"Dial 999" Special Branch (TV Episode 1959) Poster

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(1959)

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8/10
A punchy episode.
Sleepin_Dragon24 May 2023
A small Taxi firm is hijacked, and control of it taken over by a group with a strange motive, overhearing the attack, a taxi driver escapes the scene and manages to make a 999, explaining a Doctor Stafford, is their target.

Maguire takes up his first job with Special Branch, he doesn't half get about, The Canadian Mounty back has genuinely had the most varied stint in Britain.

I really did enjoy the punchy storyline, what made it a little bit different, is that The Police were one step ahead, it's never the case, but it made things a little more interesting to see The Villains being the ones playing catch-up.

A bit of action here, maybe not the most convincing explosion you'll ever see, but attention grabbing nonetheless.

All in all, it's one of the better episodes, 8/10.
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6/10
Special Branch
Prismark103 May 2022
Warning: Spoilers
A cab company has been seized by a gang of croops.

Their aims to use the cabs to assassinate a visiting American scientist.

However one driver overhears their plans and informs the police before he is shot dead.

DI Maguire has recently been assigned to Special Branch. They are ready with a decoy.

The ringleader is one step ahead as he thinks that Special Branch will not make it too easy.

In the end it was too easy for Special Branch. They seem to be shooting baddies left right and centre.

Firearms were issued in this one.
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