Joe 90

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 PerryLeo 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

Episodes List
1 The Most Special Agent

“You are trying to tell me that a nine year-old boy climbed into the cockpit of the world’s most advanced aircraft and flew it away?”

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:

  • 29th September 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 5th October 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend and Harlech)
  • Saturday 12th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 13th October 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 20th October 1968 – 5.30pm (Ulster)
  • Friday 1st November 1968 – 6.05pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 24th November 1968 – 5.30pm (Channel)
  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 14th September 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 29th March 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 1st October 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 13th July 1972 – 2.05pm
  • Thursday 9th July 1981 – 10.55am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 15th August 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 19th June 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 29th September 1973 – 10.05am
  • Friday 1st July 1977 – 11.20am
  • Monday 7th September 1981 – 5.15pm

Border

  • Sunday 11th July 1971 – 4.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 1st July 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 9th January 1970 – 5.00pm
  • Thursday 7th September 1972 – 12.55pm
  • Monday 8th June 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 2nd January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 23rd June 1973 – 11.05am
  • Tuesday 30th March 1982 – 9.50am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 8th January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 13th May 1973 – 10.40am (Some Newspapers list Most Special Astronaut which could be a mistake as the Episode is screened again in this run of episodes in January 1974)
  • Sunday 29th September 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Saturday 4th April 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 27th November 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 19th August 1972 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 27th June 1981 – 10.25am

Southern

  • Saturday 15th August 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 15th September 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 8th November 1981 – 4.30pm

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 11th July 1970 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 17th June 1972 – 12.40pm
  • Wednesday 2nd September 1981 – 9.55am

Westward

  • Thursday 1st July 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 3rd February 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Commander David Healy
  • Director Keith Alexander
  • Red Leader Gary Files
  • Guard Gary Files
  • Manston Controller Gary Files
  • John Woodburn Gary Files
  • Russian Pilot Keith Alexander
  • Base 513 David Healy
  • Armoured Vehicle 1 Keith Alexander
  • Farmer Gary Files
  • Radio Gary Files
2 Hi-Jacked

“What’s this? A badge… a transmitter? They could almost be real.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Saturday 19th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 20th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 26th October 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 2nd November 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 3rd November 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 17th November 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Monday 28th April 1969 – 4.55pm (Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 11th May 1969 – 5.30pm (Ulster)
  • Sunday 18th April 1971 – 5.35pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 5th April 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 12th November 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 27th July 1972 – 2.05pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 22nd August 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 10th July 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Friday 31st December 1976 – 11.00am
  • Monday 14th September 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 29th July 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 30th January 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 13th April 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 10th October 1981 – 9.35am

HTV

  • Saturday 6th January 1973 – 11.30am
  • Saturday 20th October 1973 – 11.35am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 11th March 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 17th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 11th April 1983 – 9.45am

Southern

  • Sunday 9th May 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 6th April 1974 – 11.13am
  • Sunday 13th December 1981 – 5.30pm

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 1st August 1970 – 12.30pm
  • Saturday 8th July 1972 – 12.00pm
  • Monday 29th March 1982 – 10.15am

Westward

  • Thursday 29th July 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 17th February 1973 – 10.20am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Mario Coletti David Healy
  • Ed Johnson Martin King
  • Gregson Keith Alexander
  • Davis Martin King
  • Carter Martin King
  • Policeman Martin King
  • Radio Keith Alexander
  • Police Radio David Healy
3 Splashdown

“Joe, whatever happens, don’t let that speedboat get near the sub – or we may never see the Professor again.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 24th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Ulster)
  • Saturday 30th November 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 7th December 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 8th December 1968 – 4.40pm (Ulster)
  • Friday 20th December 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 29th December 1968 – 5.05pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 29th December 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 9th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 2nd June 1969 – 4.55pm (Westward and Channel)
  • Monday 2nd November 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 12th April 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 17th December 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 31st August 1972 – 1.55pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 9th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 21st August 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 24th November 1973 – 10.05am
  • Thursday 1st September 1977 – 10.35am
  • Monday 21st September 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 2nd September 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 6th March 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 4th May 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 24th October 1981 – 9.35am

HTV

  • Saturday 20th March 1971 – 12.15pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 13th May 1972 – 10.45am
  • Saturday 12th January 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 18th April 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 22nd January 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Sunday 30th May 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 3rd November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 9th May 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 5th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 12th August 1972 – 11.50am
  • Wednesday 30th December 1981 – 9.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 2nd September 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 31st March 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Anton Keith Alexander
  • Kramer David Healy
  • Captain William Barry Keith Alexander
  • Co-Pilot Frank Casper Gary Files
  • Stewardess Sylvia Anderson
  • Mary Rose Sylvia Anderson
  • Watson Martin King
  • Bates David Healy
4 Operation McClaine

“Give him the scalpel. If you don’t, the next bullet will go straight through your patient’s head.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Friday 6th December 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 8th December 1968 – 5.00pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 15th December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Saturday 4th January 1969 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 5th January 1969 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Saturday 1st February 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Monday 23rd November 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 28th June 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 4th March 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Thursday 21st December 1972 – 11.20am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 31st October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 11th September 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 15th December 1973 – 10.05am
  • Friday 15th July 1977 – 11.20am
  • Monday 5th October 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 23rd September 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 27th March 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Thursday 21st September 1972 – 1.45pm
  • Saturday 7th November 1981 – 9.35am

