Spy Trap

{{Short description|British TV drama series (BBC, 1972–1975)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox television | alt_name = | creator = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Paul Daneman * Prentis Hancock *Michael Gwynn * Julian Glover * Tom Adams }} | theme_music_composer = Francis Lai | country = United Kingdom | num_series = 3 | num_episodes = 61 | network = BBC1 | first_aired = {{Start date|1972|03|13|df=y}} | last_aired = {{End date|1975|03|15|df=y}} }}

'''''Spy Trap''''' is a BBC drama that ran from 1972 to 1975 on BBC1, and was set around 'The Department', a British counter-espionage organisation.

It starred Paul Daneman as Commander Paul Ryan, a naval officer and spy chief, Prentis Hancock as Lieutenant Saunders, and Michael Gwynn as agent Carson. Other regular cast members included Julian Glover as Commander Anderson (first series only) and Tom Adams as Major Sullivan (from the second series). ''Spy Trap'' was created by Robert Barr, who also wrote the earlier BBC TV series ''Spycatcher'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/901205/|title=Barr, Robert (1909-1999)|work=Screenonline|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=2015-04-26}}</ref> and was notable for its complex plot lines.<ref>{{Cite book | isbn = 9781136447563 | title = Raymond Williams on Television (Routledge Revivals): Selected Writings | last1 = Williams | first1 = Raymond | year = 2013 | publisher = Taylor and Francis | page = 172}}</ref>

It ran for three series.

==Synopsis== ''Spy Trap'' follows the adventures of a team of spies at 'The Department', a British espionage agency responsible for protecting national security. Reporting to the Department of Defense, no-nonsense Commander Paul Ryan (Paul Daneman) uses intel discovered by his field agents, to question suspects.

==Main cast== * Paul Daneman as Commander Ryan * Prentis Hancock as Lieutenant Saunders * Julian Glover as Commander Anderson * Michael Gwynn as Carson * Peter Welch as Detective Supt. Clark * Tom Adams as Major Sullivan * Eric McCaine as Detective Inspector Williams * Kevin Stoney as Trent * Jon Laurimore as Rankin

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Category:1970s British drama television series Category:BBC television dramas Category:1972 British television series debuts Category:1975 British television series endings