First broadcast 2nd December 1978.
Bodie and Doyle are assigned a routine bodyguard operation for a 'Mr. X', Middle Eastern diplomat Hanish, but no sooner have they picked him up than they are pursued by gunmen who seem to know every move on his itinerary.
Gordon Jackson - George Cowley
Martin Shaw - Doyle
Lewis Collins - Bodie
Jasmina Hilton - Leila
Tommy Boyle - Charlie
Sandra Payne - Phillipa
Tony Jay - Foreign Observer 1
Kevin Brennan - Minister
Ahmed El Shenawi - Bodyguard
Steve Plytas - Foreign Observer 2
Kevork Malikyan - Hanish (Mr X)
Rowland Davies - Male Secretary
Tariq Yunus - Georgio
Yashar Adem - 1st Official
Neville Rofalia - 2nd Official
Nayef Rashed - Ambassador 2
Gabor Vernon - Ambassador 1
Ian Liston - Security Man