London Weekend

  • Sunday 20th May 1973 – 10.40am
  • Saturday 19th January 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 2nd May 1981 – 9.45am

Southern / TVS

  • Saturday 22nd August 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 24th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Friday 8th January 1982 – 11.35am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 31st October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 2nd September 1971 – 11.50am

Ulster

  • Thursday 25th March 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Monday 5th October 1981 – 5.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 23rd September 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 3rd November 1973 – 10.25am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Blakemore Jeremy Wilkin
  • Sherman Keith Alexander
  • Emil Kados David Healy
  • Maurice Estoral Keith Alexander
  • Nurse Linda Sylvia Anderson
  • Nurse John Jeremy Wilkin
  • Stewardess Sylvia Anderson
  • Nurse Sylvia Anderson
  • Tannoy Jeremy Wilkin
5 Three's A Crowd

“I know everything. Think of a number.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Saturday 22nd February 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Monday 21st December 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Saturday 23rd June 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 11th February 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Monday 8th January 1973 – 11.35am
  • Tuesday 31st August 1982 – 10.50am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 5th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 2nd October 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 22nd December 1973 – 10.05am
  • Thursday 15th December 1983 – 11.40am

Channel

  • Thursday 28th October 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 22nd January 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 1st June 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Thursday 29th July 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 20th July 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 3rd December 1983 – 9.30am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 5th February 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 2nd February 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 15th August 1981 – 9.45am

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 2nd December 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 13th April 1974 – 11.13am
  • Sunday 27th June 1982 – 11.30am

Westward

  • Thursday 28th October 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 4th August 1973 – 10.30am

Original Title: “Think Of A Number”

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Angela Davies Sylvia Anderson
  • Harris Sylvia Anderson
  • Carlson David Healy
  • Andrews Gary Files
  • General Keith Alexander
  • Condemned Man Keith Alexander
6 International Concerto

“Am Rehearsing Rachmaninov’s Eighth Symphony. The Interesting Minor Melodic Interpretation Now Expected Next Tuesday.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 17th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster)
  • Saturday 23rd November 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 30th November 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 1st December 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Friday 13th December 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 22nd December 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Monday 9th June 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Monday 26th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 19th April 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Tuesday 19th November 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 24th August 1972 – 2.05pm
  • Thursday 16th July 1981 – 10.55am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 3rd October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 14th August 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 20th October 1973 – 10.05am
  • Thursday 25th August 1977 – 10.35am
  • Monday 28th September 1981 – 5.15pm

Border

  • Sunday 12th September 1971 – 5.35pm

Channel

  • Thursday 26th August 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 27th February 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 11th May 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 17th October 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 3rd April 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 28th July 1973 – 11.10am
  • Friday 4th June 1982 – 10.10am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 29th April 1972 – 10.45am
  • Saturday 15th December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 25th April 1981 – 9.45am

Southern

  • Sunday 23rd May 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 27th October 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 15th November 1981 – 5.30pm

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 13th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 5th August 1972 – 11.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 26th August 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 24th March 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Igor Sladek Keith Alexander
  • Major Kloss David Healy
  • Colonel Malner Jeremy Wilkin
  • Senator Casper David Healy
  • Kelly Shane Rimmer
  • Diplomat Keith Alexander
  • Clerk Shane Rimmer
  • Technician Shane Rimmer
  • Guard David Healy
7 Big Fish

“You are mad. Your son is mad. I am mad.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 1st December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster)
  • Saturday 14th December 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 15th December 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 22nd December 1968 – 5.00pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Friday 27th December 1968 – 5.19pm (Harlech) * This screening was originally billed to be shown at 4.55pm but due to the Apollo Eight splashdown it was shown at a later time.
  • Sunday 5th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Saturday 18th January 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Monday 9th November 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 31st May 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 24th December 1970 – 4.35pm
  • Wednesday 27th December 1972 – 11.15am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 17th October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 28th August 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 1st December 1973 – 10.05am
  • Thursday 28th July 1977 –  10.35am
  • Monday 12th October  1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 12th August 1971 – 4.45pm

Granada

  • Friday 13th March 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 27th April 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 31st October 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 13th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 4th August 1973 – 11.10am
  • Saturday 11th September 1982 – 10.00am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 29th December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 27th October 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Saturday 3rd October 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 29th January 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 7th October 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 10th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 16th October 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 12th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 19th August 1972 – 11.35am
  • Saturday 17th April 1982 – 10.05am

Ulster

  • Monday 12th October 1981 – 5.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 12th August 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Saturday 7th April 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Miguel Umberto dos Passos Francesca Gary Files
  • El Captain David Healy
  • Lieutenant Keith Alexander
  • U85 Captain David Healy
  • Gardner Shane Rimmer
8 The Unorthodox Shepherd

“I’m just a policeman, Vicar, and there’s things going on down at your church… Well, it’s unnatural.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 22nd December 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 22nd December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster)
  • Saturday 28th December 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Friday 19th December 1969 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Thursday 25th December 1969 – 9.05am (Granada)
  • Friday 26th December 1969 – 12.00pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Monday 4th January 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 22nd December 1973 – 9.55am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 4th August 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 10th December 1970 – 4.50pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 26th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 18th December 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 8th December 1973 – 10.05am
  • Friday 22nd July 1977 – 11.20am
  • Wednesday 23rd December 1981 – 10.20am

