Star Cops
The adventures of the International Space Police Force, led by Nathan Spring, in 2027. The Star Cops are made up of officers from all over the world: the British Colin Devis, the Australian Pal Kenzy, the Russian Alexander Krivenko, the Japanese Anna Shoun and the American David Theroux.
- 1987-1987
- 1 season
- Suspense, Drama, Science Fiction
The adventures of the International Space Police Force, led by Nathan Spring, in 2027. The Star Cops are made up of officers from all over the world: the British Colin Devis, the Australian Pal Kenzy, the Russian Alexander Krivenko, the Japanese Anna Shoun and the American David Theroux.
Season 1 Episode Guide
9 Episodes 1987
Episode 1
An Instinct for Murder
51 mins
British detective Nathan Spring is cajoled by his superior into applying for the new post of commanding the International Space Police, a group of part-time policemen derisively nicknamed the "Star Cops". On his first trip out into space he meet David Theroux, a US astronaut who is suspicious about a spate of spacesuit failures at the General De Gaul space station.
Episode 2
Conversations with the Dead
52 mins
Nathan's girlfriend Lee Jones is murdered by an unknown attacker who breaks into his home. Grief-stricken, he returns to Earth, leaving David to investigate a tragic accident out in space that has crippled a freighter on its way to Mars, dooming its crew to certain death.
Episode 3
Intelligent Listening for Beginners
48 mins
Spring fires two Star Cops, Pal Kenzy and Kirk Hubble, for corruption. A terrorist organisation, the Black Hand Gang, has attacked a chemical plant and the Channel Tunnel using a computer worm. The Star Cops are warned of further attacks by a communications expert engaged in secret research on an outpost on the Moon.
Episode 4
Trivial Games and Paranoid Pursuits
51 mins
As Spring attempts to persuade the sceptical Americans to allow him to open a Star Cops office on their space station, the Ronald Reagan, he is asked to investigate the disappearance of a scientist Dr Harvey Goodman from the Ronald Reagan station. The station personnel deny that Goodman or the section of the station he worked in - OMZ13 - ever existed. Out near the Sun, a salvage ship finds an abandoned capsule, designated OMZ13, floating in space.
Episode 5
This Case to Be Opened in a Million Years
52 mins
While Theroux is left to investigate the crash of a rocket carrying nuclear waste, Spring, on an enforced vacation, is lured to Rome where he is framed for drug-trafficking.
Episode 6
In Warm Blood
52 mins
The returning crew of the survey ship Pluto 5 are discovered dead, appearing almost freeze-dried. There is a connection to a large Japanese corporation and the suicide of a scientist close to the Moonbase commander.
Episode 7
A Double Life
52 mins
Mystery surrounds a world-famous pianist accused of kidnapping and ransoming embryos from Moonbase. Anna Shoun and Colin Devis investigate and ultimately confront what turns out to be the clone of the accused pianist.
Episode 8
Other People's Secrets
51 mins
Ever increasing glitches and equipment failures around the Moonbase coincide with a safety inspection and lead eventually to a decompression emergency for the base. During the emergency, Nathan Spring and Pal Kenzy are forced to spend time together, as does Colin Devis with his psychologist ex-wife.
Episode 9
Little Green Men and Other Martians
51 mins
Rumours swell of alien artefacts discovered on Mars. An attempt is made to kill Nathan Spring as he investigates drug smuggling and the deaths of two pilots.