemanJane AsherLionel Blair
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsCarolyn JonesJohn AstinJackie CooganMr. Thompson next door tells Wednesday and Pugsley there's no Santa Claus and the family volunteers Uncle Fester to play Santa for their benefit. But when he gets stuck in the chimney and is a no show, the whole family sets to work to prove to the kids that there is a Santa Claus.
- 1964–196851mTV-G8.8 (229)TV EpisodeDirectorSeymour RobbieStarsRobert VaughnDavid McCallumLeo G. CarrollThe mysterious Hemingway causes havoc at UNCLE headquarters in New York through various means, including tampering with the facility's water supply and electrical system. This occurs on the eve of an important conference where UNCLE will host leaders from around the world. Meanwhile, Thrush's Dr. Egret and Riley, a Thrush mole inside UNCLE, conspire to assassinate the leaders. Solo and Kuryakin try to figure out Hemingway's motives. Virtually the entire episode takes place at UNCLE headquarters.
- DirectorLawrence DobkinStarsYvonne De CarloAl LewisBeverley OwenThe Munsters are invited to a masquerade dance party.
- 1964–196852mTV-G7.2 (98)TV EpisodeDirectorGerald MayerStarsRichard BasehartDavid HedisonDavid J. StewartA meteor storm ignites atmospheric gases in the southern hemisphere. Adm. Nelson believes one of the Seaview's missiles can extinguish it but someone on board is secretly trying to stop him.
- DirectorBernard McEveetyStarsRichard LongPeter BreckLee MajorsHeath risks his life and saves a man who is a notorious hired gunman. The irony is the killer has a contract to kill Heath, put out by a local rancher with a grudge.
- DirectorClaudio GuzmánStarsBarbara EdenLarry HagmanHayden RorkeTo celebrate their first anniversary, Jeannie makes Tony splashdown on the same desert island he originally found her on. Tony finds another genie who trapped Jeannie in her bottle 2000 years ago.
- DirectorBruce BilsonStarsBob CraneWerner KlempererJohn BannerHogan convinces Klink and the Gestapo that the war is over so that they will release some prisoners.
- DirectorSobey MartinStarsGuy WilliamsJune LockhartMark GoddardPassing through a time warp, the Robinsons do return to Earth in the year 1947. They are mistaken as invaders and start the UFO scare of the 1940's.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsRobert CulpBill CosbyLew AyresKelly's sent on a suicide mission to spring a trap before a world renowned humanitarian blunders into it to rescue his daughter.
- DirectorAlan PattilloStarsSylvia AndersonRay BarrettPeter DyneleyThe Hood plants a bomb aboard the Fireflash. Can International Rescue bring the airliner down without using its landing gear?
- DirectorDennis Main-WilsonStarsWarren MitchellDandy NicholsAnthony BoothIn line with his Tory leader Heath's declaration Alf is now working a three day week but is appalled to find Else is doing the same and she has not cooked him a dinner. This leads to her commenting on his selfishness over their years of marriage and tricking him into buying her a new coat.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierJervis Tetsch, aka the Mad Hatter, is abducting all the jurors who convicted him of a previous crime wave. He is also taking their hats. His final target is none other than Batman, who provided the key testimony in the Mad Hatter's trial. Batman and Robin have the Mad Hatter and his gang cornered but the criminal mastermind manages to encase the Caped Crusader in plaster of Paris.
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsAdam WestBurt WardAlan NapierBatman, thanks to superior breath control, is able to escape the plaster of Paris in which he was encased. Despite this, the Mad Hatter is still at large. Eventually, Batman and Robin again face off against the Mad Hatter at his criminal lair. Things look bad, but the Dyamic Duo manage to triumph.
