The Institutions and Organisations featured in
Season Three
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BLAZE OF GLORY: McHaig Construction
Building and construction firm owned by Andrew McHaig, and run by McHaig's son Christopher (until his untimely death).Their work to construct the Airport Link Tunnel unearths a forgotten Chemical Weapons Dump which McHaig's daughter Kitty tries to destroy to exact revenge on her father's for his uncaring attitude.
BLAZE OF GLORY: Central Office of Records and Archives
Government centre for the storage of records. All that remains of the defunct Bureau of Weapons Technology is stored in this building, along with the only surviving member of Bureau staff, Alex Jordan. Beckett's approach to access secret Bureau records referring to chemical weapons brings him into initial contact with DOIC Jan, and begins the process which starts the creation of a "new" Bureau, codenamed Bureau Two.
THE REVENGE EFFECT: The Offshore Bank
Exclusive bank where Kitty McHaig's fortune is kept. Alex is forced to impersonate Ros to gain entry and ascertain the alternative account name Kitty has used to transfer her fortune to, so that the Bureau team can track her down and rescue a kidnapped Ed.
THE REVENGE EFFECT: Bureau Two
The natural successor to The Bureau of Weapons Technology, Bureau Two is formed by DOIC Jan to act outside the traditional remit of a Government agency, allowing Ed, Ros and Beckett to practice their unque investigative abilities whilst still remaining under overall Government supervision. Filled with cutting-edge gizmos and gadgets supllied by Ros, the Bureau functions as a combination of Gizmos and The old Bureau. The offices of Bureau Two are located on the top floor of an anonymous Government high-rise.
THE PRICE OF PEACE: Van Straaten Diamonds
THE PRICE OF PEACE: Technovention
HOLLOW MAN: The Bank of England (Technical Operations Centre)
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN: Jacobs Doyle
Secretive diamond merchants with a very exclusive clientele, Jacobs Doyle are unwittingly the target of Brody’s fraud, when his wife Juliet buys a large amount of diamonds using a phoney money transfer. Their security however is adequate enough to prevent Juliet’s escape once the fraud becomes known.
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN: Fathom Five Diving Services
McTiernan’s company, which he has run for 10 years.
SHOTGUN WEDDING: SSD (Special Services Department) [Mentioned from Season One to Season Three]
Run by Commander Wence, SSD is so secret very few people even know of the organisation’s existence. Their methods are not exactly cutting edge, relying often on numbers and brute force to get the job done. Wence has little time for Beckett and his team regarding them as amateurs. Their offices are located at the top of an office building that Beckett has no trouble breaking into…
SHOTGUN WEDDING: Liberty Party
Anna Fabrizi and Alberto Corelli’s Italian Political party committed to cleaning up Italian politics. Their logo is produced here using lasers by William Swift.
STEALTH: Tronix Automotive Design Group
Owned by Dave O’Neill, Tronix (located at an old airbase) is at the cutting edge of vehicle design and technology. They have an impressive R&D lab, with a Military Division that funds a great deal of the R&D on the Tronix Trancer, O’Neill’s hope for the future of car design.
MANNA FROM HEAVEN: New Earth Foods
Owned by Richard Lennox, New Earth Foods is a design facility with a number of specialist Propagation Suites for the growth of Phodex, Lennox’s miracle food for the future. Based on two floors the company also boasts a sophisticated time lock safe with the addition of password control that can only be operated by Lennox himself, a feature that almost causes his own demise.
MANNA FROM HEAVEN: Hennessy Brock plc
Massive food giants who occupy a large high rise building. Very little is known about them, except that their Research Director Zander is desperate to obtain the secret of Phodex from Lennox.
MANNA FROM HEAVEN: JBS Security [Mentioned from Season One to Season Two]
Security consultants to Hennessy Brock, and for the Water pumping station where Sally is killed.
HOT METAL: Millennium Metals
Large independent metal manufacturing and development company, who have a government license to manufacture R6. Run by Vermeer, their security is put under scrutiny after hired gun Da Silva attempts to break in and steal an amount of R6 for his own ends. Government official Kent asks Beckett and his team to beef up security as a result.
A SPORTING CHANCE: International Sporting Academy
Run by Frances De Freitas, the Academy promotes sporting excellence in all fields. The Academy has an extensive laboratory facility where Peter Hunter, Head of Sports Medicine, conducts his research on Tri-meserone.
PULSE: Computer Recall
Front for a crime syndicate run by Jean-Daniel and Patric Marcel, the company processes and stores backups for companies, guaranteeing their safety from a manner of man-made or natural disasters. Backups can either be sent remotely to the company, or deposited in a wall safe for collection for processing.
PULSE: Weapon Works
Company owned by Claire Bishop which is targetted by Computer Recall in their scheme to disable London and Geneva. Manufacturers of strictly non-lethal weaponry. Claire is forced to manufacture two pulse weapons which the French pair then launch to disable the financial centres of the two cities. Her daughter is held hostage as an added incentive...
PULSE: Newsoms Coachbuilders (Newsoms Trucks)
Truck body-builders who are also on Computer Recall's hit-list. The owner is killed, and the Bugs team take over the running of the company in an attempt to ascertain the French duo's real plans.
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