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H.G. WELLS' INVISIBLE MAN episode guide |
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Compiled by Andrew Pixley
Regular Cast:
The Invisible Man (as himself)† with Lisa Daniely (Diane)*,
Deborah Watling (Sally).
[† The actor(s) playing Peter Brady, the invisible man, were never billed and cast listings in "TVTimes" read as above or with lines like 'featuring the strange invisible star' or 'featuring the star you never see'. With the exception of the unscreened pilot, the voice for Brady was that of Tim Turner, as revealed in 1965. Turner played the rôle of the bandaged Brady in later episodes, but another unknown Australian actor played Brady in the earlier segments. In the pilot, Brady's voice is supplied by Robert Beatty, again uncredited]
[* except the pilot as (Jane)]
Produced by Ralph Smart
Based on the original character created by H.G. Wells
Developed for television by Larry White D
Production Supervisor: Aida Young
Director of Photography: W. Suschitsky
Musical Director: Sidney John Key
Art Director: John Smith
D except the pilot episode and others
Unbroadcast Pilot
TITLE UNKNOWN
[a title on the print has been blotted out, but is possibly "SECRET EXPERIMENT"]
by Doreen Montgomery & Ralph Smart
Directed by Ralph Smart
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely (Jane), Deborah Watling, Willoughby Goddard (Crowther),
Brian Rawlinson (Williams).
Peter Brady is a brilliant young scientist working on the theory of optical density, and proves his theories in a laboratory accident with a reactor in which he becomes invisible. He goes home to his sister Jane and his niece Sally. Unfortunately, he is unable to reverse the effect. Sally is kidnapped and Jane is contacted by telephone, telling Brady to break into a bank and use his powers to steal money for her ransom.
[The episode has different camera shots, effects scenes and music, and elements made up the episodes SECRET EXPERIMENT and BANK RAID.
Duration: 30 minutes
13th June 1959
SECRET
EXPERIMENT
by Michael Connor and Michael Cramoy
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Lloyd Lamble (Dr Hanning), Bruce Seton (Kemp),
Ernest Clark (Sir Charles Anderson), Michael Goodliffe (Crompton).
Peter Brady is a brilliant young scientist working on the theory of optical density, and proves his theories in a laboratory accident with a reactor in which he becomes invisible. Unfortunately, he is unable to reverse the effect and is detained as a major security risk. He soon escapes hospital to confront his sister Diane and his niece Sally, and then outwits a ruthless fellow scientist, Crompton, who tries to steal his notes.
Broadcast: 2100 - 2135
20th June 1959
CRISIS IN THE
DESERT
by Ralph Smart
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Adrienne Corri (Yolande), Eric Pohlmann (Hassan), Martin Benson (Omar),
Peter Sallis (Nesib), Howard Pays (Jack Howard), Douglas Wilmer (Colonel
Warren), Derren Nesbitt (Corporal), Derek Sydney (Surgeon).
Colonel Warren of Military Intelligence asks for Peter Brady's help in rescuing one of his agents, Jack Howard, from the hospital where he is held by the secret police in a Middle East country. His is parachuted down to meet the lovely rebel leader, Yolande.
Broadcast: 2100 - 2130
27th June 1959
BEHIND THE
MASK
by Leslie Arliss and Stanley Mann, from a story by Stanley Mann
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Dennis Price (Constantine) with Edwin Richfield (Max), Barbara
Chilcott (Maria), David Ritch (Josef), Michael Jacques (Juan),
Arthur Gomez (President Domecq), John Wynn Jones (Official).
Brady is lured to the home of the terribly disfigured Raphael Constantine who pleads to be made invisible as he can no longer bear his deformity. Brady is glad to have a human guinea pig for his experiments, but too late realises that Constantine aims to be an unseen assassin.
Broadcast: 2100 - 2130
4th July 1959
THE LOCKED
ROOM
by Lindsay Galloway, from an original story by Ralph Smart
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Zena Marshall (Tania), Lloyd Lamble (Dr
Hanning), Rupert Davies (Dushkin), Emrys Leyshow (Clerk),
Noel Coleman (Phillips), Alexander Doré (Porter).
Tania, a beautiful scientist from behind the Iron Curtain, criticizes her government whilst she is in London, and efforts are made to 'recall' her. Brady thinks she can help him regain visibility and manages to rescue her to carry on their experiments, but she is captured again and smuggled away in a coffin.
