Supercar Season 1

(1961) January - August | # of Episodes : 26

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Series Details

Seasons: 2

Total Episodes: 39

Creators: Gerry Anderson

Networks: Associated Television

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Jan 28, 1961

Recent Air Date: Apr 29, 1962

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Episode 1

28 January 1961 - Rescue

Jimmy Gibson and his older brother Bill are flying to America by plane with Mitch the monkey when their plane crashes. The Air Sea Rescue team can find no trace of their life raft through the dense fog, but at Black Rock Laboratory, the newly-completed Supercar is ready to be put to the test and Mike Mercury flies out to rescue the trio.

Episode 2

04 February 1961 - False Alarm

Masterspy and Zarin use a phony distress call to lure Supercar to them, and after they have Mike captured and drugged, who will be able to stop them from making off with the super vehicle?

Episode 3

11 February 1961 - The Talisman of Sargon

With Dr. Beaker's unwitting help, Masterspy locates and steals the legendary lost talisman of Sargon, which supposedly has magical powers that will allow him to take over an oil sheik's riches.

Episode 4

18 February 1961 - What Goes Up

An Air Force test to explode a new rocket fuel in the upper atmosphere goes awry, and only Supercar has a chance of getting close enough to detonate it before it falls back to earth.

Episode 5

25 February 1961 - Amazonian Adventure

When Mitch the monkey falls ill with sleeping sickness, Mike and Dr. Beaker head for the Amazon jungle to retrieve a special plant that can cure him, but they are captured by a tribe of headhunters.

Episode 6

04 March 1961 - Grounded

When sabotage keeps Mike from pursuing two thieves via the skies, he continues to follow them using his vehicle as an ordinary car.

Episode 7

11 March 1961 - Keep It Cool

Bill Gibson and Beaker come under attack by Masterspy as they are transporting an experimental new fuel across the desert. Mike must rescue them before the volatile fuel warms up past its freezing point and explodes.

Episode 8

18 March 1961 - Jungle Hazard

Masterspy tries to take over an old rubber plantation in Malaysia, not realizing that the girl who now owns the estate is Beaker's cousin, and she has obtained the assistance of Mike and Supercar.

Episode 9

25 March 1961 - High Tension

Masterspy kidnaps Dr. Beaker and tries to make off with Supercar, but he gets a nasty shock when he finds out that Mike can take over part of the vehicle's operation by remote control.

Episode 10

01 April 1961 - Island Incident

Supercar's underwater capabilities come in handy when Mike receives a call for help from the deposed president of the island nation of Pelota.

Episode 11

08 April 1961 - Ice-Fall

Exploring a frozen waterfall in an underground mountain cavern, Beaker is trapped by an avalanche. Can Supercar's powerful engines melt the ice in time to save him?

Episode 12

15 April 1961 - Phantom Piper

Mike and his friends go to Scotland to solve the mystery of a castle's phantom bagpiper and keep a woman from being swindled out of a valuable gem.

Episode 13

22 April 1961 - Pirate Plunder

Black Morgan, a descendant of the infamous pirate, has been plundering cruise ships in the Pacific, and Supercar is the only vessel that can match his speed. But then he threatens to blow up a group of hostages with a torpedo if Mike tries to stop him.

Episode 14

29 April 1961 - A Little Art

When a painting he just bought is stolen from Dr. Beaker, he discovers that it contained a clue to the secret hiding place of a forger's plates for printing counterfeit money.

Episode 15

06 May 1961 - Flight of Fancy

Jimmy has a dream in which he and Mitch use Supercar to rescue a princess.

Episode 16

13 May 1961 - Deep Seven

On a test dive to the sea floor, Supercar has engine trouble and then becomes entangled in the cable of an unexploded mine.

Episode 17

20 May 1961 - Hostage

While Dr. Beaker is on vacation in Ireland, two men kidnap a girl and force him to call Mike Mercury for help.

Episode 18

27 May 1961 - The Sunken Temple

Mike and Beaker help a history professor excavate an underwater cavern, but they are unprepared to encounter a stolen safe full of money and a falling statue.

Episode 19

03 June 1961 - The Lost City

Forced off course on its way to the South Pole, Supercar is forced to land in the ruins of an ancient city, where its passengers discover the secret hideout of a mad scientist who is planning to destroy Washington D.C. with a guided missile.

Episode 20

10 June 1961 - Trapped in the Depths

Mike takes Supercar deep into the ocean to rescue scientists trapped in a bathyscaphe on the sea floor.

Episode 21

17 June 1961 - Dragon of Ho Meng

When a typhoon forces Supercar down near an island temple guarded by Ho Meng, the man thinks it is some kind of dragon until his daughter is kidnapped and he gets to see Supercar in action.

Episode 22

24 June 1961 - Magic Carpet

The Supercar team goes to Kirikan, an isolated kingdom in southern Asia, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to save a prince's life, but their efforts are thwarted by an attempted coup.

Episode 23

01 July 1961 - Supercar "Take One"

When the team uses a newly-acquired movie camera to document Supercar's abilities, the film accidentally falls into the hands of some spies, so Mike and crew have to fly to New York to retrieve it.

Episode 24

08 July 1961 - Crash Landing

When engine trouble forces Supercar to land in the African jungle, the first night goes well until Mike and Dr. Beaker wake up to find Mitch missing.

Episode 25

15 July 1961 - The Tracking of Masterspy

Pretending to be a reporter, Masterspy manages to steal the secret plans for Supercar, or so he thinks. Mike has actually allowed him to steal a tracking device that will allow Supercar to follow him back to his hideout.

Episode 26

06 August 1961 - The White Line

Baffled by a series of armored car robberies, Scotland Yard calls in he Supercar team, but when Dr. Beaker decides to take the wheel for the next delivery, he is unaware that he is headed for a deadly trap.

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