List of Supercar episodes
This is an episode guide for the Gerry Anderson television series Supercar, made for the British production company ITC Entertainment and first broadcast between 1961 and 1962 on ATV Midlands. Episodes are listed in original ATV Midlands broadcast order.
Series One (1961)
| Ep. # | Title | Directed by[1] | Written by[1] | Original Air Date | Production #[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Rescue" | Gerry Anderson[2] | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 28 January 1961 | 1 |
| Astronaut Bill Gibson and his younger brother Jimmy, along with their pet chimpanzee, Mitch, find themselves stranded at sea following the crash of their aircraft, Falcon 25. With Navy rescue out of the question due to heavy fog, the opportunity arises for Mike Mercury to give Supercar a test run. | |||||
| 2 | "False Alarm" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 4 February 1961 | 4 |
| A plan devised by Masterspy and Friend Zarin to steal Supercar fails when Mitch uses the remote control to take the thieves on a chaotic ride through the skies. | |||||
| 3 | "The Talisman of Sargon" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 11 February 1961 | 3 |
| Masterspy plans to steal an ancient jewel. | |||||
| 4 | "What Goes Up" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 18 February 1961 | 5 |
| When a military operation dubbed 'Operation: 4th of July' fails, Supercar has to blow up a balloon carrying a dangerous load of rocket fuel. | |||||
| 5 | "Amazonian Adventure" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 25 February 1961 | 2 |
| Dr. Beaker and Mike are taken prisoner by a tribe of headhunters while searching for a plant to cure an illness affecting Mitch. | |||||
| 6 | "Grounded" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 4 March 1961 | 7 |
| Supercar takes to the road to catch a thief. | |||||
| 7 | "Keep it Cool" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 11 March 1961 | 6 |
| Masterspy steals Supercar's fuel, but overlooks the fact it has to be refrigerated. | |||||
| 8 | "Jungle Hazard" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 18 March 1961 | 8 |
| Masterspy tries to cheat Dr. Beaker's cousin out of a plantation. | |||||
| 9 | "High Tension" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 25 March 1961 | 9 |
| Masterspy kidnaps Dr. Beaker and demands Supercar as ransom. | |||||
| 10 | "Island Incident" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 1 April 1961 | 10 |
| The deposed leader of Pelota enlists Supercar's help to bring peace | |||||
| 11 | "Ice-Fall" | Desmond Saunders | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 8 April 1961 | 12 |
| Dr. Beaker is trapped in a cave. | |||||
| 12 | "Phantom Piper" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 15 April 1961 | 14 |
| Supercar flies to Scotland to investigate a 'Phantom Piper'. | |||||
| 13 | "Pirate Plunder" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 22 April 1961 | 16 |
| The Supercar crew sets a trap for a modern-day raider of the high seas | |||||
| 14 | "A Little Art" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 29 April 1961 | 11 |
| Mike and Dr. Beaker try to find a forger's plates- if an art dealer and a criminal don't find the plates first. | |||||
| 15 | "Flight of Fancy" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 6 May 1961 | 17 |
| Jimmy dreams of using Supercar to save a princess. | |||||
| 16 | "Deep Seven" | Desmond Saunders | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 13 May 1961 | 15 |
| A bathyscaphe is trapped in the deepest point in the Pacific. | |||||
| 17 | "Hostage" | Desmond Saunders | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 20 May 1961 | 18 |
| The two-bit criminals Judd and Harper hold Mike captive | |||||
| 18 | "The Sunken Temple" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 27 May 1961 | 19 |
| Spyros, the bandit, tries to keep Supercar from discovering his submerged secret. | |||||
| 19 | "The Lost City" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 3 June 1961 | 23 |
| Supercar is diverted to the Amazon by a Professor Watkins, who intends to launch a flying atomic bomb, and the target is Washington. | |||||
| 20 | "Trapped in the Depths" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 10 June 1961 | 20 |
| Supercar is trapped by a mine underwater. | |||||
| 21 | "The Dragon of Ho Meng" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 17 June 1961 | 22 |
| Supercar is flying in a typhoon but Mike decides to land on an island near the Chinese border. | |||||
| 22 | "The Magic Carpet" | Desmond Saunders | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 24 June 1961 | 24 |
