Counterstrike is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC in 1969. The series starred Jon Finch as an alien living on Earth as a human named Simon King. He was assigned to live there to prevent an alien invasion of the planet. The programme lasted for one series of ten episodes, but only nine episodes were actually transmitted. The screening of the sixth episode, "Out of Mind", was canceled on the day it was due to be shown due to a late schedule change, being replaced by a documentary on the Kray brothers who had been refused leave to appeal against their prison sentences on that same day. For reasons that will probably never be known, "Out of Mind" was never rescheduled; it was subsequently wiped from the BBC Archives and has never been screened – thus making it possibly one of the rarest pieces of British science fiction television. The first four episodes – "King's Gambit", "Joker's One", "On Ice" and "Nocturne" – still exist in the BBC Archives as 16mm Black & White Film telerecordings, while the remaining five transmitted instalments – "Monolith", "The Lemming Syndrome", "Backlash", "All That Glisters" and "The Mutant" – are listed as missing by the Lost Shows website.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Dealbreaker | 1990-07-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Dead in the Air | 1990-07-08 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Now and at the Hour of Our Death | 1990-07-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Art for Art's Sake | 1990-07-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Power Play | 1990-07-29 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | A Little Purity | 1990-08-05 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Son with a Gun | 1990-08-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Lady of the Rhine | 1990-08-26 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Knights of Aram | 1990-09-09 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Extreme Measures | 1990-09-16 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Thanos | 1990-10-07 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Siege | 1990-10-14 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Escape Route | 1990-10-28 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Beginning | 1990-11-10 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | Cry of the Children | 1990-11-17 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Masks | 1990-11-24 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Mindbender | 1990-12-01 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Regal Connection | 1990-12-15 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Cinema Verité | 1990-12-22 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Verathion | 1991-01-12 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Millerton Papers | 1991-01-19 | 60 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Dilemma | 1991-02-02 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Tie a Yellow Ribbon | 1991-09-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Hidden Assets | 1991-09-28 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Fall from Grace | 1991-10-05 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | It's All in the Game | 1991-10-12 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Hide and Seek | 1991-10-19 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Native Warriors | 1991-10-26 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Breaking Point | 1991-11-02 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Going Home | 1991-11-09 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Survival Instinct | 1991-11-16 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Night of the Black Moon | 1991-11-23 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Fire in the Streets | 1991-11-30 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | In the Blood | 1991-12-07 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Village of the Damned | 1991-12-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Prize Package | 1992-01-04 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | The Three Tramps | 1992-01-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | Behind Bars | 1992-03-14 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | Cherchez la Femme | 1992-03-21 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Dead Heat | 1992-04-04 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | La Belle Dame Monique | 1992-04-11 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Ripped from the Grave | 1992-04-18 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Trigger Finger | 1992-05-02 | 60 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Circus Ring | 1992-05-09 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | I Remember It Well | 1992-09-26 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Sting | 1992-10-03 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Till Death Do Us Part | 1992-10-10 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Bastille Day Terror | 1992-10-17 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | No Honour Among Thieves | 1992-10-24 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Skin Deep | 1992-10-31 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | The Curse of the Amber Chamber | 1992-11-07 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Death Seal | 1992-11-14 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Cyborg | 1992-11-21 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | DOA | 1992-12-05 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Cat in the Cradle | 1992-12-11 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Bosnian Connection | 1992-12-20 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Betrayed | 1993-01-09 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Clearcut | 1993-02-07 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | Free to Kill | 1993-02-14 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Hit | 1993-02-28 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 17 | French Twist | 1993-03-21 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 18 | The Contender | 1993-03-28 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 19 | The Raw Truth | 1993-04-11 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 20 | Peacemaker | 1993-04-18 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 21 | Muerte | 1993-05-02 | 60 min |
Season 3 | Episode 22 | Badguys | 1993-05-09 | 60 min |