6.5/1037 votes#1 - Rescue
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/1961
Jimmy Gibson and his older brother Bill are flying to America by plane with Mitch the monkey when their plane crashes. The Air Sea Rescue team can find no trace of their life raft through the dense fog, but at Black Rock Laboratory, the newly-completed Supercar is ready to be put to the test and Mike Mercury flies out to rescue the trio.
Director: Gerry Anderson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1018 votes
#2 - 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
- 6.7/1020 votes
#3 - The Talisman of Sargon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/11/1961
With Dr. Beaker's unwitting help, Masterspy locates and steals the legendary lost talisman of Sargon, which supposedly has magical powers that will allow him to take over an oil sheik's riches.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1019 votes
#4 - 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
- 6.9/1016 votes
#5 - Amazonian Adventure
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/25/1961
When Mitch the monkey falls ill with sleeping sickness, Mike and Dr. Beaker head for the Amazon jungle to retrieve a special plant that can cure him, but they are captured by a tribe of headhunters.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1012 votes
#6 - 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
- 7.6/1013 votes
#7 - 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
- 6.4/1012 votes
#8 - Jungle Hazard
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/18/1961
Masterspy tries to take over an old rubber plantation in Malaysia, not realizing that the girl who now owns the estate is Beaker's cousin, and she has obtained the assistance of Mike and Supercar.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1011 votes
#9 - High Tension
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/25/1961
Masterspy kidnaps Dr. Beaker and tries to make off with Supercar, but he gets a nasty shock when he finds out that Mike can take over part of the vehicle's operation by remote control.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1013 votes
#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
- 7.0/1015 votes
#11 - 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
- 6.8/1014 votes
#12 - Phantom Piper
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/15/1961
Mike and his friends go to Scotland to solve the mystery of a castle's phantom bagpiper and keep a woman from being swindled out of a valuable gem.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1012 votes
#13 - Pirate Plunder
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/22/1961
Black Morgan, a descendant of the infamous pirate, has been plundering cruise ships in the Pacific, and Supercar is the only vessel that can match his speed. But then he threatens to blow up a group of hostages with a torpedo if Mike tries to stop him.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1012 votes
#14 - 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
- 7.1/1014 votes
#15 - 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
- 7.2/1011 votes
#16 - 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
- 7.1/1014 votes
#17 - 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
- 6.9/1012 votes
#18 - The Sunken Temple
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/27/1961
Mike and Beaker help a history professor excavate an underwater cavern, but they are unprepared to encounter a stolen safe full of money and a falling statue.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1012 votes
#19 - 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
- 7.0/1013 votes
#20 - Trapped in the Depths
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/10/1961
Mike takes Supercar deep into the ocean to rescue scientists trapped in a bathyscaphe on the sea floor.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1011 votes
#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
- 7.4/1013 votes
#22 - 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
- 7.6/1015 votes
#23 - 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
- 7.0/1012 votes
#24 - Crash Landing
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 7/8/1961
When engine trouble forces Supercar to land in the African jungle, the first night goes well until Mike and Dr. Beaker wake up to find Mitch missing.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
- 7.1/1012 votes
#25 - 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
The Best Episodes of Supercar Season 1
Every episode of Supercar Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Supercar Season 1!
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...
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Network:Associated Television
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Rescue" is the best rated episode of "Supercar" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Gerry Anderson and written by N/A, it aired on 1/28/1961. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "False Alarm".