O.S.S. (TV series) (Redirected from OSS (TV series))
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Also known as | Office of Strategic Service |
Genre | Drama |
Written by | Paul Dudley |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (list of episodes) |
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Network | ITV |
Release | 14 September 1957 9 March 1958 | –
O.S.S. was a Buckeye Productions and ATV co-produced wartime television drama series.
It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes during the 1957–1958 season and was distributed by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by ABC.
The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France.
Main cast
- Ron Randell as Captain Frank Hawthorn
- Lionel Murton as The Chief
- Robert Gallico as O'Brien
Guest stars included Lois Maxwell, Christopher Lee and Roger Delgado.
Production
The pilot was shot in November 1956. The budget was around $1,200,000. The star was Australian actor Ron Randell.
Episode list
This episode list is based on the airdate order on ABC, which appears to match the production order and the air-date order for the (unrelated) ABC Weekend TV in the UK.
- "Operation Fracture"
- "Operation Tulip"
- "Operation Powder Puff"
- "Operation Death Trap"
- "Operation Orange Blossom"
- "Operation Pay Day"
- "Operation Foul Ball"
- "Operation Blue Eyes"
- "Operation Flint Axe"
- "Operation Sweet Talk"
- "Operation Big House"
- "Operation Love Bird"
- "Operation Pigeon Hole"
- "Operation Yo-yo"
- "Operation Yodel"
- "Operation Sardine"
- "Operation Firefly"
- "Operation Eel"
- "Operation Barbecue"
- "Operation Blackbird"
- "Operation Post Office"
- "Operation Newsboy"
- "Operation Chopping Block"
- "Operation Dagger" "Operation Buried Alive"
- "Operation Meatball"
- "Operation Jingle Bells"
- 1950s British drama television series
- 1957 British television series debuts
- 1958 British television series endings
- Espionage television series
- Television series by ITC Entertainment
- American Broadcasting Company original programming
- ITV television dramas
- British military television series
- Television shows produced by Associated Television (ATV)
- English-language television shows
- World War II television drama series
- Black-and-white British television shows
- British spy television series
- ITC Distributions stubs