Channel

  • Thursday 27th January 1972 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 20th December 1974 – 4.20pm
  • Monday 20th December 1976 – 11.20am
  • Monday 21st December 1981 – 9.30am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 30th December 1972 – 11.30am

London Weekend

  • Sunday 22nd December 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Sunday 12th August 1984 – 1.00pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 9th December 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 13th November 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 9th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 11th September 1982 – 9.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 27th January 1972 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 10th November 1973 – 10.40am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Reverend Joseph Shepherd Gary Files
  • Mason Martin King
  • Kline David Healy
  • Constable Lewis Gary Files
9 Relative Danger

“Why is Sam acting like this? What’s the connection?”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 8th December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Channel and Ulster)
  • Saturday 21st December 1968 – 5.00pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 21st December 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 29th December 1968 – 4.40pm
  • Friday 3rd January 1969 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Saturday 25th January 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Monday 16th November 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 12th July 1983 – 11.05am

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 31st December 1970 – 2.55pm
  • Thursday 7th September 1972 – 2.00pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 24th October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 4th September 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 27th October 1973 – 10.05am
  • Friday 8th July 1977 – 11.20am
  • Monday 19th October 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 16th September 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 20th March 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Thursday 28th September 1972 – 1.05pm
  • Saturday 5th December 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 27th February 1971  – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 11th August 1973 – 11.10am
  • Tuesday 13th April 1982 – 9.45am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 27th May 1972 – 10.45am
  • Saturday 3rd November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 16th May 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 5th February 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 14th October 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 17th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 20th June 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 26th August 1972 – 11.50am
  • Saturday 1st May 1982 – 10.05am

Westward

  • Thursday 16th September 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 14th April 1973 – 10.45am

 

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Willie Loover Gary Files
  • Banning Martin King
  • Selkirk Gary Files
  • Johnson Keith Alexander
  • Rollins David Healy
  • Charlie Martin King
10 Business Holiday

“Joe and I are taking a holiday and that’s the end of it.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Friday 22nd November 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 1st December 1968 – 5.00pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 29th December 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Saturday 4th January 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia and Southern)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Wednesday 30th November 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 26th July 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 11th March 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Friday 22nd December 1972 – 11.20am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 14th November 1970 – 12.19pm
  • Saturday 26th June 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 3rd November 1973 – 10.05am
  • Monday 2nd November 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 9th September 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 3rd April 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 27th July 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Monday 15th June 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 20th January 1973 – 12.00pm
  • Sunday 11th July 1982 – 2.35pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 15th January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 1st July 1973 – 10.40am
  • Saturday 4th July 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 19th February 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Saturday 29th August 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 1st December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 23rd May 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 9th September 1972 – 11.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 9th September 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 15th September 1973 – 10.30am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Colonel Henderson Shane Rimmer
  • Major David Healy
  • Lieutenant Keith Alexander
  • Clerk Sylvia Anderson
  • Taxi Driver Shane Rimmer
  • Assistant Keith Alexander
11 King For A Day

“We’ve tried the impossible before, Dad. Besides, it could be fun.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 10th November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster)
  • Saturday 16th November 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend and Harlech)
  • Saturday 23rd November 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 24th November 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 15th December 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 19th May 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Monday 12th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 19th July 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 22nd October 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 17th August 1972 – 2.05pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 26th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 7th August 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 1st June 1974 – 10.35am
  • Thursday 18th August 1977 – 10.35am
  • Monday 26th October 1981 – 5.15pm

Border

  • Monday 28th August 1972 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 22nd July 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 20th February 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 29th June 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Monday 22nd June 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 13th February 1971 – 12.15pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 15th April 1972 – 10.45am
  • Saturday 8th December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 30th May 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 8th January 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Sunday 16th May 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 20th October 1973 – 9.55am
  • Monday 4th January 1982 – 11.35am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 7th April 1973 – 10.35am
  • Saturday 8th May 1982 – 9.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 22nd July 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 17th March 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Ben Shazar Gary Files
  • Vizier Gary Files
  • Salim Keith Alexander
  • Stewardess Sylvia Anderson
  • Driver Gary Files
  • Radio Keith Alexander
12 Double Agent

“Those cyphers must not fall into enemy hands. The target is Joe 90!”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 5th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Saturday 8th February 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 12.15pm
  • Monday 14th December 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 16th August 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 25th February 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Thursday 26th April 1973 – 11.35am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 28th November 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 25th September 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 17th November 1973 – 10.05am
  • Monday 16th November 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 7th October 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 15th January 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Friday 6th July 1973 – 4.25pm (This episode was originally listed to be screened on Thursday 12th October 1972 at 1.30pm)
  • Monday 29th June 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 24th August 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 8th September 1973 – 11.00am
  • Saturday 25th September 1982 – 10.10am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 19th February 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 27th October 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 23rd May 1981 – 9.45am

Southern / TVS

  • Saturday 12th September 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 15th December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 13th June 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 29th May 1982 – 9.10am

Westward

  • Thursday 7th October 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 8th September 1973 – 10.40am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Harry Sloane Jeremy Wilkin
  • Newman Keith Alexander
  • Harris Sylvia Anderson
  • Miller Jeremy Wilkin
  • Sherman Keith Alexander
  • Courier A14 Keith Alexander
  • Radio Control Shane Rimmer
  • Stewardess Sylvia Anderson
13 Most Special Astronaut

