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C.A.T.S. Eyes

Season 2 1986
TV-PG

  • 1986-04-05T20:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 9h 10m (11 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
An all-female detective agency, the 'Eyes Enquiry Agency', is formed as a front for the Home Office's new security operation, the 'Covert Activities Thames Section' or C.A.T.S. for short. Initially lead by ex-Oxford University President Pru Standfast, she was in charge of the unit that exeprienced ex-cop Maggie Forbes, computer geek Fredrica Smith, and from series two, Tessa Robinson who replaced Pru. Their contact with the Ministry was Nigel Beaumont. Made by Television South (TVS) for the ITV Network. Currently copies exist at ITV Archive, notably Maidstone Studios or at Leeds Archive and Disney own the actual rights through company acquisition although the paperwork is missing.

11 episodes

Season Premiere

1986-04-05T20:00:00Z

2x01 One Away

Season Premiere

2x01 One Away

  • 1986-04-05T20:00:00Z50m

Edward Stone, a Soviet spy serving a life sentence in a top security jail, makes a daredevil escape by posing as an army officer in a jeep. Beth, Stone's illegitimate daughter, is kidnapped by Stone's accomplices - she is unaware of her father's identity.

Awaiting his escape to Russia, Stone insists on phoning his estranged wife to arrange a meeting. Tension mounts as Maggie's life is endangered, Stone tries to effect his escape to Russia and persuade Beth to accompany him, and a Home Office contact, O'Donahue's. true allegiance is revealed.

1986-04-12T20:00:00Z

2x02 Powerline

2x02 Powerline

  • 1986-04-12T20:00:00Z50m

When Shirley (an undercover agent) is killed in some lonley woodland, Fred and Tessa investigate posing as 'travellers' and join a band of nomadic religious freaks camping rough on Lord Leydon's estate. Tessa goes to Manor House to visit the impoverished James Leydon who already suspects her of working with the 'thought police'.

A 'friend' of Jamie's, Barbara Dalchley, turns out to be in league with Sergei, a Russian defector, and Seth, one of the 'travellers' whose mission is to take pictures of nuclear missile bases. A security patrol around the estate rescue Fred and Tessa when their camper van is sabotaged, and the episode ends with Tessa involved in a shoot-out.

1986-04-19T20:00:00Z

2x03 Hit List

2x03 Hit List

  • 1986-04-19T20:00:00Z50m

When an Arab prince and a group of foreign associates with Mafia connections are gunned down on a country estate, the 'EYES' team uncover a drug racket fronted by an international casino consortium.

The Triads take exception to the Mafia trying to take a slice of their action and innocent and guilty alike fall by the wayside.

1986-04-26T20:00:00Z

2x04 Good As New

2x04 Good As New

  • 1986-04-26T20:00:00Z50m

When Sara John's, the daughter of a Russian defector is threatened by a Soviet agent while on a school trip, the 'EYES' team is alerted, and warning bells ring in Whitechapel where one employee shows a more than passing interest in their case.

Fred and Tessa go undercover, posing as a groundsman and games mistress respectively, to protect the young schoolgirl while Maggie discovers that Sara's estranged parents are desperately close to revealing a major spy scandal, putting their daughter's life at risk.

1986-05-03T20:00:00Z

2x05 Rough Trip

2x05 Rough Trip

  • 1986-05-03T20:00:00Z50m

When a young schoolboy is abducted by a terrorist group, the C.A.T.S.EYES team discover that Simon Maxstead's father has access to some top secret government information for which the boy is being held to ransom.

Nigel orders the case 'top priority' and Maggie, Tessa and Fred uncover a major international terrorist ring from Bangladesh posing behind a front of an innocent grocery shop.

1986-05-10T20:00:00Z

2x06 Passage Hawk

2x06 Passage Hawk

  • 1986-05-10T20:00:00Z50m

Jailed in South Africa for bank robbery, Ben Hutchins is released to custody in England as he is supposedly dying of cancer.

On arrival, he tries unsuccessfully to escape from his "escort", Kerber, and evade Maggie and Nigel. Further checking by the 'EYES' team reveals that Hutchins health is, in fact, alright but Kerber, a well-known assassin has his own plans for a funeral at which four prominent black African leaders will be present.

1986-05-17T20:00:00Z

2x07 Freezeheat

2x07 Freezeheat

  • 1986-05-17T20:00:00Z50m

A drug racket, using a refrigerated trucking company, Coldburn, for cover, is exposed when Chas' lorry is attacked and he turns to Fred and the 'EYES' team for help and protection.

When Chas is kidnapped and required to 'talk' by the Coldburn men, his silence is punished by being locked in the deep freeze. The 'EYES' team arrive in the nick of time to save Chas from a chilly ending and a top ranking drug squad commander is exposed.

1986-05-24T20:00:00Z

2x08 Fit

2x08 Fit

  • 1986-05-24T20:00:00Z50m

During an army training stint for the C.A.T.S.EYES team, Sir Jack Fenn tells Maggie that they are holding a top Czech spy, Kessler, for debriefing.

On investigating the other recruits, she discovers that a number of them do not 'check out', and Fenn suspects that the KGB want Kessler - dead or alive.

Events take on an unexpected turn when a kidnap and subsequent murder attempt on Kessler are foiled by the team, and Fenn also has something to hide.

1986-05-31T20:00:00Z

2x09 Honeytrap

2x09 Honeytrap

  • 1986-05-31T20:00:00Z50m

Yuri Yevgenev, a Russian secret agent, lands up in the local police station after being set up by Maggie and the Special Branch boys. In the ensuing KGB attempts to have Yuri returned, Maggie's life is threatened, and Tessa and Fred discover that a Home Office secretary supplied information leading to Maggie's capture.

Fred and Tessa effect a dramatic rescue and save Maggie from impending torture.

1986-06-07T20:00:00Z

2x10 Crack-Up

2x10 Crack-Up

  • 1986-06-07T20:00:00Z50m

Following a car bomb, the C.A.T.S.EYES team's police contact Roddy is seriously injured, and the team are accused of negligence. Maggie feels responsible and after a period of erratic behaviour, she collapses and is diagnosed as being mentally exhausted.

During convalescence, her memory starts to return, and then the truth drug is administered, her recollections reveal unexpected double dealing.

2x11 Tranmere Dan and Tokyo Joe

  • 1986-06-14T20:00:00Z50m

When two ex-pow's think they recognise a frighteningly familiar face on the front page of a newspaper, they call in the C.A.T.S.EYES team to investigate.

Tessa goes undercover as the chauffeuse to a junior Government Minister with bizarre tastes which lead the team on a calamity course to danger.

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