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Season 1

Season	Episode Number	Title	Description	Writers	Directors
1	1	CREED OF SLAVES	Kyle uncovers government plans to convert several stately homes into ARCs (Adult Rehabilitation Centres), facilities intended to reprogramme individuals deemed socially undesirable.	Wilfred Greatorex	Alan Gibson
1	2	WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?	After learning that the PCD intends to abolish all exit visas, Kyle assists Dr. Vickers, a physician whose daughter suffers from asthma, in secretly leaving the country.	Wilfred Greatorex	David Sullivan Proudfoot
1	3	HEALTH FARM	Kyle attempts to warn a prominent trade union official that the PCD is preparing to commit him to an ARC.	Edmund Ward	Kenneth Ives
1	4	DECOY	Kyle devises an intricate plan to smuggle an entire team of specialists in public control, including geneticists, biochemists, and psychiatrists, to South America.	Edmund Ward	Alan Gibson
1	5	VOICE FROM THE PAST	A student is detained by the PCD for possessing copies of an unauthorised underground newsletter.	Arden Witch	David Sullivan Proudfoot
1	6	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CARDINAL WOLSEY?	The PCD is instructed to intimidate the pregnant wife of a judge who insists on conducting his court fairly.	Wilfred Greatorex	David Sullivan Proudfoot
1	7	WITNESS	While investigating a government minister, Kyle finds his family subjected to harassment and is himself prosecuted for aiding Dr. Vickers’ escape.	Wilfred Greatorex	Alan Gibson
1	8	NON-CITIZEN	Kyle frees himself from the ghetto where he was forced to live after Skardon revoked his citizenship as punishment for distributing forged ration cards.	Edmund Ward	Bob Hird

Season 2

Season	Episode Number	Title	Description	Writers	Directors
2	1	PENTAGONS	Following legislation banning gatherings of more than five people, dissident groups reorganise into units known as Pentagons. Kyle discovers that Lynn Blake, an old acquaintance, has taken over Delly Loam’s former post and claims to have a plan to locate Faceless.	Wilfred Greatorex	Peter Sasdy
2	2	THE MARKET PRICE	The PCD targets one of its own nutritionists, who is suspected of passing information to Kyle.	Wilfred Greatorex	Roger Tucker
2	3	TRAPLINE	The civilian police commissioner seeks Kyle’s assistance in uncovering misconduct within a private security firm employed by the PCD as an enforcement squad.	Edmund Ward	Peter Sasdy
2	4	ORDER BY SMALL BROWN ENVELOPE	Driven to breaking point by Kyle’s subversive press coverage, Doran becomes the focus of ASH (Authorised Systematic Harassment), a new PCD initiative designed to overwhelm targets with relentless official correspondence.	Edmund Ward	Kenneth Ives
2	5	HIRE AND FIRE	Kyle becomes entangled with an extortion network that extracts money from an oppressed workforce.	Edmund Ward	Alan Gibson
2	6	YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE	Kyle assists a champion chess player who is unable to obtain a visa to compete in an international match.	Wilfred Greatorex	David Sullivan Proudfoot
2	7	YOUNG SPARKS	Several dissident groups reconcile their differences and unite to form a coordinated opposition to the PCD.	Jim Hawkins	Kenneth Ives
2	8	WHAT PLEASES THE PRINCE	After a dissident publicly immolates himself and becomes a martyr, Home Secretary Smith announces an inquiry into the PCD to prevent civil unrest.	Wilfred Greatorex	Alan Gibson