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THE PIGLET FILES

7 Sep 90

A Question of Intelligence

Electronics expert Peter Chapman is invited to join MI5, after they arrange for him to be sacked from his job at a London Polytechnic. He receives the code-name Piglet, and soon becomes head of his section by default.

14 Sep 90

Fair Exchange

Piglet is forced to make his home into a 'safe house' for a defecting Russian female scientist, which does not go over well with his wife, and Piglet isn't too pleased when Russian agents kidnap her by mistake.

21 Sep 90

A Room With A View

A tale of musical houses, with the MI5 agents observing the house of suspected spies, from another house in the same street.

28 Sep 90

The Ice Man Cometh

When Piglet is wrongly identified as an MI6 hitman, the Russians put out a contract on his life. Maxwell puts Drummond in charge of protecting him, but Drummond is reluctant to take on the job.

5 Oct 90

The Beagle Has Landed

Piglet accidentally infiltrates ARC, a group of animal rights activists, and goes on one of their expeditions, with disasterous results.

12 Oct 90

Now You See It

When the French lose a radar-invisible plane at sea, MI5 gets involved with the retrieval of the 'Black Ghost' device, in spite of interference from a gung-ho American CIA agent. But it's the Swedes who think they'll have the last laugh.

19 Oct 90

A Private Member�s Bill

When an MP wants to introduce a bill to amalgamate MI5, MI6 and Special Branch, and place them under the control of the police - MI5 sets out to find a way to stop him.

3 May 91

The Wright Stuff

Rumors that a former high ranking MI6 official is writing his memoirs abound, and it seems that Piglet�s wife�s firm is the one publishing his book.

10 May 91

Red Spy at Night

When an old colleague of Drummond�s, long thought dead, turns up at Drummond�s door, he reveals that he had been a Soviet agent. Among a list of sleepers that he gives Drummond is the name of Andrew Maxwell.

17 May 91

Piglet in a Trough

Piglet starts gambling, drinking, and making Dexter look competent. It's all part of a plot though.

24 May 91

The Wrong Combination

Drummond�s counterpart in MI6 bets him that the lads from MI5 cannot break into the safe in his office and remove the papers inside. But Drummond has a ringer � he breaks a safecracker out of prison to do the job.

31 May 91

Trouble With Reception

The Vishwanis government stance has altered, with a change from Pro-Arab to Pro-Western. MI5 is given the job to bug the Vishwani Embassy, using an Embassy Reception as a convenient cover. Unfortunately, terrorists take control of the Embassy while they are at reception.

7 June 91

The Hunt for Red Decoder

When MI5 gets their hands on the Russian Zarnoff Decoding Machine out of s submarine, Piglet is determined to crack its secret, for Drummond doesn't think he can do it. However, things don�t go quite as planned.

14 Jun 91

Undercover Activity

When Piglet is approached by a beautiful female KGB agent who has been trained to fulfill a man�s every whim, Drummond wants him to follow through - lie back and think of England - in order to compromise the agent. Piglet�s wife then turns up unexpectedly, but that's the least of his troubles.

29 Mar 92

Guerillas in the Mist

Drummond goes off on a weekend visit to an old school friend, who doesn�t like the Channel Tunnel at all, while Piglet joins Dexter and Lewis on a surveillance mission.

5 Apr 92

Sweet and Sour Piglet

The Chinese kidnap Piglet and replace him with an agent surgically altered to be his double. He infiltrates MI5 and find out as much information as he can.

12 Apr 92

Sex, Spies and Videotape

MI5 is putting together a recruitment video, but some of the filmmakers are not what they seem.

19 Apr 92

In Which We Serve

Piglet and the entire team (Maxwell and Drummond as well) go undercover at a hotel to watch a Frenchman suspected of passing secrets.

26 Apr 92

The Plane Truth

Two defecting Russian airplane designers come to England, but MI5 has the funds to keep only one. Piglet is tasked with deciding which one.

3 May 92

Under New Management

After yet another cock-up from Dexter and Lewis, Maxwell puts a woman in command of Drummond�s department. She starts wielding her power with an iron hand in an iron glove.

10 May 92

With Friends Like These

With the advent of glasnost, both MI5 and the KGB are hurting for funds. They decide to combine forces in an attempt to cause their respective governments to vote them their funds again, but the caper goes very wrong.