Seek

Search was cool high-tech secret agent show that ran in the 1972-1973 TV season (following a two-hour pilot that ran in February 1972). Here’s a synopsis of the show:

The premise of the show centered on Probe, a division of World Securities Corporation. Individuals, companies, governments would hire the Probe Division to "search and recover that which was missing." Probe's agents were equiped with miniturized television scanners, which transmitted picture, sound, medical telemetry and anything else the script writers could think of back to Probe Control, where computer specialists continuously monitored the agent's progress, and analyzed the information the scanner was transmitting.

The scanners were small and round and had a magnetic back so they could attach to a ring, tie-tack, locket, or anything with a metal surface. That way the scanner appeared to be an exotic piece of jewelry. The agents also had a small audio receiver implanted behind the left ear, so they could hear sound transmitted from Probe Control. The Control personnel would link up to any data base, government or private, to retrieve information that would help the agent work the case.

Hugh O’Brian, Anthony Franciosa and Doug McClure appeared in the show on a rotating basis as agents. My favourite was Hugh O’Brian’s Hugh Lockwood character. The control folks back at Probe were led by Burgess Meredith.

There’s a great site dedicated to the show at probecontrol.com.

Here’s an episode list.

# Probe (Pilot) February 21, 1972
# The Murrow Disappearance (September 13, 1972)
# One of Our Probes Is Missing (September 20, 1972)
# Short Circuit (September 27, 1972)
# Moonrock (October 4, 1972)
# Live Men Tell Tales (October 11, 1972)
# Operation Iceman (October 25, 1972)
# The Bullet (November 1, 1972)
# In Search of Midas (November 8, 1972)
# The Adonis File (November 15, 1972; AKA The Consortium)
# Flight to Nowhere (November 22, 1972)
# The Gold Machine (December 20, 1972)
# Let Us Prey (January 3, 1973)
# A Honeymoon to Kill (January 10, 1973)
# The Twenty-Four Carat Hit (January 24, 1973)
# Numbered for Death (January 31, 1973)
# Countdown to Panic (February 7, 1973)
# The Clayton Lewis Document (February 14, 1973)
# Goddess of Destruction (February 21, 1973)
# The Mattson Papers (February 28, 1973)
# Moment of Madness (March 14, 1973)
# Ends of the Earth (March 21, 1973)
# Suffer My Child (March 28, 1973)
# The Packagers (April 11, 1973)

Unfortunately, the series is unavailable on DVD.