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BUGS

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Full Name: Bugs
Nationality: British
Organization: Assorted
Occupation Agency

Creator: Brian Eastman
Time Span: 1995 - 1999

ABOUT THE SERIES

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BOOKS

Number of Books:5
First Appearance:1996
Last Appearance:1996

1 Bugs: Out of the Hive Bugs: Out of the Hive
Written by Paul Leonard
Copyright: 1996

A novelization of the 1st (Out of the HIVE) and 2nd (Assassins Inc.) episodes.
"Convinced someone in the 'Hive' is after SACROS, a box that can control or cripple satellites, Beckett almost loses his life. Beckett, and Ros, who runs a high-tech gadgets company, "Gizmos", and Ed, form the BUGS team and become drawn into the world of miniaturized weapons and customized viruses."

2 Bugs: All Under Control Bugs: All Under Control
Written by Sandy Mitchell
Copyright: 1996

A novelization of the 3rd (All Under Control) and 4th (Down Among the Dead Men) episodes.
"When an unknown influence takes control of a flight system, computer failure is suspected. A #50 million ransom points to sabotage and the BUGS team is called in. Meanwhile, a similar amount of money is about to be stolen in a fraud that involves a banker, his wife and an obsolete submarine."

3 Bugs: Shotgun Wedding Bugs: Shotgun Wedding
Written by Neil Corry
Copyright: 1996

A novelization of the 5th (Shotgun Wedding) and 6th (Stealth) episodes.
"As they investigate an assassination attempt, the BUGS team are hired to protect the technological secrets of a futuristic car. They soon find themselves imprisoned in a nuclear-powered combat vehicle that's primed to self-destruct."

4 Bugs: Hot Metal Bugs: Hot Metal
Written by Liz Holliday
Copyright: 1996

A novelization of the 7th (Manna from Heaven) and 8th (Hot Metal) episodes.
"The BUGS team are called in to run security at a laboratory that's developing the foodstuff of the future. But, the mutated form is toxic, and there is a plan to poison the world. Meanwhile, a batch of a new metal, R6, is stolen and Ros and Beckett have to hunt the thieves."

5 Bugs: A Sporting Chance Bugs: A Sporting Chance
Written by Andrew Lane
Copyright: 1996

A novelization of the 9th (A Sporting Chance) and 10th (Pulse) episodes.
"Tri-Meserone is a new drug that allows athletes to surpass all previous record-breaking levels of performance, without exhaustion or pain and it's undetectable-apart from the side effects. The BUGS team is called in when several of a gym's best sportsman have suddenly collapsed; they uncover a plot to create an army of supermen."

TELEVISION


Number of Episodes:40
First Appearance:1995
Last Appearance:1999
Network:BBC

REGULAR CAST
Jaye GriffithsRos Henderson [ 1-4 ]
Jesse BirdsallNick Beckett [ 1-4 ]
Craig McLachlanEd [ 1-3 ]
Steven HoughtonEd [ 4 ]

[Note: the plots are taken from the Wikipedia entry on the show.]


1 Out of the Hive
Episode S1-1, first aired 04/01/1995
Director: Duncan Gould
Writer: Brian Farnham

Helicopter pilot Ed, electronics expert Ros Henderson and government agent Nick Beckett find themselves working together in an attempt to prevent the theft of a powerful satellite device from a government agency.

2 Assassins Inc.
Episode S1-2, first aired 04/08/1995
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Ken Grieve

When Ed, Ros and Beckett set out on a mission to bring down hi-tech weapons dealer Irene Campbell, she targets the team with her latest and most lethal technology.

3 All Under Control
Episode S1-3, first aired 04/15/1995
Director: Duncan Gould
Writer: Brian Farnham

When a passenger aircraft is hijacked by remote control, the Gizmos team is called in to investigate the plane's state-of-the-art navigation system.

4 Down Among the Dead Men
Episode S1-4, first aired 04/22/1995
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Andrew Grieve

Hired to investigate the link between the theft of ship components and the former employee of a large city bank, the Gizmos team encounter theft, murder, and a bank heist by submarine.

5 Shotgun Wedding
Episode S1-5, first aired 04/29/1995
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Ken Grieve

When the team's plan to protect Italian politician Anna Fabrizi from a lethal assassin goes horribly wrong, Ed is forced to go undercover and must make an impossible decision ? kill Anna Fabrizi or die.

