Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons

“We can only hear them over our radios, but I’ve got a feeling they’re with us all the time.”

Mars – 2068 AD: a mission to the red planet ends in disaster as the crew make an unprovoked attack on the complex of the Mysterons. Sentient computers left behind by the dying Mysteron race announce that they will destroy all life on Earth in a slow but effective war of nerves. Their first act of retaliation will be the assassination of the World President…

Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

Directed by Desmond Saunders

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 29th September 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 1st October 1967 – 5.30pm (London Weekend and Scottish)
• Thursday 5th October 1967 – 6.30pm (Granada)
• Sunday 15th October 1967 – 5.25pm (Southern)
• Friday 20th October 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Sunday 22nd October 1967 – 5.30pm (Channel and Westward)
• Friday 27th October 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 29th October 1967 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 3rd November 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 7th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Tyne Tees)    * This first episode should have been screened on 8th October at 5.35pm but was removed to show a tribute to former Prime Minister Clement Attlee who died earlier that day
• Sunday 26th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 27th April 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

• Thursday 29th April 1971 – 4.50pm
• Saturday 13th April 1985 – 9.35am

ATV Midlands / Central

• Saturday 27th December 1969 – 12.30pm
• Saturday 22nd January 1972 – 12.15pm
• Saturday 7th July 1973 – 10.10am
• Tuesday 1st January 1974 – 11.30am
• Sunday 9th June 1985 – 1.00pm

Grampian

• Sunday 6th October 1968 – 5.30pm

Granada

• Friday 23rd May 1969 – 5.15pm
• Thursday 16th September 1971 – 4.50pm
• Saturday 13th April 1985 – 9.35am

London Weekend

• Saturday 20th September 1969 – 12.30pm
• Sunday 19th September 1971 – 1.15pm
• Saturday 22nd February 1986 – 11.00am
• Friday 9th October 1987 – Time Unknown (This episode was broadcast within the Night Network Series which started at 1.00am and ended at 4.00am, Captain Scarlet could be shown at any time during the transmission)

Scottish

• Wednesday 2nd July 1986 – 11.00am

Southern / TVS

• Friday 15th August 1969 – 5.20pm
• Friday 24th May 1985 – 3.30pm

Additional Voice Cast:

• World President Paul Maxwell
• Captain Brown Charles Tingwell
• Captain Black (original) Jeremy Wilkin
• Dean Charles Tingwell
• Petrol Pump Attendant Jeremy Wilkin
• Pilot, Helicopter A42 Charles Tingwell
• Spectrum HQ, London Charles Tingwell
• Radio Jeremy Wilkin

“There’s some sort of trouble with Delta Tango one niner. They won’t open the doors.”

The Mysterons threaten the life of the Director General of the United Asian Republic and Spectrum swings into action to protect him as he prepares to board his private plane at London Airport. But the Mysterons have sabotaged a DT19 passenger jet and used retrometabolism to recreate it – under their control!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by David Lane

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 6th October 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Thursday 12th October 1967 – 6.30pm (Granada)
• Friday 27th October 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Friday 10th November 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 14th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 28th April 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Channel and Westward)       *This episode was to be screened on ATV London on Sunday 8th October at 5.30pm but was replaced with a tribute to former Prime Minister Clement Attlee who had passed away earlier the same day.
• Sunday 28th April 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 3rd May 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 2nd June 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 4th May 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

• Thursday 6th May 1971 – 4.50pm
• Saturday 20th April 1985 – 9.35am

ATV Midlands / Central

• Saturday 3rd January 1970 – 12.15pm
• Saturday 29th January 1972 – 12.15pm
• Saturday 14th July 1973 – 10.10am
• Wednesday 2nd January 1974 – 11.30am
• Sunday 16th June 1985 – 1.00pm

Granada

• Friday 30th May 1969 – 5.15pm
• Thursday 23rd September 1971 – 4.50pm
• Saturday 20th April 1985 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

• Saturday 20th November 1971 – 12.15pm
• Saturday 13th April 1985 – 9.30am

London Weekend

• Saturday 6th June 1970 – 12.50pm
• Sunday 26th September 1971 – 1.15pm
• Saturday 1st March 1986 – 1.00pm