Broadcast: 2100 - 2130
11th July 1959
PICNIC WITH
DEATH
by Leonard Fincham & Leslie Arliss, from an original story by Leslie
Arliss
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Derek Bond (John Norton), Faith Brook (Carol
Norton), Margaret McCourt (Linda Norton), Maureen Pryor (Janet
Norton), Ernest Clark (Sir Charles), Michael Ripper (Stableman).
Sally's friend, Linda Norton, tells Peter Brady that she fears her stepfather is going to murder her invalid mother. John Norton married Janet for her money, but she has stopped spending. Then Norton and his sister make sinister plans for a picnic for Janet, Linda and Sally.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
18th July 1959
PLAY TO KILL
by Leslie Arliss, from an original story by Robert Westerby
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Helen Cherry (Barbara Crane) with Lisa Daniely, Colin Gordon (Colonel),
Hugh Latimer (Tom), Garry Thorne (Simon), Ballard Berkeley (Manton),
Vincent Holman (Arthurson).
Celebrated actress Barbara Crane is dazzled by another car's lights whilst driving on a cliff road, and runs down a tramp. The other driver persuades her not to report this, but soon she is blackmailed. Brady learns about this when visiting his friend Simon Wallace at the theatre Barbara is working at, and sets out to clear her name.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
25th July 1959
SHADOW ON THE
SCREEN
by Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by Ralph Smart & Philip Levene
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Greta Gynt (Sonia Vasa) with Lisa Daniely, Edward Judd (Stephen Vasa),
Redmond Phillips (Bratski), Andre Mikhelson (Captain), Anthony
Newlands (Commissar), Ernest Clark (Sir Charles), Irene Handl (Woman
in lift).
Brady is sent to help Stephen Vasa, a prisoner on board a ship trying to leave the Iron Curtain by Sir Charles. Brady is tricked by Vasa's wife, Sonia, and walks into a trap as the ship where Vasa is held contains a radar system that can track his movements.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
1st August 1959
THE MINK COAT
by Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by Leonore Coffee.
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Hazel Court (Penny Page) with Lisa Daniely, Derek Godfrey (Walker),
Harold Berens (Bunny), Murray Kash (Marcel), Keith Rawlings (Customs
officer), Joan Hickson (Madame Dupont), John Ruddock (Photographer).
Microfilm taken at an atomic research station in England is smuggled to Paris in the lining of a fur coat worn by unknowing girl puppeteer, Penny Page. Brady and Dee, holidaying in France, become involved as a man called Walker tries to regain the film.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
8th August 1959
BLIND JUSTICE
by Ralph Smart
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Philip Friend (Arthur Holt), Jack Watling (Sandy Mason),
Julian Somers (Simmons), Honor Blackman (Katherine), Leslie
Phillips (Sparrow), Robert Raglan (Det.-Insp. Heath), Desmond
Llewellyn (Det.-Sergeant).
Katherine Holt's pilot husband, Arthur, is framed with heroin smuggling from Egypt, and is shot after calling Brady for help. Katherine is blind, and could not see the murderer, but the invisible Brady did, and the two hatch a plan to trick the killer into thinking Katherine can see.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
15th August 1959
JAILBREAK
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Dermot Walsh (Joe Green) with Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Denny
Dayvis (Doris), Michael Brennan (Brenner), Ralph Michael (Governor),
Ronald Fraser (Sharp), Charles Farrell (Taylor), Maurice Kaufmann
(Robson).
Joe Green, sentenced for robbery with violence, protests his innocence and makes repeated attempts to escape from prison. Brady is convinced that a miscarriage of justice has taken place, and sets out to find the girl who stole Green's wallet on a train, the only person who can give him an alibi.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
22nd August 1959
BANK RAID
by Doreen Montgomery and Ralph Smart [from an original story by Ralph
Smart]
Directed by Ralph Smart
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, Willoughby Goddard (Crowther), Brian
Rawlinson (Williams), Patricia Marmont (Headmistress).
Sally is kidnapped from school and Dee is contacted by phone, telling Brady to break into a bank, using his powers of invisibility, and to steal the money for her ransom. The money is handed over and the robbers make their getaway.
Broadcast: 2105 - 2135
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Brady Forces Caletta (Alan Tilvern) to save Professor Owens and Suzy from a cable car in “Odds Against Death” |
12th September 1959
ODDS AGAINST
DEATH
by Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by Stanley Mann
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Walter Fitzgerald (Professor Owens) with Lisa Daniely, Colette Wilde (Lucia),
Julia Lockwood (Suzy Owens), Alan Tilvern (Caletta), Peter Taylor
(Bruno), Peter Elliott (Croupier), Olaf Pooley (Manager).