6 Stealth
Episode S1-6, first aired 05/06/1995
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Ken Grieve

When Gizmos are hired to provide security for the launch of a new sports car, they instead become caught up in the theft of a prototype nuclear-powered stealth tank, which could destroy the city if not recovered.

7 Manna from Heaven
Episode S1-7, first aired 05/20/1995
Director: Gregory Evans
Writer: Brian Farnham

Phodex is a revolutionary type of food which could end world famine. When an attempt is made to steal samples, Gizmos are called in to investigate ? and they discover that Phodex holds a deadly secret.

8 Hot Metal
Episode S1-8, first aired 05/27/1995
Director: Alan Whiting
Writer: Ken Grieve

When a new type of metal is discovered to have explosive properties, Gizmos are brought in to prevent its theft by a mercenary who has developed a way to silence explosions.

9 A Sporting Chance
Episode S1-9, first aired 06/03/1995
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Ken Grieve

Gizmos encounter the sinister plans of mercenary Colonel Easterhaus when they investigate the collapse of several athletes at a sports institution.

10 Pulse
Episode S1-10, first aired 06/10/1995
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Brian Farnham

Whilst investigating the disappearance of several company executives, Ed, Ros and Beckett stumble on to a plan to destroy the economic centres of London and Geneva, devised by a criminal mastermind.

11 What Goes Up...
Episode S2-1, first aired 04/06/1996
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Brian Farnham

Ed goes undercover on a space programme to oversee the deployment of a new satellite, but, as the seconds tick down to the launch, a saboteur prepares to strike.

12 ...Must Come Down
Episode S2-2, first aired 04/13/1996
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Brian Farnham

Whilst Ed is stranded aboard the crippled shuttle, Ros and Beckett attempt to unmask the saboteur within Ground Control. Meanwhile, a more deadly enemy resurfaces.

13 Bugged Wheat
Episode S2-3, first aired 04/20/1996
Director: Sandy Johnson
Writers: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough

The team comes up against a pesticide company's dastardly scheme to spread worldwide famine, using genetically engineered insects infected with a deadly viroid.

14 Whirling Dervish
Episode S2-4, first aired 04/27/1996
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Andrew Grieve

When a consortium of airlines plans to use a VTOL stealth plane to bring down a rival passenger airline, Ed goes undercover as a fighter pilot. Meanwhile, the team realise that someone is manipulating them.

15 Blackout
Episode S2-5, first aired 05/04/1996
Director: Frank De Palma
Writer: Andrew Grieve

A guided tour of a hi-tech nuclear power station turns into a hostage crisis for Ros when the building is stormed by eco-terrorists. However, the situation is not what it seems.

16 Gold Rush
Episode S2-6, first aired 05/11/1996
Directors: Bruno Heller, Alison Leathart
Writer: Andrew Grieve

The Monetary Commission recruits the team when a microbe is released into their gold vault which will literally eat the gold. Whilst Ros goes after the antidote, Ed becomes trapped in the vault as lethal security countermeasures are activated.

17 Schrodinger's Bomb
Episode S2-7, first aired 05/25/1996
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Andrew Grieve

The team infiltrate a duo of arms dealers for the Bureau, but fall foul of the building's explosive security system, which arms to prevent them entering the vault; the only way to prove their guilt may be to blow up the evidence.

18 Newton's Run
Episode S2-8, first aired 06/01/1996
Director: Calvin Clements Jnr.
Writer: Brian Farnham

Nordic terrorists steal a cybernetically-enhanced dog named Newton to place a bomb in a weapons store which will vaporise much of the city.

19 The Bureau of Weapons
Episode S2-9, first aired 06/08/1996
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Andrew Grieve

The Gizmos team race to stop Jean-Daniel after he unleashes an artificial intelligence across the Internet ? leading Ros to make a terrible sacrifice.

20 A Cage for Satan
Episode S2-10, first aired 06/22/1996
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Brian Farnham

As Jean-Daniel puts the final stages of his master-plan into action, Ed and Beckett must prevent Ros from unwittingly activating the deadly computer virus stored within her mind.

21 Blaze of Glory
Episode S3-1, first aired 07/19/1997
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: John Stroud

During an investigation at a construction site, the team discover a cache of unstable chemical weapons ? with disastrous results.

22 The Revenge Effect
Episode S3-2, first aired 07/26/1997
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Gwennan Sage

Ed's life is placed in danger when an old enemy returns seeking vengeance.