- DirectorJohn SedwickStarsJoan BennettJonathan FridDavid HenesyElizabeth meets Barnabas, her cousin from England whom she never knew existed. Later, David meets Barnabas in the old house and thinks he's seeing a ghost.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsPeter GravesMartin LandauBarbara BainWalter Townsend, an enemy agent working in the U.S., has been allowed to obtain false information that, if believed by his home country, will cause its leaders grave embarrassment (and discredit Townsend). But another spy from Townsend's home country also working in the U.S., George Simpson, tells his superiors that the information supplied to Townsend is false. Because Simpson and Townsend are known to be rivals, their home country sends its most brilliant agent, Stefan Miklos, to determine the truth or falsity of the information Townsend supplied. The IMF's job is to "assist" Miklos in reaching the "correct" conclusion -- while letting him believe that he has determined for himself that the information is true.
- DirectorGerald ShepardStarsDavy JonesMicky DolenzMichael NesmithAll four Monkees fall in love with the same girl, April Conquest, of the local laundromat. Each one tries to woo her by feigning interest in things she likes: Davy paints pop-art, Mickey performs ballet, Peter plays chamber music, and Mike rides a bike.
- DirectorWilliam HaleStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertLinden ChilesDecember 6, 1941: Dr. Tony Newman confronts his own past at Pearl Harbor and he wants to know what happened to his father.
- DirectorRobert TronsonStarsEdward WoodwardMichael GoodliffeAnthony ValentineThe Section is put on high alert when it is discovered that it has been targeted by an unknown party and that everyone from Hunter down is at risk of assassination.
- DirectorDon WeisStarsRaymond BurrDon GallowayDon MitchellIronside is trying to take down an illegal gambling operation. But when there's a raid the people in charge somehow find out and clean it out. Ironside suspects that someone in the department is tipping them off. And he has to deal with Fran Belding, a policewoman who is determined to take them down because she thinks that someone in the operation killed her father a cop. And Ironside is feeling weak, so he sees his doctor who tells him that he has a condition which needs to be treated and will require a long recuperation so he puts it off.
- DirectorVirgil W. VogelStarsLeif EricksonCameron MitchellMark SladeBig John is suffering from exhaustion and the cure is time away from the ranch. He and Victoria leave on a delayed honeymoon in San Francisco but things at the ranch don't go so well with Buck, Blue, and Manolito managing it alone.
- DirectorMurray GoldenStarsRoy ThinnesSally KellermanJames T. CallahanDavid manages to subdue an alien and takes him to a doctor. The x-rays reveal that internally he's not human. This is proof that David can take to a project that investigates the possibility of extraterrestrial contact. He offers the x-rays to the project director, Dr Crowell, but the wife of the doctor who took them recants, claiming the x-rays David offered are fakes. It's clear someone's pressured her, and that someone close to the project, Crowell's daughter, is acting strangely suspicious.
- DirectorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanEric PortmanRachel HerbertNumber Six runs for the office of Number Two.
- 1967–197852mTV-G8.9 (127)TV EpisodeDirectorDave PowersStarsCarol BurnettHarvey KormanVicki LawrenceHighlights include: "Went With the Wind" (a spoof of "Gone with the Wind"). Also: two business professionals (Harvey and Carol) discuss his marriage proposal in a manner not unlike a business meeting; the Old Man (Tim) runs a butcher shop where he wreaks havoc with an impatient customer (Harvey); guest Dinah Shore sings "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"; and a musical salute to New Orleans with "Basin Street Blues" as the centerpiece.
- DirectorDavid GilesStarsKenneth MoreLana MorrisNyree Dawn PorterRumors abound that Irene Forsyte and Philip Bosinney are having an affair.Young Jolyon and Helene see Philip Bosinney and a beautiful woman meeting secretly. Young Jolyon had met Philip at his Aunt Anne's funeral but has no idea who the woman is. When they learn that it is Soames' wife Irene, Old Jolyon suggests that Young Jolyon should speak to Bosinney and as June's father, he feels obliged to do so. It's clear to him that Bosinney will continue his affair regardless of the impact on June. Soames meanwhile is upset at the ever increasing cost of finishing his house and tells Old Jolyon and June that he may have to seek a remedy through the courts. Old Jolyon and Soames' father James have a falling out over the issue. Irene thinks Soames is despicable and asks that she be released from her obligations to him, a condition she had imposed on him when he proposed to her.
