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Supercar is a British children's science fiction television series produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis' AP Films (APF) for Associated Television and ITC Entertainment. [2] Two series totalling 39 episodes were filmed between September 1960 and January 1962. [1]
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Mike Mercury pilots the Supercar, which can travel on land, sea or in the air. Thirty-nine episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. ...more ...
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For other uses of Supercar see Supercar (Disambiguation)
was a British science-fiction television programme, comprising 39 episodes (2 series/seasons), which first aired during 1961 and 1962.
The second of British producer Gerry Anderson's puppet shows to be Filmed in Supermarionation (in the second season's closing credits), Supercar was also the first to be aired outside of Great Britain - notably, in the United States.
The series (as might be divined from its title) centred around Supercar itself - a unique, one-of-a-kind, experimental vehicle versatile enough to travel to any environment, be it land, sea, sky or even to the very edges of outer space!
With test pilot Mike Mercury at the controls, Supercar carried out daring rescue missions (the series itself begins with one); and, along with its decidedly-eclectic support team, encountered many other exciting adventures.
As with the later Anderson programme The Secret Service, Supercar was set in what was then the present day (specifically C.E. 1961).
After Granada TV failed to renew Anderson's previous programme, Four Feather Falls, for another season, he went back to the drawing board...
With the Space Age dawning, he thought a more futuristic theme to be the way to go. Teaming up with the writing duo of Martin and Hugh Woodhouse - who had previously written for Four Feather Falls - Anderson set about laying the foundations for a series about a car that could, quite literally, go anywhere (see above). From their collaboration, Supercar was created.
The brothers Woodhouse wrote 24 scripts in total for the programme's first series, at a rate of 1 shooting script per week. Voice-acting for the series was recorded on the weekends, with around 4 episodes' worth of dialogue being recorded per week. Once series 1 concluded, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson took it upon themselves to write the entirety of series 2 by themselves.
- along with all of the Andersons' subsequent Supermarionation shows - was released by ATV, headed by businessman and impresario Lew Grade (later Sir Lew; later Lord Grade).
In producing Supercar, Gerry Anderson and the former Sylvia Thamm began to organise the behind-the-scenes crew of "Anderson-Provis Films" - APF (or AP Films), for short - the production company that would be the forerunner of Century 21 Television And Cinema Productions, Mentorn Television And Cinema Productions, and the present-day Anderson Entertainment headed by Gerry's son, Jamie Anderson.
Among these were:
•Arthur Provis (the P in APF), Anderson's earliest production partner, who was then the cinematographer of •Reginald E. "Reg" Hill, then art director of Supercar, and later one of the staff producers of Anderson's companies;
•Desmond Saunders, a frequent director of Anderson's productions;
•Barry Gray, Anderson's favourite composer; and
•Derek Meddings, the foremost special-effects expert of Anderson's companies.
Felicity Farnsworth - Sylvia Anderson
Aunt Heidi - Sylvia Anderson
Zizi - Sylvia Anderson
Telephone Operator - Cyril Shaps
Newsreader - Graydon Gould
Narrator - Graydon Gould
(Production Order)
Series One
1.Rescue
2.Amazonian Adventure
3.The Talisman Of Sargon
4.False Alarm
•Gerry Anderson went on record saying that he wanted to include black characters in one episode of Supercar, but network executives in America shot down that idea. Not until Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, produced in the later 1960s - and set in the mid-to-late 2060s - would he achieve his goal of including black characters (dates are C.E.).
•Britain's Royal Mail, in 2011, celebrated Supercar and 5 other Supermarionation series (Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds (classic), Captain Scarlet (original) and Joe 90) in a special stamp-sheet issue. FAB - The Genius of Gerry Anderson also included a second stamp-set featuring all five Thunderbird craft. (More here: https://postalheritage.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/fab-the-genius-of-gerry-anderson/)
•After Supercar production finished its music was heard in future Gerry Anderson productions until Season 1 of Space: 1999 where it was last heard in.
•The canopy on Supercar was reused for Hepcat in the Stingray episode Raptures of the Deep.
•Black rock laboratory set was revamped for Space City Control in Fireball XL5.
•The model of black rock laboratory there was seen in Season 2, was seen again in Stingray as background building which was sadly destroyed in the famous exploding finery of the famous Gerry Anderson series Thunderbirds.
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This is an episode guide for the Gerry Anderson television series Supercar, made for the British production company ITC Entertainment and first broadcast between 1961 and 1962 on ATV London. Episodes are listed in original ATV London broadcast order.
Ep. #TitleDirected By [1]Written By [1]1"Rescue"Martin & Hugh Woodhouse2"False Alarm"Martin & Hugh Woodhouse3"The Talisman of Sargon"David ElliottMartin & Hugh Woodhouse4"What Goes Up"David ElliottMartin & Hugh WoodhouseJan 18, 2013 · The adventures of the crew of an amazing land, sea and air vehicle (Supercar) based at a secret laboratory in the Nevada Desert in 1960. Producer: Gerry Anderson. Directors: David Elliott, Alan Pattillo & Desmond Saunders. Director of Photography: John Read. Art Director: Reg Hill.
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Feb 21, 2016 · Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. Supercar is a vertical takeoff and landing craft invented by Prof. Rudolph Popkiss and Dr. Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury.