Professor Owens overstays his holiday in Italy, apparently addicted to gambling at the roulette wheels in the casinos, but forced to do so with his daughter Suzy held by gangsters. Brady uses his powers to help his sister win instead, and then has to save the Owenses from a plunge to their deaths from a cable car.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
19th September 1959
STRANGE
PARTNERS
by Michael Cramoy
Directed by Pennington Richards
Guest Cast:
Griffith Jones (Lucian Currie) with Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling,
Victor Platt (Inspector Quillan), Jack Melford (Collins), Patrick
Troughton (Vickers), Robert Cawdron (Ryan), Reginald Hearne (Doctor).
Brady is tricked into visiting the home of Lucian Currie, who wants him to murder his ailing partner Vickers, his co-partner of a gold mine. Brady is trapped by a vicious dog which can sense his every moment, and seems forced to carry out the deed.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
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Brady prepares to help Scot solve the mystery of his crashing test aeroplanes in “Point of Distruction” |
26th September 1959
POINT OF
DESTRUCTION
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Guest Cast:
Duncan Lamont (Scott) with Lisa Daniely, Deborah Watling, John Rudling (Dr
Court), Patricia Jessel (Katrina), Derren Nesbitt (Stefan),
Jane Barrett (Jenny), Barry Letts (Control officer).
Four test pilots lose their lives when their planes mysteriously crash, and the creator of the craft's new fuel diffuser, Scott, is about to admit defeat. Brady has been involved with the project and suspects sabotage, trailing Dr Court to a meeting with enemy agent Katrina.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
3rd October 1959
DEATH CELL
by Michael Connors
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Lisa Daniely, Lana Morris (Ellen Summers), Ian Wallace (Dr Trevor),
William Lucas (George Wilson), Bruce Seton (Sir Charles), Jack
Lambert (Prison Governor), Bettina Dickson (Miss Beck), Patricia
Burke (Mrs Willis).
A young woman escapes from a mental home and appeals to Brady for help, explaining her life is in danger. Ellen Summers is the only person who can clear George Wilson, her fiance, of the murder charge on which he is soon to be executed.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
10th October 1959
THE VANISHING
EVIDENCE
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
James Raglan (Prof. Harper), Charles Gray (Thal), Ernest Clark (Col.
Ward), Sarah Lawson (Jenny Reyden), Michael Ripper (Porter),
Peter Illing (Inspector Strang), Ewen Solon (Superintendant).
Peter Thal, an industrial spy, murders elderly Professor Harper and steals his papers. Brady has been working with Harper, and MI5 send him after Thal to Amsterdam, where Thal has been shot by glamorous British agent Jenny Reyden. Now Brady must work to hide the evidence that Inspector Strang has collected to arrest Jenny.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
17th October 1959
THE PRIZE
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Guest Cast:
Mai Zetterling (Tania), Anton Diffring (Gunzi) with Lisa Daniely,
Tony Church (Professor Kenig), Tom Gill (General), Clive Baxter (Sentry),
Richard Clarke (Captain Bera), Ruth Lodge (Agasha).
Brady arrives in Scandanavia to collect a prize for his contribution to science only to find the ceremony cancelled. The guest of honour, Iron Curtain author Tania Raskoff, has been arrested at the border, and Brady uses a metal detector to get through a minefield to her.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
24th October 1959
FLIGHT INTO
DARKNESS
by Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by William H. Altman
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Geoffrey Keen (Dr Stephens), Esmond Knight (Wilson) with John
Harvey (Wade), Michael Shepley (Sir Jasper), Joanna Dunham (Pat
Stephens), Colin Douglas (Sewell), Alex Scott (Fisher).
Dr Stephens is talked into believing his anti-gravity device will endanger mankind, so destroys his notes and vanishes. Brady promises Stephens' daughter Pat that he will find her father, and discovers that a secretary called Wilson is also searching for him.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
31st October 1959
THE DECOY
by Brenda Blackmore
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Guest Cast:
Betta St. John (Toni and Terry Trent) with Robert Gallico (Capt.
Rubens), Philip Leaver (Starvos), Wolfe Morris (Andraes),
Barry Shawzin (Giorgio), Lionel Murton (General), Bruno Barnabe (First
secretary).
American music twins Tony and Terry Trent, are booked to entertain US forces in England, but Terry arrives first to see a man in Soho murdered. By the time Toni arrives, her sister is missing and she turns to Brady for help, in a plan to trick the gangsters who hold Terry.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
7th November 1959
THE GUN
RUNNERS
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Louise Allbritton (Zena Fleming) with Bruce Seton (Colonel Grahame),
Paul Stassino (Sardi), Charles Hill (Arosa), Josef Attard (Hotel
manager), Lawrence Taylor (Milia), James Booth (Ali), Morris
Sweden (Airport clerk), Ann Dimitri (Receptionist).
