About this season
The Revenue Men is a British television series, produced and transmitted by the BBC between 1967 and 1968. The series dealt with cases handled by the Investigation Branch of Customs and Excise such as the illegal import of goods, illegal immigration and business transactions amongst travellers. The Revenue Men was produced by Gerard Glaister. The series lasted for three series and 39 episodes in total. In spite of this fact, all of the episodes were later wiped, with no episodes extant in the BBC archives as of 2009.
Episodes (14)
1. The Waiting Game
Aired 1 September 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 8 September 1967 • 50 min
The Customs men at a Continental car ferry become suspicious when a man makes too many trips through their port.
3. The Present
Aired 15 September 1967 • 50 min
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?
Aired 22 September 1967 • 50 min
Sir John Dolan and Stuart Campbell are close friends. And we all need friends, don't we?
5. A Cup of Kindness
Aired 29 September 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 6 October 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 13 October 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 20 October 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 27 October 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 3 November 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 10 November 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 17 November 1967 • 50 min
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
Aired 24 November 1967 • 50 min
When a man collapses in a Customs hall he is found to be carrying a large quantity of gold.
14. The New Faces
Aired 1 December 1967 • 50 min
Smith is involved in butter smuggling between Northern and Southern Ireland and he and McInnes find themselves up against a very professional operator.