List of Joe 90 episodes
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This is an episode guide for the Gerry Anderson television series Joe 90, made for the British production company ITC Entertainment and first broadcast between 1968 and 1969 on ATV Midlands. Episodes are listed in original ATV Midlands broadcast order.
| Episode | Title | Original airdate | Production number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Most Special Agent" | 29 September 1968 | 1 |
| Introducing the McClaines to WIN, Shane Weston proposes a mission in which Joe 90 steals a new Russian fighter-bomber to prevent an arms race between the East and West. | |||
| 2 | "Most Special Astronaut" | 6 October 1968 | 13 |
| Joe ventures into space to save two astronauts stranded on a space station with a dwindling air supply. | |||
| 3 | "Project 90" | 13 October 1968 | 17 |
| Criminal masterminds uncover the McClaines' involvement with WIN and kidnap Joe's father for further information. | |||
| 4 | "Hi-jacked" | 20 October 1968 | 2 |
| Joe attempts to thwart the plans of a lethal arms runner. | |||
| 5 | "Colonel McClaine" | 27 October 1968 | 16 |
| Equipped with the knowledge and experience of an army driver and explosives expert, Joe is assigned to transport dangerous chemicals across Africa. | |||
| 6 | "The Fortress" | 3 November 1968 | 15 |
| Joe is assigned to rescue a fellow WIN agent from an impregnable stronghold before his captors force him to divulge top-secret information. | |||
| 7 | "King for a Day" | 10 November 1968 | 11 |
| Joe poses as the heir to a Middle Eastern throne as WIN try to rescue the prince from kidnappers allied with a jealous regent. | |||
| 8 | "International Concerto" | 17 November 1968 | 6 |
| A top WIN agent finds his cover broken. Joe must take on his persona as a famous pianist if the agent is to escape his captors. | |||
| 9 | "Splashdown" | 24 November 1968 | 3 |
| Can Joe expose the organisation reponsible for the deaths of two electronics experts before time runs out for him and his father? | |||
| 10 | "Big Fish" | 1 December 1968 | 7 |
| A submarine has unwittingly broken down in enemy waters, and Joe must remove to prevent political carnage. | |||
| 11 | "Relative Danger" | 8 December 1968 | 9 |
| Joe is brained up with the skills of a top explorer to save three miners jeopardised by their own explosives test. | |||
| 12 | "Operation McClaine" | 15 December 1968 | 4 |
| When a specialist brain surgeon is injured in an air crash, it is up to Joe to save the live of an ailing novelist. | |||
| 13 | "The Unorthodox Shepherd" | 22 December 1968 | 8 |
| Joe, Mac and Sam investigate unusual disturbances surrounding a church crypt. | |||
| 14 | "Business Holiday" | 29 December 1968 | 10 |
| Strange happenings during the McClaines' holiday are bound up with the need to destroy a rogue government's new military base. | |||
| 15 | "Arctic Adventure" | 5 January 1969 | 14 |
| A nuclear bomb must be discreetly removed from the Arctic wastes of the Eastern Sector to avoid a world war. | |||
| 16 | "Double Agent" | 12 January 1969 | 12 |
| Joe is unintentionally given the brain pattern of a double agent for a mission to protect top-secret WIN cipher codes. | |||
| 17 | "Three's a Crowd" | 19 January 1969 | 5 |
| Joe intervenes when it seems that there is more to Mac's new girlfriend than meets the eye. | |||
| 18 | "The Professional" | 26 January 1969 | 19 |
| Using the brain pattern of an imprisoned safe-cracker, Joe infiltrates a heavily-guarded castle to retrieve a dictator's ill-gotten eight million dollars in gold bullion. | |||
| 19 | "The Race" | 2 February 1969 | 18 |
| Joe adopts his father's brain pattern and they share the same dream, revolving around a comic rally race from London to Monte Carlo. | |||
| 20 | "Talkdown" | 9 February 1969 | 22 |
| Joe is given a mission to investigate the crash of a revolutionary hypersonic fighter only to find himself in mortal danger. | |||
| 21 | "Breakout" | 16 February 1969 | 23 |
| Two prisoners break out of a Canadian jail and threaten to kill the country's prime minister unless they are given a hefty ransom. | |||
| 22 | "Child of the Sun God" | 23 February 1969 | 26 |
| Several of the world's leading statesmen have been rendered paralysed after being hit by poison darts known to have been used only by a lost South American tribe. | |||
| 23 | "See You down There" | 2 March 1969 | 28 |
| An exploitative business entrepreneur is compelled to change his ways after he is bewildered by Joe 90's multitude of brain patterns. | |||
| 24 | "Lone-Handed 90" | 9 March 1969 | 20 |
| While the BIG RAT is out of action, Joe dreams of life as a sheriff in the Wild West. | |||
| 25 | "Attack of the Tiger" | 16 March 1969 | 21 |
| Joe pilots a new fighter-bomber to destroy a nuclear weapons base before a device is placed in orbit to hold the world to ransom. | |||
| 26 | "Viva Cordova" | 23 March 1969 | 30 |
| Joe must act as a bodyguard to a new, democratic president to prevent his assassination at the hands of the country's former dictator. | |||
| 27 | "Mission X-41" | 30 March 1969 | 24 |
| Assuming the skills of a leading virologist, Joe tries to halt the development of a deadly virus before it can be used to attack the West. | |||
| 28 | "Test Flight" | 6 April 1969 | 25 |
| Joe tries to find out whether the crash of a prototype spaceplane was an accident or sabotage. | |||
| 29 | "Trial at Sea" | 13 April 1969 | 27 |
| With the brain pattern of a terrorist, Joe has little time to prevent the destruction of a new transatlantic hoverliner. | |||
| 30 | "The Birthday" | 20 April 1969 | 29 |
| Joe reaches his tenth birthday, and celebrates with his friends as they reminisce over his many adventures. | |||
