The Rat Catchers

All Episodes 1966 - 1967

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  • 1966-02-02T00:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 1d 1h (25 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
The Rat Catchers is a 1960s British television series about a top secret British Intelligence Unit who receive orders from the Prime Minister and without questions battles enemy spies, saboteurs, and other criminals in order to protect the security of Great Britain and the Western Alliance. The show centred around three major characters: Peregrine Pascale Smith, the Oxford University-educated managing director with 12 years' experience under his belt, Brigadier H. St. J. Davidson, the emotionless analytical brains behind the group, and newly-recruited Richard William Hurst, formerly a superintendent at Scotland Yard who though he was said to have gone by the book in the police force, seems to have some problems with authority now. Part of the problem is that the Brigadier refuses to tell him more than the minimum that he needs to know about the organisation. Officially he works for Smith's company: Transworld Electronics and in episode 3, he is not sure whether Smith or the Brigadier is his boss. The organisation was based at Whitehall but officially didn't exist, being denied at the highest level as they worked with the greatest secrecy. The show began with the arrival of Hurst who is out of step with the other two. Raymond Francis was originally picked for the Hurst role but changed his mind at the last minute. Many of the stories were continued, sometimes with cliff-hanger endings.

25 episodes

Series Premiere

1966-02-02T00:00:00Z

1x01 Ticket to Madrid

Series Premiere

1x01 Ticket to Madrid

  • 1966-02-02T00:00:00Z1h

1966-02-09T00:00:00Z

1x02 The Captain Morales Story

1x02 The Captain Morales Story

  • 1966-02-09T00:00:00Z1h

1966-02-16T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Unwitting Coroner

1x03 The Unwitting Coroner

  • 1966-02-16T00:00:00Z1h

1966-02-23T00:00:00Z

1x04 Madrid Delivery

1x04 Madrid Delivery

  • 1966-02-23T00:00:00Z1h

1966-03-02T00:00:00Z

1x05 The Missing Agent

1x05 The Missing Agent

  • 1966-03-02T00:00:00Z1h

1966-03-09T00:00:00Z

1x06 The Baited Hook

1x06 The Baited Hook

  • 1966-03-09T00:00:00Z1h

1966-03-16T00:00:00Z

1x07 The Umbrella

1x07 The Umbrella

  • 1966-03-16T00:00:00Z1h

1966-03-22T23:00:00Z

1x08 Thieves' Market

1x08 Thieves' Market

  • 1966-03-22T23:00:00Z1h

1966-03-29T23:00:00Z

1x09 Return of Evil

1x09 Return of Evil

  • 1966-03-29T23:00:00Z1h

1966-04-05T23:00:00Z

1x10 The Edge of Disaster

1x10 The Edge of Disaster

  • 1966-04-05T23:00:00Z1h

1966-04-12T23:00:00Z

1x11 Operation Lost Souls

1x11 Operation Lost Souls

  • 1966-04-12T23:00:00Z1h

1966-04-19T23:00:00Z

1x12 Operation Irish Triangle

1x12 Operation Irish Triangle

  • 1966-04-19T23:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

1966-04-26T23:00:00Z

1x13 Operation Big Finish

Season Finale

1x13 Operation Big Finish

  • 1966-04-26T23:00:00Z1h

Season Premiere

1966-12-15T00:00:00Z

2x01 Showdown Vienna

Season Premiere

2x01 Showdown Vienna

  • 1966-12-15T00:00:00Z1h

1966-12-22T00:00:00Z

2x02 Mission to Madeira

2x02 Mission to Madeira

  • 1966-12-22T00:00:00Z1h

1966-12-29T00:00:00Z

2x03 Death in Madeira

2x03 Death in Madeira

  • 1966-12-29T00:00:00Z1h

1967-01-05T00:00:00Z

2x04 Midnight Over Madeira

2x04 Midnight Over Madeira

  • 1967-01-05T00:00:00Z1h

1967-01-12T00:00:00Z

2x05 Wednesday in Dubrovnik

2x05 Wednesday in Dubrovnik

  • 1967-01-12T00:00:00Z1h

1967-01-19T00:00:00Z

2x06 Murder in Mostar

2x06 Murder in Mostar

  • 1967-01-19T00:00:00Z1h

1967-01-26T00:00:00Z

2x07 Dead-End - Dubrovnik

2x07 Dead-End - Dubrovnik

  • 1967-01-26T00:00:00Z1h

1967-02-02T00:00:00Z

2x08 Big Grab - Amsterdam

2x08 Big Grab - Amsterdam

  • 1967-02-02T00:00:00Z1h

1967-02-09T00:00:00Z

2x09 Retribution Amsterdam

2x09 Retribution Amsterdam

  • 1967-02-09T00:00:00Z1h

1967-02-23T00:00:00Z

2x10 The Heel of Achilles

2x10 The Heel of Achilles

  • 1967-02-23T00:00:00Z1h

2x11 The Seven Pillars of Hercules

  • 1967-03-02T00:00:00Z1h

Season Finale

1967-03-09T00:00:00Z

2x12 The Mask of Agamemnon

Season Finale

2x12 The Mask of Agamemnon

  • 1967-03-09T00:00:00Z1h

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