What happens
Ken, a troubleshooter for the Chief, learns that Reichsbank economic minister Swipes is about to flee Berlin. Recruiting pilot Thurston and mercenary Pagon, X flies into Berlin disguised and sets out to make contact with the minister. The transcript breaks off during a tense meeting with Swipes, his associates and the Gestapo, leaving the mission unresolved. The episode is from the series The Man Called X, first aired on March 3, 1945, starring Herbert Marshall.
London and Moscow, then Berlin and the German border in February 1945 during the Second World War
Characters: Ken (X), Chief, Nancy Bessington, Harold Hal Anis, Thurston, Pagon, Major Malinov, Swipes
Listen for: Ken's plan to smuggle the Reichsbank official out of Germany and his encounter with the Gestapo in Berlin
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.