Chessgame

One series of six episodes was made. It adapted, in order, Anthony Price's first three novels: "The Labyrinth Makers" (1970), "The Alamut Ambush" (1971) and "Colonel Butler's Wolf" (1972)

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| EpisodeNumber=1

| Title="Flying Blind"

| DirectedBy=William Blayne

| WrittenBy=Murray Smith,
based on "The Labyrinth Makers"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|11|23|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=The wreckage of a plane, which crashed 27 years ago, is discovered when a lake is being drained. When the Russians show their interest David Audley receives a priority call to investigate the wreckage.

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| EpisodeNumber=2

| Title=Cold Wargame

| DirectedBy=William Blayne

| WrittenBy=Murray Smith,
based on "The Labyrinth Makers"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|11|30|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=Audley believes the Pembroke is a red herring, and is more interested in the Berlin boxes Steerforth was carrying. KGB agent Igor Panin arrives in Britain under cover as an archaeologist, and Roskill thinks the plane may have dropped the boxes in Roman ruins.

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{{Episode List

| EpisodeNumber=3

| Title="Enter Hassan"

| DirectedBy=Ken Grieve

| WrittenBy=Murray Smith,
based on "The Alamut Ambush"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|12|7|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=Llewellyn uses Audley's Middle East experience to investigate who bombed his car. Jenkins may be the real target. Hassan, a Palestinian, has infiltrated the Ryal Foundation, so Roskill recruits his lover, Lady Isobel, to find information.

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{{Episode List

| EpisodeNumber=4

| Title=The Alamut Ambush

| DirectedBy=Ken Grieve

| WrittenBy=Murray Smith,
based on "The Alamut Ambush"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|12|14|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=The bloodshed at Colin Jenkins' funeral left two dead and Llewellyn shot. Hugh learns Colin was killed because he saw something he shouldn't have. Mossad tells Audley that there will be a one-off meeting of the Alamut List. So why is Llewellyn there?

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{{Episode List

| EpisodeNumber=5

| Title="The Roman Connection"

| DirectedBy=Roger Tucker

| WrittenBy=John Brason,
based on "Colonel Butler's Wolf"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|12|21|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=Neil Smith died in a motorcycle accident, but his University professor believes he was a Russian sleeper. Nick Hannah escapes with his life, at Eden Hall, while doing a background check. Hannah has to go undercover as archaeologist Colonel Butler.

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{{Episode List

| EpisodeNumber=6

| Title="Digging Up the Future

| DirectedBy=Roger Tucker

| WrittenBy=John Brason,
based on "Colonel Butler's Wolf"

| OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1983|12|28|df=yes}}

| ShortSummary=Professor Epton confronts Nick Hannah on his true identity, but admits there was an Apostle spy ring. With a sniper still at loose, Audley believes a demonstration against the visit of General Pensadore is a blind to protect a Soviet asset.

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The series was later rebroadcast in 1986 as three TV movies called The Alamut Ambush, The Deadly Recruits, and The Cold War Killers.

Notable guest actors included David Haig, Nadim Sawalha, Rosalie Crutchley, Richard Wilson, Gary Whelan, Caroline Bliss, Anthony Calf, Art Malik and Matyelok Gibbs.

{{reflist}}

• {{IMDb title|id=0395382|title=Chessgame}}
• [http://www.crimefictioniv.com/Part_22.html Addenda to CRIME FICTION IV: Anthony Price, Otto Penzler & others.]

Category:ITV television dramas

Category:1983 British television series debuts

Category:1983 British television series endings

Category:Television series by ITV Studios

Category:Television shows produced by Granada Television

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:British spy television series

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