Season 1

Episode 1

S1 · E1 · 17/11/1991 · 55 min

The Dark Woman

A traitorous actress is pressured by threats into enticing her terrorist lover to leave the safety of neutral Switzerland and join her in France, an ally of England.

Episode 2

S1 · E2 · 24/11/1991 · 55 min

The Traitor

A quiet Englishman, Caypor, has chosen to spend the war in Switzerland, as his wife is German. But Ashenden suspects he may be a spy, and may have to be killed.

Episode 3

S1 · E3 · 01/12/1991 · 55 min

Mister Harrington's Washing

Ashenden is sent to revolutionary Russia with funds for delivery to Kerensky, the Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government, who England supports.

Episode 4

S1 · E4 · 08/12/1991 · 55 min

The Hairless Mexican

Ashenden is joined by an eccentric assassin known as "the hairless Mexican" who is dangerous.