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1244:"Spymaster"
1196:Jim Henshaw
1113:Carl Binder
1086:Jim Henshaw
1032:Carl Binder
1005:Jim Henshaw
955:Directed by
886:Jim Henshaw
830:Teleplay by
797:Carl Binder
716:Jim Henshaw
689:Carl Binder
635:Jim Osborne
527:Carl Binder
521:"Nina Who?"
311:Directed by
257:Jack Leitch
94:of episodes
1719:Categories
1675:2024-07-04
1606:References
1574:1988-03-09
1543:1988-03-02
1512:1988-02-24
1481:1988-02-17
1450:1988-02-10
1433:"The Game"
1419:1988-01-20
1412:Lyle Slack
1392:1987-12-23
1365:1987-12-09
1338:1987-12-02
1311:1987-11-25
1284:1987-11-18
1257:1987-11-11
1250:David Cole
1230:1987-10-28
1203:1987-10-14
1176:1987-10-07
1147:1987-09-30
1120:1987-09-11
1093:1987-09-04
1066:1987-08-28
1039:1987-08-21
1012:1987-08-14
985:1987-08-07
958:Written by
920:1987-05-27
893:1987-05-13
866:1987-04-29
839:1987-04-08
804:1987-03-04
777:1987-02-25
750:1987-02-18
723:1987-02-11
696:1987-02-04
669:1987-01-14
642:1987-01-07
615:1986-12-03
588:1986-11-26
581:Tony Sheer
578:Peter Rowe
561:1986-11-19
534:1986-11-12
507:1986-11-05
480:1986-10-29
467:"Rich Kid"
453:1986-10-22
440:"Backfire"
426:1986-10-15
399:1986-10-08
370:1986-10-01
343:1986-09-24
314:Written by
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197:Background
175:1988-03-09
165:1986-09-24
120:60 minutes
102:Production
83:of seasons
36:Created by
1355:John Bell
1271:"Requiem"
683:"Nemesis"
357:"Mailman"
240:Ken Pogue
66:Ken Pogue
825:Story by
743:Ken Gass
148:(Canada)
50:Starring
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