Tyne Tees

• Monday 29th December 1969 – 4.55pm
• Saturday 13th March 1971 – 12.15pm

Additional Voice Cast:

• Director General Jeremy Wilkin
• Captain Brown Charles Tingwell
• DT19 Pilot Paul Maxwell
• DT19 Co-PilotMartin King
• Airport Chief Martin King
• Airport Operator Charles Tingwell
• Agent 042 Charles Tingwell
• Intercontinental Airlines Tannoy Janna Hill

“Now let’s assume Macey counted correctly and heard Big Ben strike thirteen. What’s the only explanation?”

The Mysterons threaten to destroy London and a truck carrying an atomic device goes missing in the city. The only clue to its whereabouts is the truck driver, found unconscious in the street. He claims that before he was struck down he distinctly heard Big Ben strike thirteen…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Brian Burgess

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 13th October 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 15th October 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London and Scottish)
• Tuesday 31st October 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 3rd November 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Friday 17th November 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 21st December 1967 – 5.25pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 5th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 10th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 19th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Channel and Westward)
• Sunday 9th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 1st June 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Macey Charles Tingwell
• 1st Policeman Paul Maxwell
• 2nd Policeman Martin King
• 3rd Policeman Jeremy Wilkin
• 4th Policeman Charles Tingwell
• Radio Announcer Jeremy Wilkin

“D’you mean to tell me that it was Major Brooks himself who exploded?”

When the Mysterons threaten the life of the Supreme Commander of Earth Forces, Scarlet and Blue are assigned to escort him to SHEF HQ in New York to chair a briefing on the Unitron, an advanced unmanned tank. But the Commander’s aides, Major Brooks and Colonel Storm, are killed in a car crash and both become Mysteron agents…

Written by Peter Curranand David Williams

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 22nd December 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 24th December 1967 – 5.30pm (Anglia, Scottish, Border, Westward and Channel)
• Friday 29th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 14th January 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 16th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 26th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 3rd March 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 30th August 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 15th June 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Supreme Commander Paul Maxwell
• General Cope David Healy
• Colonel Storm Jeremy Wilkin
• Major Brooks David Healy
• Captain Hassel Charles Tingwell
• MCA Tanker Driver’s Mate Martin King
• Arab Gary Files
• Security Bank Voice Gary Files
• Robot Voice Jeremy Wilkin

“The tables are turned. The manhunt for Captain Black is on!”

The Mysterons make their first mistake when Captain Black, revealed to have become a Mysteron agent, breaks into the Culver Atomic Centre and is exposed to radioactivity that will enable Spectrum to track him with directional geiger counters. But as the net closes, Black kidnaps Symphony Angel and holds her hostage…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 20th October 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 22nd October 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London and Scottish)
• Friday 10th November 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 14th November 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 24th November 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Thursday 28th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 12th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 17th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 26th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Channel and Westward)
• Sunday 16th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 8th June 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Harris Charles Tingwell
• Richards Gary Files
• Geiger Operator David Healy
• Garage Mechanic Gary Files
• Security Chief Martin King
• Guard Paul Maxwell
• Guard Voice 1 Jeremy Wilkin
• Guard Voice 2 David Healy

“That Magnus should keep his hands out of the way.”

The Mysterons’ cryptic threat to “kill time” has the Spectrum personnel stumped until Magenta realises that their target is General Tiempo, the Commander of Western Region World Defence. Tiempo is due to have an operation which involves a new Cerebral Pulsator, but his neurosurgeon Dr. Magnus has already become a Mysteron agent!

Written by Richard Conway and Stephen J. Mattick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 17th November 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 19th November 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Border, Scottish and Channel)
• Friday 24th November 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 8th December 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 12th December 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 22nd December 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 28th January 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 14th July 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 22nd June 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Magnus Martin King
• General J.F. Tiempo Paul Maxwell
• Turner Gary Files
• Morgan Charles Tingwell
• 1st Student Gary Files
• 2nd Student Jeremy Wilkin
• Porter Benson Paul Maxwell
• Radiographer Jeremy Wilkin
• Nurse Liz Morgan

“Remember, time is against us. Every second takes that rocket nearer its target.”