“One tiny error of judgement and that capsule will be ripped to pieces!”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 6th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 12th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Harlech and London Weekend)
  • Saturday 19th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 20th October 1968 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 10th November 1968 – 5.30pm
  • Monday 14th April 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Sunday 27th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Ulster)
  • Monday 21st September 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 2nd August 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 29th October 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 20th July 1972 – 2.05pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 5th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Thursday 4th August 1977 – 10.35am
  • Monday 9th November 1981 – 5.15pm

Border

  • Sunday 25th July 1971 – 4.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 8th July 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 16th January 1970 – 5.00pm
  • Thursday 14th September 1972 – 1.05pm
  • Saturday 3rd October 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 27th January 1973 – 12.00pm
  • Saturday 15th September 1973 – 11.10am
  • Saturday 18th September 1982 – 10.00am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 24th May 1969 – 12.50pm (This was an unscheduled broadcast as the Cricket Match between Lancashire and Yorkshire which was billed from 11.30am to 1.20pm finished earlier than planned)
  • Saturday 5th January 1974 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 6th October 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Saturday 11th July 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 1st January 1971 – 11.20am

Southern / TVS

  • Sunday 11th April 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 29th September 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 6th November 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 18th July 1970 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 24th June 1972 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 15th May 1982 – 10.05am

Westward / T.S.W. (Television South West)

  • Thursday 8th July 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 10th February 1973 – 10.45am
  • Friday 6th January 1984 – 10.50am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Nagel Gary Files
  • Kent Shane Rimmer
  • Brodie David Healy
  • Crawford Jeremy Wilkin
  • Dobson Gary Files
  • Astronaut Gary Files
14 Arctic Adventure

“Joe, you’d better turn back. If you get into difficulties, we won’t be able to help.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 24th November 1968 – 5.30pm  (Tyne Tees)
  • Friday 29th November 1968 – 4.55pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 5th January 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Saturday 11th January 1969 – 12.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 2nd May 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Monday 7th December 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Saturday 21st April 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts – ITV:

Anglia

  • Thursday 22nd April 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Thursday 31st May 1973 – 10.35am
  • Thursday 20th August 1981 – 10.55am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 21st November 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 18th September 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 10th November 1973 – 10.05am
  • Monday 23rd November 1981 – 5.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 30th September 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 8th January 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Friday 3rd August 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Monday 6th July 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 13th July 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 1st September 1973 – 11.10am
  • Saturday 2nd October 1982 – 10.10am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 22nd January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 24th June 1973 – 10.40am
  • Saturday 5th September 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 26th February 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Saturday 5th September 1970 – 5.15pm
  • Saturday 8th December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 6th June 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 21st November 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Wednesday 16th December 1981 – 9.55am

Ulster

  • Thursday 4th February 1971 – 4.50pm

Westward

  • Thursday 30th September 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 14th July 1973 – 10.40am

 

Original Title: “The Search”

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Commander Kovac David Healy
  • William Kelvin Gary Files
  • Harris Sylvia Anderson
  • B107 Pilot Gary Files
  • B107 Co-Pilot Hal Jeremy Wilkin
  • 1st Russian Gary Files
  • 2nd Russian Jeremy Wilkin
  • Captain Keith Alexander
  • Radio Voice Gary Files
15 The Fortress

“Your friends in World Intelligence have deserted you, Fleming. No-one can help you. No-one.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Saturday 2nd November 1968 – 5.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 3rd November 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 9th November 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 16th November 1968 – 5.15 (Southern)
  • Sunday 17th November 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 8th December 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Monday 12th May 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Monday 19th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Saturday 25th November 1978 – 11.30am (Grampian)
  • Tuesday 30th August 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 15th October 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 10th August 1972 – 2.05pm

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 19th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 31st July 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 7th September 1974 – 10.35am
  • Thursday 8th September 1983 – 9.25am (This episode was originally to be shown on Friday 10th September 1982 at 10.45am)

Border

  • Sunday 8th August 1971 – 3.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 15th July 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 13th February 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 14th November 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 16th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Wednesday 17th April 1974 – 11.35am
  • Saturday 9th October 1982 – 10.05am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 1st April 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 1st December 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 18th July 1981 – 9.45am

Southern /TVS

  • Sunday 2nd May 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 13th October 1973 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 4th July 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 15th August 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 22nd July 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 5th June 1982 – 10.05am

Westward

  • Thursday 15th July 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 10th March 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Roger Fleming Gary Files
  • Trang David Healy
  • Mike Laramie Keith Alexander
  • Lieutenant Keith Alexander
  • Soldier Keith Alexander
  • Soldier Voice Gary Files
16 Colonel McClaine

“I don’t want to drive that stuff. It makes nitro glycerine look like bubble gum!”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Saturday 26th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 27th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Tyne Tees and Ulster)
  • Saturday 2nd November 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 9th November 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 10th November 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 1st December 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Monday 5th May 1969 – 4.55pm (Westward and Channel)
  • Monday 5th October 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Tuesday 13th September 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 8th October 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 3rd August 1972 – 2.05pm

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 12th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 24th July 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Monday 14th December 1981 – 5.15pm

Border

  • Sunday 18th July 1971 – 4.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 5th August 1971 – 4.55pm

Granada

  • Friday 6th February 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 18th May 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 21st November 1981 – 9.30am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 9th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 7th July 1973 – 11.10am
  • Wednesday 11th January 1984 – 11.35am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 18th March 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 24th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 12th September 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 11th December 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 9th September 1972 – 5.30pm