| Mike and the crew thwart a nefarious plan to steal the throne of a remote Asian nation. | |||||
| 23 | "Supercar "Take One"" | Desmond Saunders | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 1 July 1961 | 26 |
| Dr. Beaker films Supercar in action, and receives illegal footage of secret organisations. | |||||
| 24 | "Crash Landing" | Desmond Saunders | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 8 July 1961 | 21 |
| Mitch gets a girlfriend when engine trouble forces Supercar down in the jungle. | |||||
| 25 | "The Tracking of Masterspy" | David Elliott | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 15 July 1961 | 13 |
| Masterspy finally manages to steal Supercar, but he doesn't keep it for long. | |||||
| 26 | "The White Line" | Alan Pattillo | Martin & Hugh Woodhouse | 6 August 1961 | 25 |
| Supercar heads to London to help Scotland Yard solve a series of bank robberies. | |||||
Series Two (1962)
| Ep. # | Title | Directed by[1] | Written by[1] | Original Air Date | Production #[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Runaway Train" | David Elliott | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 2 February 1962 | 1 |
| Masterspy sabotages a prototype atomic-powered diesel train on its journey from London to Brighton in England in a bid to assassinate a VIP passenger. Dr Beaker and the rest of the Supercar team have been invited to drive the train, but will they be able to stop the sabotaged engine before the vehicle crashes into a station at the end of the line? | |||||
| 2 | "Precious Cargo" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 11 February 1962 | 2 |
| A little French girl escapes her tyrannical guardian in a crate of wine bound for Black Rock. | |||||
| 3 | "Operation Superstork" | Desmond Saunders | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 18 February 1962 | 3 |
| Mitch sets a balloon (with Mike, Jimmy and Beaker on boared) adrift. | |||||
| 4 | "Hi-Jack" | Bill Harris | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 25 February 1962 | 4 |
| A Boeing 707 is hijacked- with Dr. Beaker, Jimmy, and Bill trapped in it. | |||||
| 5 | "Calling Charlie Queen" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 4 March 1962 | 5 |
| Mike and Dr. Beaker are the first victims of a madman with a bizarre plan. | |||||
| 6 | "Space for Mitch" | Desmond Saunders | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 11 March 1962 | 6 |
| Mitch launches a space capsule- with him in it. | |||||
| 7 | "Atomic Witch Hunt" | Desmond Saunders | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 18 March 1962 | 9 |
| The Supercar team stops a gang that has planted nuclear bombs across the country | |||||
| 8 | "70-B-Lo" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 25 March 1962 | 8 |
| Professor Popkiss comes down with appendicitis. After the operation, Mike has to fly to the Arctic to get the closest blood donor who has Professor Popkiss's blood type. | |||||
| 9 | "The Sky's the Limit" | Bill Harris | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 1 April 1962 | 7 |
| Masterspy storms Black Rock in an attempt to steal Supercar, which disappears. | |||||
| 10 | "Jail Break" | Bill Harris | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 8 April 1962 | 10 |
| Dr. Beaker saves the day when Mike is forced to help a notorious criminal escape prison. | |||||
| 11 | "The Day that Time Stood Still" | Alan Pattillo | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 15 April 1962 | 11 |
| An alien drops by on Mike's birthday. | |||||
| 12 | "Transatlantic Cable" | Desmond Saunders | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 22 April 1962 | 12 |
| Masterspy and Zarin tap a telephone cable that runs across the Atlantic. | |||||
| 13 | "King Kool" | Bill Harris | Gerry & Sylvia Anderson | 29 April 1962 | 13 |
| Mitch switches places with a musical gorilla. | |||||
gollark: Mod ßuggestion: Psi and Computronics.
gollark: How come there's keepinventory and /home but not /back?
gollark: Excellent.
gollark: So I can kill everyone with nuclear weapons?
gollark: Ale: I'm just 10600 blocks away from you now!
References
- Bentley, Chris (2008) [2001]. The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide (4 ed.). Richmond, London: Reynolds and Hearn. ISBN 978-1-905287-74-1.
- The end credits of "Rescue" wrongly attribute the direction to David Elliott.
External links
- Supercar – list of episodes on IMDb
- List of Supercar episodes at TV.com
- List of Supercar episodes (Series One) at Fanderson.org.uk
- List of Supercar episodes (Series Two) at Fanderson.org.uk
- "Island Incident" Episode Review in Andersonic fanzine
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.