"Explosives should be treated like a lion tamer treats the big cats - show 'em you're not afraid."
Original UK broadcast: November 30th, 1969 (ATV Midlands)
Written by: Donald James
Directed by: Ken Turner
Regular cast: Father Unwin, Matthew, The Bishop
Additional voice cast:
Brother Thomas Keith Alexander
Brother Gregory Jeremy Wilkin
Archdeacon Keith Alexander
Brother Simon Gary Files
Brother Jess Gary Files
Fifth Brother Gary Files
Father Unwin discovers that a gang of bogus vicars are responsible for a series of sabotage attacks on military installations and vehicles. After one of the gang is hospitalised after their latest venture, Unwin masquerades as his replacement, a demolition expert, to infiltrate the gang...
An interesting point is that the filming location for this episode was at the Wrexham Hospital in Slough, another example of where the Century 21 team went on filming location for the series. Captain Grey in this episode plays Brother Thomas, the only revamp puppet leftover from Captain Scarlet to be used in the episode. The Captain Scarlet pop theme music can be heard on the radio in the hospital whilst the piano track played at the house is the piano track from the Joe 90 episode International Concerto.
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Non-FictionThe Secret Service was a 1960s British children's TV series created by Gerry Anderson and the team of Century 21 studios in Slough, from the makers of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Space: 1999. This was the final of his television series to feat...
