The brain patterns of top experts are transferred to nine-year-old Joe McClaine, enabling him to become the most special agent of W.I.N.
Century 21 Television/ITC
Produced: 1967-68
First UK broadcast: Sunday 29th September 1968 – 5.30pm
ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees Television
30 episodes x 25 minutes
Executive Producer: Reg Hill
Producer: David Lane
Production Controller: Desmond Saunders
Directors: Desmond Saunders, Alan Perry, Leo Eaton, Ken Turner, Peter Anderson and Brian Heard
Characters Created by Sylvia Anderson
Lighting Cameraman: Julien Lugrin and Paddy Seale
Supervising Art Director: Bob Bell
Art Directors: Grenville Nottand Keith Wilson
Script Editor: Tony Barwick
Supervising Visual Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Senior Visual Effects Director: Jimmy Elliott
Visual Effects Directors: Jimmy Elliott, Shaun Whittacker-Cook and Bill Camp
Music Composed and Directed by Barry Gray
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The Most Special Agent
W.I.N. director Shane Weston explains to Professor Ian McClaine how is nine year-old son Joe can utilise the brain patterns of professional experts to become W.I.N.’s most special agent: he proposes a scenario in which Joe steals a Soviet Mig 242 fighter plane using the brain patterns of a top Russian pilot. Written by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Directed by Desmond Saunders First UK Airdates:
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Hi-Jacked
Following the shooting of W.I.N. agent Ed Johnson while investigating the activities of ruthless gun-runner Mario Coletti, Joe infiltrates Coletti’s hide-out using Johnson’s brain patterns. But when Joe is discovered, he loses his glasses – his only link to the vital knowledge he needs to escape! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 20th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Splashdown
After two leading electronics experts, secretly recruited for a top security government project in Istanbul, go missing after being involved in fatal air crashes, Joe takes on the brain patterns of a US Air Force test pilot to prevent Mac from becoming the next victim of a ruthless extortionist. Written by Shane Rimmer (erroneously credited to Tony Barwick) Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 24th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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Operation McClaine
Writer Maurice Estoral urgently requires a brain operation, but the only neurosurgeon who can perform the procedure is badly injured in a plance crash. With the brain patterns of Dr. Kados, Joe can perform the operation, but persuading the hospital staff to let him to so requires Mac to take on the brain patterns of a W.I.N. agent! Written by Gerry Anderson and Dave Lane Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 8th December 1968 – 5.00pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Three's A Crowd
Mac falls in love with a beautiful American reporter, Angela Davies, but Sam is concerned about their liaison and finds a willing ally in Joe. With Miss Davies’ brain patterns, Joe is able to confirm that she is an enemy agent assigned to steal the plans of the BIGRAT! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster) Original Title: “Think Of A Number” Additional Voice Cast:
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International Concerto
Concert pianist Igor Sladek is secretly one of W.I.N.’s top agents, but during his final engagement of a world tour, a private recital at the Dolski Palace, his cover is blown and he is arrested. Joe takes on the maestro’s brain patterns to effect a daring rescue during a live radio performance. Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 17th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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Big Fish
A U85 two-man atomic submarine is grounded inside Porto Guavan territorial waters and its discovery by Juan Chaves’ military dictatorship could jeopardise free elections in the police state. Joe is the only W.I.N. agent small enough to access the U85 through its outer missile hatch, so he and Mac set off on a fishing expedition… Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 1st December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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The Unorthodox Shepherd
The Reverend Shepherd has been passing forged bank notes but when he is confronted by Mac and Sam, he reveals that his verger is being held hostage by the counterfeiters in the church crypt. Joe takes on the role of the Angel of Death to catch the crooks… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 22nd December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel, Anglia and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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Relative Danger
While searching for Uranium 534, Dr. Willie Loover is trapped with two colleagues in a mine tunnel in the Pueblo Mountains. Joe takes on the brain patterns of a leading underground explorer to effect a rescue, but there is a time limit – unless Dr. Loover receives a vital serum injection within two hours, he will die! Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 8th December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 10 |
Business Holiday
Borovan forces have taken over the evacuated Beneleta World Army Base for their own use, and for the sake of world peace the base must be destroyed. With the brain patterns of an Army Colonel, Joe is the only agent who can accomplish the mission – if Sam can pursuade the McClaines to cut their holiday short. Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 22nd November 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 11 |
King For A Day
The Sultan of Ardaji dies in mysterious circumstances and his heir, Prince Kahib, is kidnapped by the Regent, Ben Shazar. To take his rightful place as King, Kahib must be crowned within 48 hours, so Joe impersonates the young Prince using the brain patterns of his tutor. Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 10th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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Double Agent
Three of W.I.N.’s top couriers have been killed and Shane Weston suspects an inside job. In an attempt to solve the mystery, Joe takes on the brain patterns of courier chief Harry Sloane to deliver secret cypher codes, unaware that Sloane himself is the double agent! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 5th January 1969 (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Most Special Astronaut
Two men are trapped aboard a space station that will form the hub of W.I.N.’s new orbital radar system. Two attempts to rescue them have failed and now they have only three days’ air supply left. Joe takes on the brain patterns of an injured astronaut to undertake his most dangerous assignment yet. Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 6th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 14 |
Arctic Adventure
An air force B107 bomber is forced down inside the Arctic Circle by a freak storm, but only three of the four nuclear devices on board are recovered. Joe undertakes a dangerous assignment in the freezing waters of the Eastern Sector to find the fourth device… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 24th November 1968 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Original Title: “The Search” Additional Voice Cast:
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The Fortress
