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A Roger Mirams - Paramount Pictures Australia Co-Production

Created by: Roger Mirams, Ron McLean and Brian Wright
Producer: Roger Mirams
Paramount Production Executive: Bruce Gordon
Associate Producer: Ron McLean
Directors: David Baker, Howard Rubie, Ron Way, and Terry Bourke
Writers: Ron McLean, Peter Schreck, Ralph Petersen, Terry Bourke, and Ted Roberts
Original music by: Brian Rangott and Geoff Harvey

Premiere: Thursday, August 26, 1971

As the battle of WWII fiercely continued into 1942, placing a great strain on Allied Forces, an empowered Japanese Army swept through the South Pacific towards the Australian mainland. Sensing an immediate threat of invasion, civilian planters were enlisted and joined commissioned soldiers to form highly trained espionage teams known as SPYFORCE, supervised by Allied Headquarters back in Australia. Surrounded by imminent danger, these men were directed into classified sabotage operations deep behind enemy lines throughout the Pacific area to aid the Allied war effort. (42 episodes)