23 The Price of Peace
Episode S3-3, first aired 08/02/1997
Director: Frank De Palma
Writer: John Stroud

The peace of Eastern Europe is put at risk when an experimental electromagnetic weapon is stolen during a Bureau testing exercise.

24 Hollow Man
Episode S3-4, first aired 08/09/1997
Directors: Miles Millar, Alfred Gough
Writer: Gwennan Sage

A master print disk goes missing, days before the introduction of a brand new bank note.

25 Nuclear Family
Episode S3-5, first aired 08/16/1997
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: John Stroud

Bureau 2 is called upon to protect a targeted Russian politician who controls an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

26 Fugitive
Episode S3-6, first aired 08/23/1997
Director: Clive Hopkins
Writer: Matthew Evans

The team are placed under suspicion when damning evidence reveals one has been dealing weapons.

27 Happy Ever After?
Episode S3-7, first aired 08/30/1997
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: John Stroud

When eco terrorists target a water pumping station, they find the perfect leverage.

28 Buried Treasure
Episode S3-8, first aired 09/13/1997
Director: Terry Borst
Writer: Matthew Evans

Ed's loyalties are strained when an old flame turns up and needs his services for a special job.

29 Identity Crisis
Episode S3-9, first aired 09/20/1997
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: John Stroud

A new Jan takes charge of the Bureau, but what happened to the old one?

30 Renegades
Episode S3-10, first aired 09/27/1997
Director: Stephen Gallagher
Writer: Matthew Evans

The survivors of the Cyberax incident awake from their comas and set about completing their plan ? the installation of Cyberax onto the internet.

31 Absent Friends
Episode S4-1, first aired 07/11/1998
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Gwennan Sage

Ros has mysteriously vanished and when her car is found in a river, Beckett is forced to resign. Elsewhere, a dormant eco-terrorist group reawakens when an enormously-powerful government minister begins dealing in bio-weapons.

32 Sacrifice to Science
Episode S4-2, first aired 07/18/1998
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Brian Grant

Ros is alive, but her unclear allegiances allow the minister to shut down Bureau 2, the only thing standing between him and vengeance. However, the team are never off the case for long...

33 Girl Power
Episode S4-3, first aired 07/25/1998
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Gwennan Sage

A fourteen-year-old techno-prodigy, Carly, breaks into the Hive out of boredom. She is assigned to Ros for mentoring into a tech school, but a certain duo decide to make use of the girl's technical prowess in a heist.

34 The Two Becketts
Episode S4-4, first aired 08/01/1998
Director: Terry Borst
Writer: Brian Grant

Following a ten-year absence, Beckett's father comes back to him seeking help with a case against an international gangster, a man with enormous power and resources.

35 Hell and High Water
Episode S4-5, first aired 08/08/1998
Director: Alex Stewart
Writer: Christopher King

Contact with a satellite monitoring rig is lost and a satellite is due to reenter the atmosphere, which would be catastrophic unless its self-destruct is activated. The team board the rig, but discover the crew are not who they claim to be.

36 Pandora's Box
Episode S4-6, first aired 08/15/1998
Director: Frank De Palma
Writer: Brian Grant

A scholar seeks to prove his theory that a toxic waste dump was constructed over the tomb of King Arthur. In his haste to unearth the site, he releases a deadly bacterial plague that starts to kill again.

37 Jewel Control
Episode S4-7, first aired 08/29/1998
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: John Stroud

A Colombian emerald baron plans to use an ancient Continuation of Government structure to rob an emerald exchange. Meanwhile, Jan's competence is assessed.

38 Twin Geeks
Episode S4-8, first aired 08/14/1999
Director: Colin Brake
Writer: Brian Grant

Genius twin brothers Marcus and Michael, feeling used by their former employer and having their creations stolen, seek explosive revenge. Elsewhere, Ros finds Channing has sold her designs, and she has a matter of hours to buy them back.

39 Money Spiders
Episode S4-9, first aired 08/21/1999
Director: Terry Borst
Writer: John Stroud

Spiders', fragments of computer code designed to harvest secret information, dig up a government project to secure money transfers, and the owner decides to take full advantage, leading Adam to take drastic action to save Alex.

40 The Enemy Within
Episode S4-10, first aired 08/28/1999
Director: Frank De Palma
Writer: Brian Grant

Ros's surgery is successful, if eventful, after Wyman infiltrates the hospital to run the CatFlap program. Alex and Adam make amends and their wedding goes ahead, but disaster is never far behind.

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