The Mysterons engineer the launch of a Variable Geometry Rocket from Base Concord and their agent, Major Reeves, escapes with the destruct mechanism and target information. While the Angels are despatched to track down Reeves, Scarlet and Blue are sent to Base Concord where they learn that the rocket’s target is the base itself!

Written by Ralph Hart

Directed by Brian Burgess

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 19th January 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 21st January 1968 – 5.30pm (Westward, Scottish, Channel, Border and ATV London)
• Friday 26th January 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 11th February 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 13th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 23rd February 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 31st March 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 27th September 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 29th June 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Major Reeves Gary Files
• Base Concord Controller Charles Tingwell
• Commander Paul Maxwell
• Sergeant Martin King
• Captain Jeremy Wilkin
• Security Man Jeremy Wilkin
• Airstrip Voice Martin King

“Sir, I don’t think you appreciate that the man is dead.”

“That’s no excuse!”

The Mysterons threaten to kill Colonel White and after their initial attempt fails, White elects to leave Cloudbase so as not to place the other Spectrum agents in jeopardy. He goes into hiding on the USS Panther II submarine, unaware that his steward is a Mysteron agent…

Written by Peter Curran and David Williams

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 3rd November 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 5th November 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Border, Scottish and Channel)
• Friday 10th November 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 24th November 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 28th November 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 8th December 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 14th January 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 30th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 6th July 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Rest Of The World Broadcasts:

Australia

• Sunday 1st September 1968 – 5.00pm (Canberra CTC7)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Captain, USS Panther II Paul Maxwell
• Belmont Charles Tingwell
• Ensign Soames Gary Files
• DJ Bob Lynn Gary Files
• TVR-17 Control Martin King
• Pilot Jeremy Wilkin

“Look – Angels! The girls have come to escort us!”

When the Mysterons threaten to kill one of the Angels, Scarlet and Blue are sent to Paris to escort Destiny back to Cloudbase. But Captain Black engineers the destruction of three newly-built Angel aircraft – Mysteronised, the Interceptors are set to target Destiny!

Written by Peter Curran and David Williams

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 5th January 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 7th January 1968 – 5.30pm (Westward, Scottish, Border, Channel and ATV London)
• Friday 12th January 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 28th January 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 30th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 9th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 17th March 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 13th September 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 25th May 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire) *This was an unscheduled broadcast due to The Roses Cricket Match which was cancelled because of a waterlogged pitch.

Additional Voice Cast:

• Fairfield Charles Tingwell
• Jackson Jeremy Wilkin
• Fire Chief Paul Maxwell

“You will never solve the mystery of the Mysterons.”

At a secret conference in a hidden Spectrum base housed beneath the hunting lodge of a private African game reserve, Dr. Giadello announces the development of two devices that will turn the tide for Spectrum in their struggle with the Mysterons. But the Mysterons intend to sabotage the conference from within…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 24th November 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 26th November 1967 – 5.30pm (Westward, Channel, Scottish, Border and ATV London)
• Friday 1st December 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 15th December 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 19th December 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 29th December 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 4th February 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 21st July 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 11th May 1985 – 11.20pm (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• World President Paul Maxwell
• General Peterson Charles Tingwell
• Captain Indigo Gary Files
• Giadello Jeremy Wilkin
• 1st Warden Gary Files
• 2nd Warden Martin King
• 3rd Warden Gary Files and Martin King

“Believe me, before this day is out you’ll need all the help you can get.”

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy key links in the Frost Line Outer Space Defence System, Scarlet and Green investigate the mysterious deaths of the personnel at Red Deer Base. The pair are baffled: radiation and toxicity levels read negative and there appears to be no reason for the deaths of the men…

Written by Shane Rimmer

Directed by Brian Burgess

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 27th October 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 29th October 1967 – 5.30pm (Westward, Channel, Scottish and ATV London)
• Friday 3rd November 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 17th November 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 21st November 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 1st December 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 7th January 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 19th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Sunday 23rd June 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 13th July 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• General Ward Paul Maxwell
• Eddie Gary Files
• Marshall Charles Tingwell
• Burroughs Jeremy Wilkin
• Trapper Gary Files
• 1st Sentry (Joe) Martin King
• 2nd Sentry Martin King
• 3rd Sentry Gary Files
• Radio Jeremy Wilkin

“Gentlemen, we’re about to obtain the best close up shots of Mars ever taken by man.”