- StarsEric MorecambeErnie WiseShirley BasseyThe musical guests are Los Zafiros, Glenda Jackson, André Previn and Shirley Bassey. A variety of sketches finishes with Ernie's latest play called 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Francis Matthews as King RIchard.
- DirectorDavid CroftStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnMainwaring and the platoon must keep their wits primed whilst guarding some captured U-Boat crew.
- DirectorPeter WellerStarsAlex O'LoughlinScott CaanDaniel Dae KimA sniper with two prosthetic hands is killing police officers, and McGarrett may be on his list.
- DirectorCoby RuskinStarsDiahann CarrollLloyd NolanMarc CopageJulia has her hands full with the Waggedorn children when an Army buddy of her late husband's shows up.
- DirectorCyril FrankelStarsStuart DamonAlexandra BastedoWilliam GauntOn return from a mission to Hong Kong Craig is captured and subjected to a brutal cross-examination from a pitiless interrogator who keeps asking him about the 'Retford Case'. He finds out that he is actually in the Nemesis head-quarters and the man is a Nemesis agent anxious to find out how he came by his super-human powers. Sharron and Richard are unable to help because they dare not expose their secret and,when Tremayne eventually calls off the questioning, all three Champions feel hostility towards him.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsPeter WyngardeJoel FabianiRosemary NicolsNeeding to wake early next day to participate in a beauty contest Susan Lewis, staying at her father's pub in the village of Hambledown takes a sleeping pill but wakes in the night to see the entire population of Hambledown being helped into trucks by military men. Next morning she finds herself the only person in the village. When Department 'S' comes to investigate, a patch of scorched earth in a field where a gate post has been freshly painted seems to point to evacuation from an ecological disaster.
- 1969–197429mTV-148.6 (1.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorIan MacNaughtonStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseEric IdleA pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot; a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men; a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.
- StarsRobert YoungJames BrolinElena VerdugoA fashion designer's fainting spells send her to Dr. Welby with unexpected results.
- DirectorRuss MayberryStarsRobert ReedFlorence HendersonAnn B. DavisJan is tired of being compared to Marcia and constantly being told how great her older sister is, so she tries to do something that Marcia never accomplished--make the pom-pom team.
- DirectorDavid LaneStarsBarnaby ShawEd BishopGeorge SewellStraker's son John lives with Straker's ex-wife Mary, who has re-married. Straker is having a day out with the boy, John, but it ends in an argument with Mary and John is run over and seriously hurt. Drugs can be obtained to save him in America and a SHADO craft is sent to fetch them. However, Straker gets an alert call to say that an alien defector which could do untold damage to Earth is in the range of the SHADO craft. SHADO can destroy the alien but it means diverting the means to save John.
- DirectorAlex MarchStarsTony RandallJack KlugmanAl MolinaroOscar and Felix appear together on Password (1961) and Felix is sure that they can win.
- DirectorPaul Junger WittStarsShirley JonesDavid CassidySusan DeyThe Partridges and Ruben are in Detroit for a performance. Due to a booking mix-up, they arrive at the place where the Temptations are expected. The audiences are totally different. The Partridges agree to perform and hope for the best.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesJim FranklinStarsTim Brooke-TaylorGraeme GardenBill OddieAll the musicians in the world have been kidnapped. The Goodies set out to discover who is behind this but end up prisoners themselves and must find a way out before he locks them in a cell with their worst enemy.
- 1970–197730mTV-PG9.3 (526)TV EpisodeDirectorJoan DarlingStarsMary Tyler MooreEdward AsnerGavin MacLeodMary thinks that the death of Chuckles the Clown is nothing to laugh about--until she attends the funeral.
