8.1/1013 votesLoading...#1 - The Runaway Train
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/2/1962
When Masterspy sabotages an experimental nuclear powered train in an attempt to kill Dr. Beaker, Mike's only chance to save him is to use an untested magnet designed to grab small vehicles.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#2 - 70-B-Lo
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/1962
Professor Popkiss comes down with appendicitis. After the operation, Mike has to fly to the Arctic to get the closest blood donor who has Professor Popkiss's blood type.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#3 - Transatlantic Cable
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 4/22/1962
The Supercar team discovers that Masterspy has tapped a transatlantic cable, and is able to use this to track him back to his underwater lair.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#4 - Atomic Witch Hunt
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/18/1962
On the hunt for the person who engineered the planting of atomic bombs all over the United States, the Supercar team find themselves captured by the culprit, a villainous sheriff.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#5 - The Sky's the Limit
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/1/1962
Masterspy's latest plan to gain possession of Supercar is to offer to buy it outright - using counterfeit money.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#6 - Jail Break
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/8/1962
A helicopter arrives at Black Rock carrying criminals who have broken out of prison and demand at gunpoint that Supercar fly them to a safe haven in Mexico.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#7 - Calling Charlie Queen
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/1962
Answering a distress call, Mike and Beaker find that a Professor Karloff plans to take over America by reducing all its citizens to miniature size, but then find themselves on the wrong end of his shrinking ray.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#8 - Space for Mitch
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/11/1962
Mike must take Supercar into oribt to rescue his pet monkey Mitch, who has accidentally launched himself in a rocket to outer space.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#9 - Keep It Cool
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/1961
Bill Gibson and Beaker come under attack by Masterspy as they are transporting an experimental new fuel across the desert. Mike must rescue them before the volatile fuel warms up past its freezing point and explodes.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Island Incident
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/1/1961
Supercar's underwater capabilities come in handy when Mike receives a call for help from the deposed president of the island nation of Pelota.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
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#11 - Supercar "Take One"
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 7/1/1961
When the team uses a newly-acquired movie camera to document Supercar's abilities, the film accidentally falls into the hands of some spies, so Mike and crew have to fly to New York to retrieve it.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Hi-Jack
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/25/1962
What at first seems a simple job training airplane pilots turns into a situation where Supercar must stop Masterspy and Zarin from taking over an airliner in mid flight.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#13 - Magic Carpet
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/24/1961
The Supercar team goes to Kirikan, an isolated kingdom in southern Asia, on a mission to deliver medical supplies to save a prince's life, but their efforts are thwarted by an attempted coup.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1019 votesLoading...
#14 - What Goes Up
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/1961
An Air Force test to explode a new rocket fuel in the upper atmosphere goes awry, and only Supercar has a chance of getting close enough to detonate it before it falls back to earth.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
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#15 - A Little Art
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/29/1961
When a painting he just bought is stolen from Dr. Beaker, he discovers that it contained a clue to the secret hiding place of a forger's plates for printing counterfeit money.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
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#16 - Precious Cargo
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/11/1962
Professor Popkiss orders a special cooking wine from France, but when the crate arrives everyone gets quite a surprise from its contents - there's a girl inside.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1018 votesLoading...
#17 - False Alarm
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/1961
Masterspy and Zarin use a phony distress call to lure Supercar to them, and after they have Mike captured and drugged, who will be able to stop them from making off with the super vehicle?
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votesLoading...
#18 - Grounded
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/4/1961
When sabotage keeps Mike from pursuing two thieves via the skies, he continues to follow them using his vehicle as an ordinary car.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Deep Seven
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 5/13/1961
On a test dive to the sea floor, Supercar has engine trouble and then becomes entangled in the cable of an unexploded mine.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: N/A
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#20 - The Lost City
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 6/3/1961
Forced off course on its way to the South Pole, Supercar is forced to land in the ruins of an ancient city, where its passengers discover the secret hideout of a mad scientist who is planning to destroy Washington D.C. with a guided missile.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#21 - Dragon of Ho Meng
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 6/17/1961
When a typhoon forces Supercar down near an island temple guarded by Ho Meng, the man thinks it is some kind of dragon until his daughter is kidnapped and he gets to see Supercar in action.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1014 votesLoading...
#22 - Flight of Fancy
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 5/6/1961
Jimmy has a dream in which he and Mitch use Supercar to rescue a princess.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
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#23 - Hostage
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 5/20/1961
While Dr. Beaker is on vacation in Ireland, two men kidnap a girl and force him to call Mike Mercury for help.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: N/A
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#24 - The Tracking of Masterspy
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 7/15/1961
Pretending to be a reporter, Masterspy manages to steal the secret plans for Supercar, or so he thinks. Mike has actually allowed him to steal a tracking device that will allow Supercar to follow him back to his hideout.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1015 votesLoading...
#25 - Ice-Fall
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/8/1961
Exploring a frozen waterfall in an underground mountain cavern, Beaker is trapped by an avalanche. Can Supercar's powerful engines melt the ice in time to save him?
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Supercar
Every episode of Supercar ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Supercar!
Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. 39 episodes were produced between...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Associated Television
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"The Runaway Train" is the best rated episode of "Supercar". It scored 8.1/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by David Elliott and written by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, it aired on 2/2/1962. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "70-B-Lo".