Southern / TVS

  • Sunday 25th April 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 6th October 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 18th September 1982 – 11.30am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 8th August 1970 – 12.30pm
  • Saturday 15th July 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 19th June 1982 – 9.45am

Westward

  • Thursday 5th August 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 3rd March 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Private Johnson Keith Alexander
  • Lieutenant Pierce Keith Alexander
  • Sergeant Gary Files
  • King Keith Alexander
  • Kopal Gary Files
  • Preston Gary Files
  • Radio Keith Alexander
17 Project 90

“We want to know who or what File 90 contains.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 13th October 1968 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 19th October 1968 – 5.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 26th October 1968 – 5.15pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 27th October 1968 – 4.40pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 9th November 1968 – 5.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 17th November 1968 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 21st April 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Sunday 4th May 1969 – 5.30pm (Ulster)
  • Monday 28th September 1970 – 4.55pm (Border)
  • Saturday 4th November 1978 – 11.30am (Grampian)
  • Tuesday 6th September 1983 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 5th November 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 3rd September 1981 – 10.50am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 29th August 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 3rd July 1971 – 12.40pm
  • Saturday 28th June 1975 – Time Unknown (Screened within Tiswas replacing an episode of Tarzan which was listed)
  • Friday 17th September 1982 – 10.45am

Border

  • Sunday 1st August 1971 – 4.15pm

Channel

  • Thursday 19th August 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 23rd January 1970 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 6th April 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Monday 13th July 1981 – 5.15pm

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 3rd February 1973 – 12.00pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 4th March 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 10th November 1973 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 19th September 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Saturday 2nd September 1972 – 5.30pm

Southern / TVS

  • Sunday 18th April 1971 – 5.35pm
  • Saturday 27th April 1974 – 11.13am
  • Saturday 9th October 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 1st July 1972 – 11.30am
  • Saturday 12th June 1982 – 10.15am

Westward

  • Thursday 19th August 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 24th February 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Conrad Darota Jeremy Wilkin
  • Kurson Keith Alexander
  • Agent David Healy
  • Receptionist David Healy
  • Secretary Jeremy Wilkin
  • Driver Jeremy Wilkin
18 The Race

“If we win? Where’s your sense of confidence, Sam? When we win.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 19th January 1969 –  12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 15th February 1969 – 12.15pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 11th May 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 11th January 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 28th April 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 15th April 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Wednesday 30th May 1973 – 10.35am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 7th November 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 16th October 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 31st August 1974 – 10.35am
  • Monday 1st June 1982 – 11.35am

Channel

  • Thursday 16th December 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 5th February 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 13th July 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Saturday 28th November 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 23rd January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Tuesday 1st January 1974 – 11.40am
  • Sunday 24th April 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Sunday 3rd June 1973 – 10.40am
  • Saturday 23rd March 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 29th August 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 21st May 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Sunday 19th August 1984 – 2.30pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 21st October 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 16th March 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 25th September 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 7th November 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Wednesday 9th December 1981 – 9.55am

Westward

  • Thursday 16th December 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 6th October 1973 – 10.20am

 

Additional Voice Cast:

  • General Tempest Jeremy Wilkin
  • Private Cloony Gary Files
  • Lieutenant Burns Keith Alexander
  • Colonel Jeremy Wilkin
  • French Officer David Healy
19 The Professional

“General, I guarantee no man could break my security system.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 12th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Granada)
  • Saturday 8th March 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 4th May 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 28th December 1970 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 5th May 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 18th March 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Monday 23rd April 1973 – 11.05am
  • Thursday 4th January 1983 – 10.30am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 12th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 9th October 1971 – 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 13th October 1973 – 10.05am

Border

  • Thursday 11th July 1974 – 9.30am

Channel

  • Thursday 21st October 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 29th January 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 25th May 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Tuesday 30th March 1982 – 9.40am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 16th December 1972 – 11.30am
  • Saturday 22nd December 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 6th February 1983 – 9.30am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 26th February 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 23rd February 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 25th July 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 7th May 1971 – 4.55pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 6th January 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 2nd March 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 14th August 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 12th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 3rd July 1982 – 10.05am

Westward

  • Thursday 21st October 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 7th July 1973 – 10.25am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • General Heppel Jeremy Wilkin
  • Hugo Waddington Gary Files
  • Engineer Gary Files
  • Scientist Keith Alexander
  • Henry George Summerfield Jeremy Wilkin
  • Warder Gary Files
  • 1st Guard Gary Files
  • 2nd Guard Jeremy Wilkin
20 Lone-Handed 90

“Milk – on the rocks!”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 9th March 1969  –  5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 16th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 30th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 7th June 1969 – 5.40pm (Granada)
  • Wednesday 24th December 1969 – 10.55am (Harlech)
  • Monday 8th February 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 15th September 1973 – 9.40am (London Weekend)
  • Thursday 5th January 1984 – 11.05am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 18th February 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Friday 5th January 1973 – 11.10am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 30th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 20th November 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 4th May 1974 – 10.30am
  • Friday 10th December 1982 – 9.55am