- DirectorRaymond MenmuirStarsAngela BaddeleyJean MarshRachel GurneyUpstairs, Lady Majorie and friends plan an outing for the servants. However, Downstairs there is romantic intrigue going on between Emily and the next door footman.
- StarsRonnie CorbettRonnie BarkerBarbara DicksonSketches include an unusual request for a funeral parlour, there is a public service announcement from the GPO, there is the next instalment in "The Phantom Raspberry Blower Of Old London Town" from Chopper Films, a wife would like a bit more from her husband, there is a trying customer in a hardware store, Ronnie tells us an old joke about a lady driver, and the final concert is duet by the cleaners. The performance in this episode is by Barbara Dickson.
- DirectorJeremy SummersStarsPeter WyngardeNigel GreenMichael BatesTwo English criminals, Charles and Edward, are committing copy-cat robberies stolen from the plots of Jason's books, which causes the police to take an interest in the author after a security guard is killed. Jason and his girlfriend Arlene have an encounter with the two villains and escape but, as they can now recognize the pair, they are in danger as they head for Venice, where a trap has been set for them.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsRock HudsonSusan Saint JamesJohn SchuckIt's Sally's birthday, but she and Mac are in no mood to celebrate as someone has broken into their house and stolen all the sharp objects (knives, scissors, razor blades and even Sally's knitting needles). Making things worse is that a serial killer known as the Asylum Killer is on the loose and he has written a letter promising a double murder for his next crime. The couple make the best of it despite their fears and try to celebrate. However, after drinking drugged champagne they are knocked unconscious and awake to find their house covered with a fumigation tent and poison gas being pumped into their house. Now they must find a way to escape before they are overcome by the gas.
- 1971–197926mTV-PG7.4 (309)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn RichStarsCarroll O'ConnorJean StapletonRob ReinerGloria reads up on women's liberation and then tells Mike that she should be an equal partner in their marriage. Mike doesn't agree and Gloria storms out of the house.
- DirectorWilliam G. StewartStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid tries desperately to understand his two teenage children, but the more he tries, the less he understands them.
- DirectorBen GazzaraStarsPeter FalkRobert VaughnJane GreerLt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.
- DirectorBen ReaStarsPeter GilmoreAnne StallybrassPhilip BondIn Liverpool Jessop sets about organizing a strike though many seamen feel they cannot afford it. When the strike finally occurs Anne, shocked by her husband's callous attitude, helps the strikers' families. James is prepared to negotiate with Jessop, brokering a separate deal giving the advantage to the Onedins and not the Callon line. However Fogarty calls in strike breakers, leading to a full-scale riot during which Robert's shop is burned down. Anne, unable to cope with James' opposition to her charitable actions, leaves him.
- DirectorDavid GreeneStarsTony CurtisRoger MooreRosemary NicolsThe noble, yet abandoned manor of Greensleeves is strangely restored unbeknownst to its rightful owner, Lord Brett Sinclair, who now needs to impersonate himself to get to the bottom of the mystery.
- DirectorKen HornStarsSheila MercierBernard ArchardFrazer HinesAn airliner explodes above Beckindale. The Woolpack's Dickensian evening ends abruptly as the windows are blown in, Joe crashes his car as a wall of flames roars down the road, Jack and Sarah look on as fire engulfs the village.
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsDavid CarradineChief Dan GeorgeVictor FrenchAncient Warrior, an aged Native American accompanied by Caine, seeks burial in his sacred, ancestral land. But the burial site is located dead center in a violent, Native American-hating town called Purgatory. Gary Busey guest stars.
- DirectorStuart AllenStarsJack SmethurstRudolph WalkerNina Baden-SemperEddie refuses to go to Bill and Barbie's housewarming party, thinking he isn't wanted. When the music gets too loud for him, he calls the police to break it up.
- DirectorAlan AldaStarsAlan AldaMike FarrellHarry MorganIn the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.