Joe 90 (1968)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1968
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 30
Average Episode Running Times: 25 mins
Format: colour     35mm     Supermarionation
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Century 21 Television / ITC
Executive Producer: Reg Hill
Producer: David Lane

SCRIPT
Scripts: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Tony Barwick, Pat Dunlop, Donald James, David Lane, John Lucarotti, Shane Rimmer, Desmond Saunders, Keith Wilson
Format: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Script Editor: Tony Barwick

DIRECTION
Directors: Desmond Saunders, Alan Perry, Leo Eaton Ken Turner, Peter Anderson, Brian Heard

PHOTOGRAPHY
Lighting Cameramen: Julien Lugrin, Paddy Seale

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Len Cleal, Norman A. Cole, Bob Dearberg, Alan Killick, Harry MacDonald

MUSIC
Music / Musical Director: Barry Gray

VISUAL EFFECTS
Supervising Visual Effects Director: Derek Meddings
Senior Visual Effects Director: Jimmy Elliott
Visual Effects Directors: Jimmy Elliott, Shaun Whittacker-Cook, Bill Camp

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Supervising Art Director: Bob Bell
Art Directors: Grenville Nott, Keith Wilson

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Controller: Desmond Saunders

CAST
Keith Alexander (Sam Loover)
Sylvia Anderson (Mrs Ada Harris)
Rupert Davies (Professor Ian McClaine)
David Healy (Shane Weston)
Len Jones (Joe McClaine)
Gary Files, Martin King, Jeremy Wilkin, Shane Rimmer (additional characters)

SUMMARY

9-year-old Joe is the human guinea pig in an experiment devised by his scientist father which allows him to transfer brain patterns and skills gathered from leading specialists around the world into Joe's brain. The boy is now able to perform any task that his father has brain patterns for, making him an unlikely but valuable agent for the World Intelligence Network.

EPISODES

1. The Most Special Agent
2. Hi-Jacked
3. Splashdown
4. Operation McClaine
5. Three's A Crowd
6. International Concerto
7. Big Fish
8. The Unorthodox Shepherd
9. Relative Danger
10. Business Holiday
11. King For A Day
12. Double Agent
13. Most Special Astronaut
14. Arctic Adventure
15. The Fortress
16. Colonel McClaine
17. Project 90
18. The Race
19. The Professional
20. Lone-Handed 90
21. Attack Of The Tiger
22. Talkdown
23. Breakout
24. Mission X-41
25. Test Flight
26. Child Of The Sun God
27. Trial At Sea
28. See You Down There
29. The Birthday
30. Viva Cordova

AVAILABILITY

USA
DVD Distributors: Carlton International Media Ltd

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cult TV vol.2 no.1 (January 1998) p.18 (UK)
illustrated note (TV Hero Joe 90)

Starburst no.291 (November 2002) p.62 (UK)
illustrated DVD review

KEYWORDS

children, puppets, supermarionation

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009