Channel

  • Thursday 2nd December 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 12th March 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 17th August 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Saturday 12th December 1981 – 9.35am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 29th June 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 27th October 1973 – 11.35am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 2nd March 1974 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 8th December 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Saturday 22nd August 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 2nd April 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 4th November 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Sunday 13th January 1974 – 11.35am
  • Saturday 11th September 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 3rd October 1970 – 12.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 2nd December 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 22nd September 1973 – 9.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Doc Gary Files
  • Bank Teller Gary Files
  • Slim Jeremy Wilkin
  • Hank Gary Files
  • Barman Jeremy Wilkin
  • Sylv Sylvia Anderson
21 Attack Of The Tiger

“A heavy responsibility rests on your shoulders, young man. The future of the world could well be in your hands.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 16th March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 23rd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 20th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Saturday 3rd May 1969 – 5.45pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 22nd June 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Sunday 29th June 1969 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
  • Monday 1st February 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 20th October 1973 – 9.55am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 26th May 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 1st April 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Thursday 19th April 1973 – 11.35am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 20th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 27th November 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 11th May 1974 – 10.35am

Channel

  • Thursday 11th November 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Thursday 24th December 1970 – 1.10pm
  • Friday 8th June 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Thursday 1st July 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 10th August 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 8th December 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 20th February 1983 – 9.30am

London Weekend

  • Sunday 13th October 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Sunday 15th December 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Saturday 24th October 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 19th March 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern

  • Thursday 21st December 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 16th February 1974 – 10.05am
  • Sunday 6th December 1981 – 5.30pm

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 16th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 17th July 1982 – 9.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 11th November 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 25th August 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Agent 26 (‘Fez’) Gary Files
  • General Jeremy Wilkin
  • Officer Jeremy Wilkin
  • Lieutenant Jeremy Wilkin
  • Private Gary Files
  • Fearless Foley Gary Files
  • Control Gary Files
  • Tanker Jeremy Wilkin
  • Hunter 1 Gary Files
  • Hunter 2 Jeremy Wilkin
22 Talkdown

“Somewhere above us is an F116. The pilot’s in trouble. You’re going to talk him down.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 19th January 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 26th January 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 1st March 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Friday 12th February 1970 – 5.10pm (Granada)
  • Monday 15th February 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 30th June 1984 – 9.34am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 3rd December 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Wednesday 25th April 1973 – 11.35am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 19th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 23rd October 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 30th March 1974 – 10.30am
  • Friday 17th December 1982 – 11.05am

Channel

  • Thursday 30th December 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 12th February 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 20th July 1973 – 4.50pm
  • Tuesday 6th April 1982 – 9.40am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 30th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 8th May 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Sunday 10th June 1973 – 10.40am
  • Sunday 3rd November 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Saturday 26th September 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 28th May 1971 – 4.55pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 28th October  1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 23rd March 1974 – 11.08am
  • Saturday 2nd October 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 19th December 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 28th August 1982 – 9.50am

Westward

  • Thursday 30th December 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 13th October 1973 – 10.20am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Jim Grant Gary Files
  • Controller David Healy
  • Doctor Keith Alexander
  • General Gary Files
  • Operator Gary Files
23 Breakout

“I’ve got an idea, Pat. It may sound far-fetched, but I think it’s your only chance.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 2nd February 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 9th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 22nd March 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 31st May 1969 – 5.40pm (Granada)
  • Monday 18th January 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 12th May 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 26th November 1970 – 4.50pm
  • Wednesday 3rd January 1973 – 11.10am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 2nd January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 30th October 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 6th April 1974 – 10.30am
  • Friday 15th April 1983 – 10.40am

Channel

  • Thursday 14th October 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 19th February 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 10th August 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Tuesday 13th April 1982 – 9.40am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 6th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 3rd November 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 1st May 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 29th January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 26th January 1974 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 5th August 1984 – 1.00pm (This episode was originally planned to be repeated on Saturday 1st August 1981 at 9.45am but was replaced with another programme The Royal Honeymoon)

Scottish

  • Friday 12th March 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 11th November 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 19th January 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 21st August 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 1st January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 17th February 1973 – 10.35am
  • Saturday 4th September 1982 – 9.50am

Ulster

  • Thursday 1st April 1972 – 4.50pm
  • Monday 23rd November 1981 – 5.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 14th October 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 21st July 1973 – 10.30am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Captain Pat Moran Gary Files
  • Real David Healy
  • Marney Keith Alexander
  • Prime Minister MacCormack Keith Alexander
  • Guard Eddie Gary Files
  • Robbins Gary Files
  • Warden David Healy
  • Guard Pierre Gary Files
  • Gun Captain Keith Alexander
24 Mission X-41

“Don’t they realise what they’re dealing with? There’s enough X-41 in that retort to destroy a whole city!”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 30th March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Saturday 5th April 1969 – 5.15pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 13th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia and Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 27th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 6th July 1969 – 5.30pm (Harlech and Scottish)
  • Sunday 11th April 1971 – 5.35pm (Border)
  • Saturday 29th September 1973 – 9.55am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 2nd June 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 7th January 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Thursday 4th January 1973 – 11.10am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 20th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 11th December 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 25th May 1974 – 10.35am
  • Thursday 15th September 1983 – 9.25am

Channel

  • Thursday 25th November 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 19th March 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 31st August 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Saturday 19th December 1981 – 9.30am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 6th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 10th November 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 5th June 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 9th March 1974 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 24th November 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Saturday 31st October 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 9th April 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern

  • Thursday 18th November 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 26th January 1974 – 10.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 23rd January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 24th February 1973 – 10.35am
  • Saturday 31st July 1982 – 9.50am