Astronomers at K14 Observatory are monitoring signals from a hidden satellite that has made a successful landing on the Martian moon Phobos. The satellite will transmit close up pictures of Mars back to Earth, but the project is sabotaged when one of the astronomers becomes a Mysteron agent…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 2nd February 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 4th February 1968 – 5.30pm (Westward, Scottish, Channel, Border and ATV London)
• Friday 9th February 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 25th February 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 27th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 8th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 14th April 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 11th October 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 20th July 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Breck Paul Maxwell
• Carter Charles Tingwell
• Angelini Jeremy Wilkin

“I think I know how to make the Mysterons work for us.”

As the Mysterons threaten to destroy the “Heart of New York”, Scarlet and Blue investigate the theft of Grade A Security documents from the Spectrum security vaults. The trio of thieves learn of Spectrum¹s war with the Mysterons and decide to fake their own deaths to effect a daring robbery…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 8th December 1967  – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 10th December 1967 – 5.30pm (Westward, Scottish, Channel, Border and ATV London)
• Friday 15th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 31st December 1967 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 2nd January 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 12th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 18th February 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 2nd August 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 17th August 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Kruger David Healy
• Doig Gary Files
• Carl Martin King
• Lookout Jeremy Wilkin
• Guard Martin King

“Don’t worry. He’s too old a hand to get near an explosion. He’ll be alright.”

When the Mysterons threaten to immobilise the whole of Spectrum, Scarlet and Blue are sent to the Spectrum oil refinery at Bensheba. Mysteron tampering turns Rig 15 into an inferno and fire control expert Jason Smith becomes a target for the Mysterons’ powers of retrometabolism…

Written by Bryan Cooper

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 16th February 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 18th February 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Friday 23rd February 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 10th March 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 14th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 22nd March 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 28th April 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 25th October 1968 – 4.25pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 22nd July 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Jason Smith David Healy
• Charlie Hansen Gary Files
• Kinley Jeremy Wilkin
• Oil Worker Martin King

“I get threatened every day of the week – phone calls, letters… If I took any of them seriously, I’d never get any work done!”

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy President Roberts within twelve hours, Scarlet is assigned as bodyguard to the sceptical President. But when 11 hours pass without incident, Scarlet begins to suspect that he is guarding the wrong target!

Written by Peter Curran and David Williams

Directed by Brian Burgess

First UK Airdates:

• Tuesday 2nd April 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 7th April 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Scottish, Border and Channel)
• Monday 8th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 28th April 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 9th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 10th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 16th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 26th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 26th May 1987 – 9.25am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• President Roberts David Healy
• Mervin Brand Gary Files
• Vice President Martin King
• Vice President’s Wife Sylvia Anderson
• Operator, Tribune Control Jeremy Wilkin

“They are trapped in Lunarville 7. We will deal with them at our leisure.”

When the Lunar Controller announces the Moon’s independence from Earth in the war of nerves with the Mysterons, Scarlet, Blue and Green journey to Lunarville 7 to investigate reports of an unauthorised complex under construction in the Humboldt Sea. They discover more than they bargained for…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 15th December 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 17th December 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Border, Scottish and Channel)
• Friday 22nd December 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 7th January 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 9th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 19th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 25th February 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 23rd August 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 24th June 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Lunar Controller David Healy
• Orson Martin King
• Control Jeremy Wilkin
• Pilot Gary Files

“Tomorrow morning, on the stroke of ten, the entire supreme command of the World Air Force will be wiped out – here in this room!”

