The Revenue Men
Season 2
1967 · 14 episodes
1. The Waiting Game
1967-09-01 · 50m
Drayton, a perfectly normal and respectable businessman, is sacked from his job as general Manager of the Dynaflow company after only four weeks in office. The company has been bought out by a Mr. Purvis and the price is suspiciously low. Drayton contacts the I.B. and it doesn't take Smith long to realise that a colossal Purchase Tax swindle is in the making. The trouble is, how to prove it. And that's where Smith has to start playing the waiting game.
2. Man in a Wheelbarrow
1967-09-08 · 50m
The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.
3. The Present
1967-09-15 · 50m
Lying to the Customs men - whether about that extra packet of cigarettes or an expensive gold watch - causes more trouble than it's worth. Sheila and Dick Graham find this out when they lie about a valuable microscope found in their luggage, and set McInnes and Smith off on an investigation.
4. Who Needs Friends?
1967-09-22 · 50m
Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?
5. A Cup of Kindness
1967-09-29 · 50m
Ross McInnes learns that a good I.B. man must think of the Department above all things - even above friendship.
6. Better Dead Than Alive
1967-10-06 · 50m
When Penman's flat is broken into by a young man, a chain of strange events leads the I.B. into a macabre and dangerous case.
7. Evidence Partial and Impartial
1967-10-13 · 50m
Smith arrests two old clients and oversteps the mark. The two he has accused insist that he himself should be investigated.
8. A Sleeping Partner
1967-10-20 · 50m
Fortunes can be made from a leak of information from a Customs office. Smith and McInnes attack the problem from two sides, both with equal application.
9. Conflict of Interests
1967-10-27 · 50m
Perhaps to be a good I.B. officer one should have no emotions at all. Ross McInnes finds this out the hard way.
10. The Exile
1967-11-03 · 50m
When Paul Valery, an international con-man, has a mysterious visitor, the I.B. become involved with a very undesirable alien.
11. You Can't Touch Me
1967-11-10 · 50m
When Paul Hasek, a foreign diplomat, is caught in a compromising situation, his privileged position is used as a cover for smuggling.
12. Fox in the High Street
1967-11-17 · 50m
Any way of reducing the price of mink coats would be welcomed by some women, even if it means depriving the country of revenue.
13. The Golden Spider
1967-11-24 · 50m
When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.
14. The New Faces
1967-12-01 · 50m
Smith is involved in butter smuggling between Northern and Southern Ireland and he and McInnes find themselves up against a very professional operator.
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