Ulster

  • Monday 31st January 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Friday 13th August 1982 – 5.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 25th November 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 28th July 1973 – 10.35am

When billed in various editions of The TV Times and Newspapers it would be listed as Mission X-14

Original Title: “Mission X-14”

Additional Voice Cast:

  • General Kwan Jeremy Wilkin
  • Chang Gary Files
  • Professor Baxter Gary Files
  • Hawkins Keith Alexander
  • Doctor Jeremy Wilkin
  • Agent 84 Gary Files
  • Pilot David Healy
  • 1st Guard David Healy
  • 2nd Guard David Healy/Keith Alexander
25 Test Flight

“Part of my job was to rescue you. I see now I shouldn’t have bothered.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 9th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 30th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Sunday 6th April 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 20th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Sunday 17th May 1969 – 5.45pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 13th July 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Sunday 15th March (1970) – 5.30pm (Harlech)
  • Monday 8th March 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 6th October 1973 – 9.55am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 30th June 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 8th April 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Tuesday 17th April 1973 – 11.35am
  • Tuesday 31st May 1983 – 10.40am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 27th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 8th January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Thursday 5th January 1984 – 11.40am

Channel

  • Thursday 4th November 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 26th March 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 7th September 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Thursday 15th July 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 27th July 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 1st December 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 22nd May 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  •  Saturday 16th March 1974 – 9.55am
  • Sunday 1st December 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Saturday 7th November 1981 – 9.35am

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 16th December 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 9th February 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 23rd October 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 30th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 14th August 1982 – 9.50am

Ulster

  • Thursday 11th February 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Friday 27th August 1982 – 5.15pm

Westward / T.S.W. (Television South West)

  • Thursday 4th November 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 18th August 1973 – 10.45am
  • Wednesday 29th August 1984 – 4.20pm

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Brad Johnson Jeremy Wilkin
  • Slade Gary Files
  • Engineer Keith Alexander
  • 1st Operator Keith Alexander
  • 2nd Operator Gary Files
  • 3rd Operator David Healy
  • Countdown Jeremy Wilkin
26 Child Of The Sun God

“In the name of Quetzecoatl, I ask for the rite of trial by entombment.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 15th March 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 22nd March 1969 – 5.15pm (Granada)
  • Monday 22nd February 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 7th July 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 4th February 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Tuesday 24th April 1973 – 11.05am
  • Thursday 31st March 1983 – 10.40am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 16th January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 6th November 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 20th April 1974 – 10.30am
  • Friday 22nd April 1983 – 10.00am

Channel

  • Thursday 18th November 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 26th February 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 15th June 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Tuesday 20th April 1982 – 9.40am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 17th August 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Sunday 13th February 1983 – 9.30am

London Weekend

  • Saturday 16th February 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 8th August 1981 – 9.45am

Scottish

  • Friday 26th March 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 30th December 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 23rd February 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 28th August 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 19th September 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 31st March 1973 – 10.35am
  • Saturday 10th April 1982 – 10.05am

Ulster

  • Thursday 30th December 1982 – 11.00am

Westward

  • Thursday 18th November 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 1st September 1973 – 10.30am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • High Priest David Healy
  • Aston Jeremy Wilkin
  • Ataka Jeremy Wilkin
  • Proctl Gary Files
  • President Keith Alexander
  • Servant Gary Files
  • Amaztec Warrior Jeremy Wilkin
27 Trial At Sea

“I want to warn you, Sir George. I want to give you a sporting chance.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 16th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 30th March – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 5th April 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 13th April 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands and Ulster)
  • Sunday 4th May 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Saturday 24th May 1969 – 5.40pm (Granada)
  • Monday 16th June 1969 – 4.55pm (Channel and Westward)
  • Sunday 22nd June 1969 – 5.30pm (Harlech)
  • Monday 25th January 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 14th July 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 14th January 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Wednesday 18th April 1973 – 11.35am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 6th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 1st January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 13th April 1974 – 10.30am
  • Thursday 1st September 1983 – 9.25am

Channel

  • Thursday 13th January 1972 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 2nd April 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Tuesday 1st June 1982 – 9.40am

Harlech / HTV

  • Thursday 3rd August 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 24th November 1973 – 11.35am
  • Sunday 19th June 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Sunday 27th May 1973 – 10.40am
  • Saturday 9th February 1974 – 9.55am
  • Saturday 10th October 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 16th April 1971 – 4.50pm

Southern

  • Thursday 25th November 1971 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 2nd February 1974 – 10.05am
  • Sunday 22nd November 1981 – 5.30pm

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 20th February 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 10th March 1973 – 10.35am

Ulster

  • Thursday 18th February 1971 – 4.50pm

Westward

  • Thursday 13th January 1972 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 11th August 1973 – 10.35am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Sir George Harris Jeremy Wilkin
  • Johnston Webb Gary Files
  • Cope Gary Files
  • Captain Jeremy Wilkin
  • Miller Gary Files
  • Launch Controller Keith Alexander
  • I.N. Pager Gary Files
  • Tannoy Keith Alexander
28 See You Down There