Following the latest Mysteron threat, Scarlet is dispatched to supervise security at the International Air Conference at Glen Garry Castle. Discovering a plot to gun down the delegates, he is captured and thrown in the castle dungeons…

Written by Alan Pattillo

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Friday November 10th 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 12th November 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Border, Scottish and Channel)
• Friday 17h November 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 1st December 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 5th December 1967 – 6.05pm (Granada)
• Friday 15th December 1967 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 21st January 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 7th July 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 7th July 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Commodore Goddard David Healy
• Holt Gary Files
• Morton Jeremy Wilkin
• Attendant Jeremy Wilkin

“This is an official meeting, not the Follies Bergeres!”

The Mysterons target fashion designer Andre Verdain, secret controller of the European Area Intelligence Service. Suspecting that the attempt on Verdain’s life will be made at a fashion show in Monte Carlo, Colonel White assigns Destiny and Symphony Angels to go under cover – as fashion models!

Written by Bill Hedley

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 29th December 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 31st December 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Border, Scottish and Channel)
• Friday 5th January 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 21st January 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 23rd January 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 2nd February 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 10th March 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 6th September 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 1st July 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Andre Verdain Jeremy Wilkin
• Helga Liz Morgan
• Gabrielle Sylvia Anderson
• Commissionaire Jeremy Wilkin

“Let’s hope the Mysterons listen to reason when you talk to them.”

Using the Mysteron pulsator recovered from the complex in Crater 101, Dr Kurnitz has developed a transmission device with which Colonel White attempts to contact the Mysterons and sue for peace. The Mysterons arrange a rendezvous in Greenland for peace talks, but Scarlet suspects a trap…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Brian Burgess

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 9th February 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 11th February 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Scottish, Border and Channel)
• Friday 16th February 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 3rd March 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 5th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 15th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 21st April 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 18th October 1968 – 4.25pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 15th July 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)
• Note: The events of Dangerous Rendezvous directly follow those seen in Crater 101.

Additional Voice Cast:

• Kurnitz Jeremy Wilkin
• Captain Black (original) Jeremy Wilkin
• Dean Charles Tingwell
• Receptionist Sylvia Anderson

“A Spectrum officer is outside the ranch. If you are with us… kill him!”

The Mysterons threaten to obliterate North America, but Spectrum is left without its number one agent when Scarlet is dismissed for gambling offences. He is approached by a pair of Mysteron agents who intend to destroy Nuclear City using an SPV supplied by Scarlet, but first he must prove his loyalty by killing Blue!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 1st December 1967 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 3rd December 1967 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Friday 8th December 1967 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Friday 22nd December 1967 – 4.55pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 28th December 1967 – 6.25pm (Granada)
• Friday 5th January 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 11th February 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Sunday 28th July 1968 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 3rd August 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Steele Martin King
• Kramer Gary Files
• Croupier Gary Files
• Barman Jeremy Wilkin
• Mason Shane Rimmer
• Security Chief Gary Files
• Attendant Martin King

“This bacillus is a totally new strain. The human body has no defence against it.”

Mysteron agent Judith Chapman steals a phial of deadly K14 virus – enough to kill ten million people – from Biological Research Station D near Manchester. Scarlet and Blue trail Chapman to New York, realising that she intends to carry out the Mysterons’ threat to destroy the Place of the Angels!

Written by Leo Eaton

Directed by Leo Eaton

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 8th March 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 10th March 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Monday 11th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 31st March 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 11th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 12th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 19th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 28th September 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 23rd August 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Judith Chapman Sylvia Anderson
• Denton Jeremy Wilkin
• Captain Martin King
• Engineer Gary Files
• Security Guard Gary Files
• Spectrum, New York Jeremy Wilkin

“If we ever get out of this, Lieutenant, I’ll buy you all the coconuts you can eat.”

Scarlet, Blue and Green volunteer for a dangerous mission to remove the power source of the Mysteron complex in Crater 101 before it is destroyed by a low yield atomic device. Travelling to the Moon, they enter the strange complex, unaware that a Mysteron agent has set the atomic device to detonate early!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 26th January 1968 –  5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 28th January 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Channel, Westward and Border)
• Friday 2nd February 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 18th February 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 20th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 1st March 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 7th April 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 4th October 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 8th July 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Note: The events of Crater 101 precede those of Dangerous Rendezvous.

