Episodes
1. Spyder Secures a Main Strand
January 21, 1972
After a British agent fleeing across a Communist border is picked up by car, and shot, the Web weaves its way into the hunt for a traitor. A reshuffle of British security is called for and Charlotte accepts the challenge.
2. The Executioners
January 28, 1972
52 min
Hawksworth infiltrates a wealthy group of men who imprison, and aim to re-educate, degenerate members of society.
3. Romance on Wheels
February 4, 1972
51 min
Lottie and Hawksworth join members of a dating agency on a trip behind the Iron Curtain to discover how certain candidates are being replaced by Soviet agents.
Guest Stars:
Peter Sallis
4. The Hafiz Affair
February 11, 1972
50 min
The Spyder team are manipulated into a plot against the election of a new president in an emergent African state.
5. Life at a Price
February 18, 1972
48 min
The Spyder agents uncover murder and fraud in an exclusive maternity home.
6. Emergency Exit
February 25, 1972
50 min
Spyder's Web (1972) A Spyder agent is substituted for one of the opposition's to discover how the enemy escape route works. The trail leads to the Viscount Employment Agency run by Kalashnkov - whom adores the British aristocracy.
7. Red Admiral
March 3, 1972
52 min
On the pretext of making a film, Lottie and Hawksworth investigate Admiral Manders. Could he be falling under Soviet influence?
8. Lies and Dolls
March 10, 1972
48 min
Spyder's Web (1972) A message from a myna bird alerts Lottie to the death of an MP, which then leads to Eastern European puppeteers who are the front for a people-smuggling organization.
9. Things That Go Bang in the Night
March 17, 1972
51 min
An inventor of bizarre killing-machines leaves a lethal legacy, which his eccentric relations compete to get their hands on.
10. An Almost Modern Man
March 24, 1972
51 min
Lottie and Hawksworth endeavour to protect the president of a Central American republic from assassination.
11. Nobody's Strawberry Fool
March 31, 1972
51 min
A bizarre story of a body preserved in the Swiss snow since 1914 - which has now gone missing in transit.
12. The Prevalence of Skeletons
April 7, 1972
51 min
What is behind the killing of a number of prominent individuals, why did they withdraw their life savings on the day of their deaths, and why have their corpses aged so dramatically? Lottie and Hawksworth investigate.