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Cold Warrior is a 1984 BBC One television series written by Arden Winch, based around the character of Captain Aubrey Percival (Michael Denison), first introduced in the 1981 thriller serial Blood Money. Moving away from the serial format of Blood Money and Skorpion, Cold Warrior consists of eight standalone episodes, which sees Percival dealing with various threats to national security.
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- E1 Bright StingNext upSep 12, 1984
Synopsis
Arms dealer Giles de Vere is prompting NATO's latest weapon known as "Bright Star". Captain Percival has got wind that de Vere selling to the Soviets, via Switzerland so has tampered with the missile on a routine check..
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), Neil Stacy (Giles de Vere), David Swift (Sir William Logie), Philip Bond (Lord Stoneway), Allan Corduner (Joachim Maasen), Andrew Robertson (Andrew Dickson), Diana Weston (Laura de Vere), Ron Pember (John Palmer)
- E2 Dead WrongSep 19, 1984
Synopsis
Journalist Malcolm Russell gives out addresses of British intelligence operatives in a newspaper article. Ewan Benman's friend is murdered and he wants revenge. Cap. Percival needs to Russell alive for the greater good.
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), David Swift (Sir William Logie), Roger Walker (Detective Sergeant Anderson), Catherine Rabett (Girl in Car), Colin Starkey (Lefkin), Jane Collins (Sheila Richards), Patrick Newell (Thomas Agnew), Julian Fellowes (Malcolm Russell)
- E3 What's Good for General BullmooseSep 26, 1984
Synopsis
Sir Robert Constable dies in a taxi on the way to meet Krotkin, USSR spy. Captain Percival believes he is not what he seems and conspires with CIA officer Colonel Elliott to give the Soviet Union what they believe they are getting.
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), Eugene Lipinski (Krotkin), Michael Walker (Wilkins), Bruce Boa (Colonel Elliott), Charles Stapley (Group Captain Harvey), Harry Fielder (Taxi Driver), David Lyn (Sir Robert Constable)
- E4 The Man from DamascusOct 3, 1984
Synopsis
Syria terrorist Dr. Mohammed Riffi thinks he is dying from Berners Syndrome and travels to Rome, without bodyguards, to see his daughter. On the train he meets Capt. Percival who uses his religious believes to his own ends.
Guest stars: Stephen Greif (Doctor Mohammed Riffi), Michael Lees (Willi Herman), Paul Chapman (Doctor Marfurt), Michael Sheard (Professor Berner), James Griffiths (Doctor Fabian), Kevork Malikyan (Yussif), Christopher Reich (Hamid), Stephen Kemble (Klaus)
- E5 The ImmigrantsOct 10, 1984
Synopsis
Two fake British passports flag up a possible terrorist attack using a bomb. Learning that the pair came via Turkey, Capt. Percival and his team gamble that the attack is meant for a hard line Israeli minister going to Checkers.
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), David Swift (Sir William Logie), Michael O'Hagan (Detective Chief Superintendent), Metin Marlow (Rafiq), Peter Whitbread (Superintendent Ash), Patrick Jordan (Commander Betteridge), Arnold Yarrow (Graarud), John Lester (Immigration Officer)
- E6 The SpratOct 17, 1984
Synopsis
Soviet civil servant Yuri Semanov wants to defect to the British as a major source of information. Unsure, Capt. Percival puts together a dossier that would see him shot as a traitor but enough to make a valuable asset in future.
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), George Gabriel (Yuri Semanov), Charles Morgan (Roberts)
- E7 A Message from TrebizondOct 24, 1984
Synopsis
Radio producer Richard Ellison accuses, Armenian born, announcer Jane Minto of secretly passing messages to terrorists in Europe. Percival knows Minto is a double agent working for him and it's Ellison who is a KGB agent.
Guest stars: Lucy Fleming (Jo), Adrienne Burgess (Jane Minto), Godfrey James (Latimer), Martin Cochrane (Richard Ellison), Madhav Sharma (Michael), Michael Redfern (Usher), Betsan Jones (Woman by Taxi), Ian Ratcliffe (Man by Taxi)
- E8 Hook, Line and SinkerOct 31, 1984
Synopsis
Debutante Sophy offers to help SIS after she meets a famous musician who works for the KGB. A plan to offer the Soviets a fake version of the Microfish system, designed by ex-boyfriend Frank Liscombe, backfires when he vanishes.
Guest stars: Edward de Souza (Fernandes), Dulcie Gray (Cecily Broome), David Dixon (Frank Liscombe), Francesca Gonshaw (Amanda), Tracey Childs (Sophie Fitzgerald), Hubert Rees (Spalding), Jennifer Hill (Landlady), Alan Penn (Yefgeni Karyagin)
Cast & crew
Created by Arden Winch
Michael Denison