“…and you say the boy then flew out of the window?”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 9th February 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 16th February 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 23rd February 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 23rd February 1969 – 12.25pm (London Weekend)
  • Sunday 2nd March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Westward, Ulster and Channel)
  • Sunday 16th March 1969 – 5.30pm (Southern)
  • Saturday 29th March 1969 – 5.15pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 25th April 1971 – 5.35pm (Border)
  • Saturday 16th June 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 25th March 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Tuesday 29th May 1973 – 10.30am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 23rd January 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 13th November 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 27th April 1974 – 10.30am
  • Thursday 12th January 1984 – 11.40am

Channel

  • Thursday 9th December 1971 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 5th March 1970 – 5.10pm
  • Friday 22nd June 1973 – 4.25pm
  • Thursday 22nd July 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 20th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 15th May 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Saturday 25th March 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 10th November 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Saturday 14th November 1981 – 10.05am

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 13th January 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 9th March 1974 – 10.05am
  • Saturday 30th October 1982 – 9.05am

Westward

  • Thursday 9th December 1971 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 29th September 1973 – 10.45am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Ralph Clayton Jeremy Wilkin
  • Jim Molineaux Gary Files
  • Stewart Keith Alexander
  • Harris Gary Files
  • Doorman Keith Alexander
  • TV Commentator Keith Alexander
29 Viva Cordova

“I am a man of the people elected by a democratic vote. I have nothing to fear.”

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

First UK Airdates:

  • Sunday 9th March 1969 – 12.15pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 23rd March 1969 – 5.30pm (ATV Midlands, Ulster, Westward and Channel)
  • Sunday 6th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia and Tyne Tees)
  • Saturday 26th April 1969 – 11.30am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 10th May 1969 – 5.40pm (Granada)
  • Sunday 29th June 1969 – 5.30pm (Scottish)
  • Monday 1st March 1971 – 4.50pm (Border)
  • Saturday 21st July 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 28th January 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Tuesday 5th April 1983 – 10.40am

ATV Midlands

  • Saturday 13th February 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 4th December 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 18th May 1974 – 10.35am
  • Tuesday 1st June 1983 – 10.00am

Channel

  • Thursday 6th January 1972 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Friday 24th August 1973 – 4.20pm
  • Monday 23rd June 1975 – 12.10pm
  • Thursday 8th July 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 27th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Sunday 30th January 1983 – 9.30am

London Weekend

  • Sunday 17th June 1973 – 10.40am
  • Sunday 29th December 1974 – 1.25pm
  • Saturday 17th October 1981 – 9.35am

Scottish

  • Friday 4th June 1971 – 4.55pm

Southern / TVS

  • Thursday 20th January 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 30th March 1974 – 11.08am
  • Saturday 4th September 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday 17th October 1970 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 24th July 1982 – 9.50am

Ulster

  • Friday 20th August 1982 – 5.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 6th January 1972 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 27th October 1973 – 10.30am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • President Juan Cordova Gary Files
  • Dorina Cordova Liz Morgan
  • General Valdes Jeremy Wilkin
  • Garincia David Healy
  • Waiter Keith Alexander
  • Frogman Keith Alexander
  • Operator Keith Alexander
  • Speaker David Healy
30 The Birthday

“Gentlemen, I give you W.I.N.’s most special agent – Joe 90.”

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:

  • Sunday 23rd March 1969 – 5.30pm (Tyne Tees)
  • Sunday 20th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Ulster and ATV Midlands)
  • Sunday 27th April 1969 – 5.30pm (Anglia)
  • Saturday 14th June 1969 – 5.40pm (Granada)
  • Monday 23rd June 1969 – 4.55pm (Westward)
  • Monday 30th March 1970 – 4.45pm (Harlech)
  • Sunday 2nd May 1971 – 5.35pm (Border)
  • Saturday 30th March 1974 – 9.55am (London Weekend)
  • Saturday 4th August 1984 – 9.35am (Yorkshire)

Repeat Broadcasts (ITV):

Anglia

  • Thursday 21st January 1971 – 4.45pm
  • Friday 1st June 1973 – 10.35am
  • Saturday 2oth August 1983 – 10.30am

ATV Midlands / Central

  • Saturday 13th March 1971 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 15th January 1972 – 12.15pm
  • Saturday 23rd March 1974 – 10.30am
  • Friday 20th April 1984 – 10.05am

Channel

  • Thursday 27th January 1972 – 4.50pm

Granada

  • Monday 29th May 1972 – 12.00pm
  • Monday 9th December 1974 – 10.00am
  • Thursday 5th August 1982 – 9.55am

Harlech / HTV

  • Saturday 13th January 1973 – 12.00pm
  • Sunday 26th June 1983 – 2.15pm

London Weekend

  • Sunday 20th October 1974 – 1.30pm
  • Sunday 19th August 1984 – 1.00pm

Southern /TVS

  • Thursday 27th January 1972 – 4.55pm
  • Saturday 20th April 1974 – 11.13am
  • Saturday 20th November 1982 – 9.05am

Tyne Tees

  • Saturday February 1971 – 12.15pm

Westward

  • Thursday 20th January 1972 – 4.50pm
  • Saturday 20th October 1973 – 10.50am

Additional Voice Cast:

  • Ada Harris Sylvia Anderson
  • Guard Gary Files
  • Red Leader Gary Files
  • Gregson Keith Alexander
  • Carter Martin King
  • Mario Coletti David Healy
  • Private Johnson Keith Alexander
  • Sergeant Gary Files
Cast List
Joe McClaine Len Jones
Professor Ian 'Mac' McClaine Rupert Davies
Sam Loover Keith Alexander
Shane Weston David Healy