The British Government's Colonel Grahame asks Brady to help rid the small Mediterranean state of Bay Akim of gun-runners. Zena Fleming has just returned from the country after a failed investigation, but her next visit is with Brady to help her uncover the truth.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
14th November 1959
THE WHITE
RABBIT
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Guest Cast:
Marla Landi (Suzanne Dumasse), Austin Trevor (Hugo), Paul Daneman
(Rocher), Arnold Marle (Valois), Arnold Diamond (Professor
Blaire), Reed de Rouen (Max), Myrtle Reed (Louise), Keith
Pyott (Dr. Dumasse), Isobel Black (Colette), André Cherisse (Brun),
André Muller (Chauffeur).
Suzanne Dumasse is a young French doctor out walking her dog, when she find a rabbit materializing before her eyes. French Security call in Peter Brady to investigate a strange chateau where Monsieur Rocher is experimenting in attaining invisibility.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
21st November 1959
MAN IN
DISGUISE
by Brenda Blackmore, from an original story by Leslie Arliss
Directed by Quentin Lawrence & Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Tim Turner (Nick), Deborah Watling, Leigh Madison (Madeleine),
Lee Montague (Matt), Robert Raglan (Det.-Inspector), Howard Pays (Sgt.
Day), Jeanette Sterke (Sgt. Winter), Robert Rietty (Victor),
Denis Shaw (Club manager), Felix Felton (Aylmer).
Brady is tricked by a beautiful girl in Paris and loses his passport. A man called Nick uses this to impersonate Brady and smuggle dope into England. Brady co-operates with the police and accompanies policewoman Sergeant Winter to a Soho vice den.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
28th November 1959
MAN IN POWER
by Ian Stuart Black
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
André Morell (General Shafari) with Vivian Matalon (King Rashid),
Nadia Regin (Princess Taima), Gary Raymond (Prince Jonetta),
Andrew Keir (Hassan), Derek Sydney (Col. Fayid), Ivan Craig (Ambassador).
A Middle East king is murdered by his power-crazy Army Chief, General Shafari, and Brady becomes involved in a plot to remove the king's lovely sister and put his brother on the throne. Shafari is determined to get Jonetta to abdicate in his favour.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
5th December 1959
THE ROCKET
by Michael Pertwee
Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Guest Cast:
Glyn Owen (Smith), Russell Waters (Reitter), Robert Brown (Prof.
Howard), Robert Raglan (Det.-Inspector), Jennifer Wright (Mrs.
Smith), Harold Goodwin (Driver Evans), Maurice Durant (Sergeant),
Colin Croft (Bill).
Brady's ingenuity is tested when gambling losses of his aide Smith force him to sell secrets concerning the movements of a new rocket in Scotland to a foreign power. The schedule is changed before Brady can act and he has to set out to find where the hi-jacked rocket has been hidden.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
12th December 1959
SHADOW BOMB
by Tony O'Grady † and Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by Tony
O'Grady †.
[† Tony O'Grady is a pen-name for Brian Clemens]
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
Anthony Bushell (General Martin) with Conrad Phillips (Captain Finch),
Jennifer Jayne (Betty), Walter Gotell (Lloyd), Ian Hendry (Lieutenant
Daniels).
Brady's friend, Captain Barry Finch, is trapped in a sand pit with a new type of bomb when demonstrating it to high ranking army officers. The bomb will explode if a shadow falls across it, and with Finch caught in a fall of sand, Brady has to work fast to help his friend.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
19th December 1959
THE BIG PLOT
by Ian Stuart Black, from an original story by Tony O'Grady [pen-name
for Brian Clemens] and Robert Smart
Directed by Peter Maxwell
Guest Cast:
William Squire (Waring) with Barbara Shelley (Helen), John Arnatt
(Lord Peversham), Richard Warner (1st Officer), Derrick Sherwin (2nd
Officer), Edward Hardwicke (MacBane), Basil Dignam (Minister),
Ewen MacDuff (Sir Charles), Terence Cooper (Hanstra).
A plane crash reveals that a canister of Uranium-235 was being smuggled into England, and Brady feels this is part of plot to launch World War III with atomic warfare. A noted pacifist is being tricked to help a scheme to place atomic bombs beneath every major capital of the world.
Broadcast: 1800 - 1830
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