W.I.N. agent Roger Fleming is captured in Santa Marina after hiding a top secret microfilm. Joe takes on the brain patterns of Fleming’s injured partner to rescue him from an impenetrable fortress and recover the microfilm. Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 3rd November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster and Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Colonel McClaine
Army supply runs ferrying U114 liquid explosive to the Kuchanga Tunnel have been plagued by sabotage. With the brain patterns of an Army Colonel, Joe leads an overland convoy on a dangerous journey across 200 miles of the worst country in the world, unaware that the U114 will explode above 5000ft! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 27th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster) Additional Voice Cast:
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Project 90
Dr. Conrad Darota intends to discover the secret of W.I.N.’s File 90 which details the BIGRAT project and Joe’s involvement as W.I.N.’s most special agent. Darota kidnaps Mac and holds him captive at his clinic in the Alps, so Joe takes on the brain patterns of his own father to effect a daring rescue – by balloon! Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 13th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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The Race
An experimental brain transfer allows Mac and Joe to dream the same dream. In it, the pair are involved in a madcap race from London to Monte Carlo against an Army team led by General Tempest, who will stop at nothing to win. But Joe has the brain patterns of a top rally driver… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 19th January 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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The Professional
Kramer Foundation funds are being misappropriated and W.I.N. must recover the remaining funds, eight million dollars in gold bullion. The gold is stored in a high security vault beneath Langallo Castle, guarded by Spider riot control vehicles, so Joe takes on the brain patterns of a professional safe-breaker… Written by Donald James Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 12th January 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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Lone-Handed 90
While Mac, Sam and Shane argue, Joe falls asleep in front of the television. In his dreams, he becomes the Sheriff of Joesville, single-handedly taking on the infamous W.I.N. Gang as they plot the robbery of a consignment of gold from the mail train at Altuna. Written by Desmond Saunders and Keith Wilson Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 9th March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel) Additional Voice Cast:
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Attack Of The Tiger
W.I.N. discovers that the Eastern Alliance have built a secret rocket installation which will launch a nuclear device into orbit and hold the world to ransom. With the brain patterns of a top pilot, Joe flies a VG 104 fighter bomber to destroy the rocket base… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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| 22 |
Talkdown
After the crash of an F116 prototype aircraft, Joe flies a second prototype to determine the cause of the crash, using the brain patterns of top test pilot Jim Grant. But Joe is unaware that the patterns have been corrupted by Grant’s fear of touchdown… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Breakout
A pair of escaped convicts threaten the life of Canadian Prime Minister MacCormack, shelling a rail bridge as the Minister’s train is crossing. The convicts demand a million dollars and a helijet so Joe – with the brain patterns of a bob sleigh champion – volunteers to be the courier… Written by Shane Rimmer Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 2nd February 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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Mission X-41
The Eastern Alliance have isolated the X-41 virus, capable of breaking down the molecular structure of matter and destroying everything in its path. Joe takes on the brain patterns of a top virologist to steal the formula for the antibody from a secret laboratory… Written by Pat Dunlop Directed by Ken Turner Original UK Airdate: 30th March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel) Original Title: “Mission X-14” Additional Voice Cast:
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Test Flight
A new Orbital Glide Transport is sabotaged and crashes on the launch control building, trapping the flight controller inside with vital monitoring equipment – both will be wiped out if the OGT’s rocket fuel ignites. Joe makes a daring rescue attempt with the brain patterns of a computer and demolitions expert… Written by Donald James Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 9th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Child Of The Sun God
Four of the world’s leading statesmen have been paralysed by a poison developed by the Amaztecs, a tribe of South American indians that were wiped out three hundred years ago. Suspecting that the Amaztecs have been revived by a ruthless organisation, Joe undertakes a perilous journey into the Andes…. Written by John Lucarotti Directed by Alan Perry Original UK Airdate: 9th February 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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Trial At Sea
The maiden voyage of the S.S. Friendship hoverliner is placed in jeopardy when Sir George Harris receives a bomb threat. With the lives of a hundred British and American VIPs at stake, Joe takes on the brain patterns of a terrorist to learn the location of the bomb and how to defuse it… Written by Donald James Directed by Brian Heard Original UK Airdate: 16th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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See You Down There
Financial shark Ralph Clayton is using legalised fraud to take control of rival companies, but when he targets Neto Machine Tools – manufacturers of specialised components utilised by W.I.N. – Sam, Mac and Joe are assigned to bring Clayton down. Joe takes on a variety of brain patterns to convince Clayton that he has taken a hallucinatory drug. Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Leo Eaton Original UK Airdate: 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees) Additional Voice Cast:
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Viva Cordova
W.I.N. is assigned to ensure the safety of President Juan Cordova who plans to expose the corruption of General Valdes. Cordova refuses to accept a conventional bodyguard of any kind, so Joe takes on the brain patterns of a top agent to become Cordova’s long-lost English cousin… Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Peter Anderson Original UK Airdate: 9th March 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech) Additional Voice Cast:
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The Birthday
It is Joe’s 10th birthday, but Mac has already gone to town before Joe wakes up and won’t be back until late. There is no post and it looks as if everyone has forgotten Joe’s special day, but Mac, Sam and Shane spring a surprise party and recall some of the boy’s most dangerous adventures. Written by Tony Barwick Directed by Leo Eaton First UK Airdates:
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| Cast List | |
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| Joe McClaine | Len Jones |
| Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine | Rupert Davies |
| Sam Loover | Keith Alexander |
| Shane Weston | David Healy |