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The Phoenix Team

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The Phoenix Team was a Canadian drama series that aired on CBC Television in 1980. Starring Don Francks and Elizabeth Shepherd, the show featured eight one-hour adventure dramas centered on former spies drawn back into action by circumstance. Shepherd portrayed Valerie Koester, a British secret service agent who enlists the unofficial help of her ex-lover, David Brook, played by Francks. Once a top Canadian agent during the Cold War, Brook became disillusioned with high-tech espionage and was relegated to a desk job. Both Brook and Koester, known for their nonconformist attitudes, opposed the overly bureaucratic Graydon, played by Brian Linehan, and partnered with the sympathetic General, portrayed by Mavor Moore, head of the Canadian secret service.

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Created by
Stanley Colbert
First aired
Feb 10, 1980
Status
Returning Series
Network
CBC Television
Episodes
6
Country
CA

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S1 E1: Old Times' Sake - The Secret War

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S1 E1 Old Times' Sake - The Secret War

Feb 10, 1980

A former Canadian agent (David) relegated to the Filing and Records Department accidentally meets a former British agent (Val) with whom he frequently collaborated in the "old days". He is approached by a defecting Soviet agent with secrets to sell and asks Val's assistance in verifying the story. Brian Linehan, making his television acting debut, is Graydon, David's tough chief who has little use or respect for David and his generation of agents, preferring to use the highly computerized technology at his disposal.

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