Additional Voice Cast:

• Linda Nolan Sylvia Anderson
• Frazer David Healy
• Shroeder Jeremy Wilkin

“Sorry to break my appointment, Doctor, but there’s been a little change in plan…”

A lorry carrying an atomic core reactor to the new Manicougan power complex falls into the hands of the Mysterons who intend to strike the Atlantic Seaboard of North America. Spectrum begins a search for the missing lorry but Captain Black sends Scarlet and Blue on a wild goose chase…

Written by Shane Rimmer

Directed by Leo Eaton

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 26th March 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 31st March 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Scottish, Border and Channel)
• Monday 1st April 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 21st April 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 2nd May 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 3rd May 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 9th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 19th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 13th September 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Sommers Jeremy Wilkin
• Raynor Martin King
• Driver Gary Files
• Captain Martin King
• Lumberjack Gary Files
• Operator Martin King

“We’ve heard you’ve had a little trouble at the base recently.”

 

After the inexplicable malfunction of a hovercraft at the Spectrum cadet school at Koala Base, Scarlet and Blue investigate the possibility of sabotage from within. The Mysterons have warned of a traitor in the Spectrum organisation and soon Scarlet has become the prime suspect!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Sunday 14th January 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Friday 19th January 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 4th February 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Tuesday 6th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 16th February 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 24th March 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Tuesday 23rd April 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands) *This episode was partially shown on Friday 12th January at 5.25pm but ended at 5.34pm due to a Technicians strike at ATV which blacked out screens until 6.22pm.
• Friday 20th September 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 24th August 1985 – 11.20am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Major Stone David Healy
• Phil Machin Gary Files
• Joe Johnson Jeremy Wilkin
• Pilot, A42 Charles Tingwell

“This whole thing gets stranger every minute. We might be on to something big.”

When the Mysterons threaten to sabotage a vital conference at Lake Toma in Switzerland, Scarlet and Blue are assigned to escort the world’s leading astrophysicist, Dr. Conrad, to Geneva. The trio board their plane at Novena Airport, unaware that Flight 104 to Geneva is under Mysteron control…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Robert Lynn

First UK Airdates:

• Friday 1st March 1968 – 5.25pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 3rd March 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Friday 8th March 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 24rd March 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 4th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 5th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 12th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 8th November 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 16th August 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Conrad David Healy
• Photographer Joe Gary Files
• Reporter Jeremy Wilkin
• Bill Williams Martin King
• Flight Desk Gary Files
• Airport Tannoy Liz Morgan

“We’re pretty isolated, but we don’t leave anything to chance. The Mysterons won’t succeed here.”

Tritonium alloy mining operations at Hotspot Tower in the North Pole are threatened when a Mysteron agent cuts the power to vital heating elements. Scarlet and Blue realise that with the heating elements down, the ice cap that surrounds the base will crush it in less than 30 minutes!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Tuesday 12th March 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 17th March 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Monday 18th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 7th April 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 18th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 19th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 26th May 1968 – 5.30m (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 5th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 30th August 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• General Rebus David Healy
• Neilson Gary Files
• Rhodes Jeremy Wilkin
• Hotspot Control Martin King
• Guard Martin King

“This Mysteron agent is one of the most dangerous we have ever faced.”

The Mysterons threaten to destroy the Triumvirate of Europe, the three most powerful men on Earth after the World President. The three are sent to separate maximum security installations, but Mysteronised electronics expert Professor Carney is determined to assassinate each in turn!

Written by David Lee

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Thursday 21st March 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Tuesday 9th April 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 14th April 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Monday 15th April 1968 – 4.55pm (Ulster)
• Saturday 27th April 1968 – 5.12pm (Southern)
• Sunday 5th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
• Friday 17th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 23rd June 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 2nd November 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Tuesday 29th July 1986 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Professor G.A. Carney Gary Files
• Conrad Olafson Gary Files
• Guard 1 Martin King
• Guard 2 Gary Files

“What a bang! Can we do that again?”

