Last Train to Bufflers Halt

Last Train To Bufflers Halt
Air date	19 October 1969
Written by	Tony Barwick
Directed by	Alan Perry
Production Order
previous	To Catch A Spy
next	Errand Of Mercy
Broadcast Order
previous	The Feathered Spies
next	Hole In One

Last Train To Bufflers Halt is the fifth episode of British television series The Secret Service.

After an attempt by highwaymen to steal a consignment of a million pounds worth of used bank notes, travelling by British Rail, Father Stanley Unwin is engaged to accompany the train.

The bandits, led by traitorous British Rail official, try again, and this time succeed, by diverting the train to a disused station at Bufflers Halt.

While they are waiting for a truck to arrive to carry the money away, Father Unwin and the miniaturized Matthew outwit the crooks and lock them in a security van.

Regular Cast

Father Stanley Unwin
(Stanley Unwin)

Matthew Harding
(Garry Files)

The Bishop
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Agent Blake
(Keith Alexander)

Guest Cast

McGrath
(Gary Files)

Reed
(Keith Alexander)

Albert Hobson
(Gary Files)

Signalman
(Keith Alexander)

Train Guard (1)
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Calow
(Jeremy Wilkin)

Jackie
(Sylvia Anderson)

B.I.S.H.O.P. Agent
(Keith Alexander)

Cameo Roles

Joe
Train Guard (2)

Signalman
(Checkpoint 4)

Train Driver

Equipment Used

Mail Train

Train Robbers Van

Locations

Bufflers Halt

Blackmore Tunnel

Check-point 4

Trivia

• In the original script for this episode, instead of Agent Blake, the assistant to the Bishop was a man named Carstairs. Mr Reed was also originally named Mr Price.
• The robbers truck was later reused in the 1st episode of UFO as it later had the Harlington- Straker studios logo on.
• The sound of the train's brakes near the end of the episode would later be used again in the TUGS episodes "High Tide" and "Up River".