When the Mysterons threaten to destroy the World Navy Complex at Atlantica, Blue and Ochre fly a V17 Air Force bomber to destroy a wreck that has been sighted drifting towards the base. But the pair have been drugged by tainted champagne and passed false orders by Captain Black…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Leo Eaton

First UK Airdates:

• Sunday 24th March 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Scottish, Westward, Border and Channel)
• Monday 25th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 14th April 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 25th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 26th April 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Tuesday 30th April 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 2nd June 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 12th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 9th August 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Williams Gary Files
• Sergeant Shane Rimmer

“I’d say Major Gravener was a lucky man – a very lucky man.”

Captain Black engineers the death of chief test pilot Major Gravener, who is retrometabolised as a Mysteron agent as part of the Mysterons’ plan to destroy the World Capital, Futura City. But a pair of doctors manage to resuscitate the real Major Gravener and Spectrum realises that he can impersonate his Mysteron double!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Friday February 23rd 1968 – 5.25pm  (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 25th February 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Scottish, Border and Channel)
• Friday 1st March 1968 – 5.25pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 17th March 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 28th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 29th March 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 5th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Friday 1st November 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Saturday 6th September 1986 – 11.30am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Major Gravener Jeremy Wilkin
• Mitchell David Healy
• Baxter Martin King
• Nurse Liz Morgan
• Sergeant Gary Files

“You don’t understand, Colonel. He’s really dead – permanent, final, absolutely dead!”

After the Mysterons threaten Spectrum’s Cloudbase headquarters, a large fast-moving trace appears on the radar. When Rhapsody is dispatched to check it out, her Interceptor is shot out of the sky and she is killed instantly. There is only one explanation: the Mysterons themselves have come to Earth!

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Sunday 5th May 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Westward, Scottish and Channel)
• Tuesday 7th May 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 19th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 23rd May 1968 – 4.40pm (Granada)
• Friday 24th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 26th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 31st May 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 7th July 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 21st December 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Thursday 28th May 1987 – 9.25am (Yorkshire)

“All you have to do is prove who you are.”

A drugged Captain Blue awakes to find himself under interrogation on Cloudbase. He has apparently been missing for three months and must now prove his identity to Intelligence agent Colgan by revealing Spectrum’s top secret cypher codes. But Blue has his own ideas about how to prove who he is without breaching security…

Written by Tony Barwick

Directed by Ken Turner

First UK Airdates:

• Sunday 12th May 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV London, Channel and Westward)
• Tuesday 14th May 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 26th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 30th May – 4.40pm (Granada)
• Friday 31st May – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 2nd June 1968 – 5.30pm (Border)
• Friday 7th June 1968 – 5.00pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 14th July 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 28th December 1970 – 10.30am (Harlech)
• Friday 29th May 1987 – 9.25am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Colgan David Healy
• Waiter Gary Files
• Macey Charles Tingwell
• 1st Policeman Paul Maxwell
• 2nd Policeman Martin King
• 3rd Policeman Jeremy Wilkin
• 4th Policeman Charles Tingwell
• Linda Nolan Sylvia Anderson
• Frazer David Healy
• Shroeder Jeremy Wilkin
• Commodore Goddard David Healy
• Holt Gary Files

“There’s something strange going on, sir. He just seemed to cut off.”

The Mysterons threaten to destroy the de-salination plant at Najama in the Andes, so Scarlet and Blue are sent to observe the plant from an Aztec temple that overlooks it. But a Mysteronised SKR4 recovery craft packed with high explosives is hurtling towards Earth with the temple as its target!

Written by Tony Barwick and Shane Rimmer

Directed by Alan Perry

First UK Airdates:

• Tuesday 16th April 1968 – 5.00pm (ATV Midlands)
• Sunday 21st April 1968 – 5.30pm (London Weekend, Scottish, Border, Westward and Channel)
• Monday 22nd April 1968 – 5.00pm (Ulster)
• Sunday 12th May 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
• Thursday 16th May 1968 – 5.00pm (Granada)
• Friday 24th May 1968 – 4.55pm (Grampian)
• Sunday 30th June 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
• Monday 9th November 1970 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
• Wednesday 27th May 1987 – 9.25am (Yorkshire)

Additional Voice Cast:

• Major Moran David Healy
• Pilot Shane Rimmer
• Navigator Martin King
• Sergeant Gary Files