List of Terrahawks episodes

This is an episode guide for the Gerry Anderson television series Terrahawks, made for the British company LWT by Anderburr Pictures and first broadcast from 1983 to 1986 on ITV. A total of 39 episodes, listed here in their recommended broadcast order, were filmed in two production blocks at Bray Studios in Berkshire from January 1983 to August 1984, on a combined budget of £6.4 million.^[1] The 26 episodes of the first production block aired as two series from October to December 1983 and September to December 1984; the third series, comprising the final 13 episodes, from May to July 1986.^[1]

Series One (1983)

Most ITV region networked the episodes, on Sunday Afternoon, before several ITV companies switched the series to a Saturday morning in November.^[1] The last two episodes, "A Christmas Miracle" and "To Catch a Tiger", were broadcast across the network on Saturday mornings.^[1] TVS followed the network pattern until November when it switched episodes to a Thursday. LWT on occasion were unable to broadcast episode some weeks but made up for it by broadcasting double episode on other weeks. Granada Television held back the series by two weeks and completed the series on 21 January 1984. Tyne Tees Television held back the series for a over a month and moved the series to a Thursday, completing its run on 16 February 1984 ^[2]

Ep. #	Title	Director[1]	Writer[1][3]	First UK Air Date(s)[1]	Production Code[1]
1	"Expect the Unexpected: Part 1"	Alan Pattillo	Gerry Anderson	9 October 1983 (ITV Network) 23 October 1983 (Granada Television) ) 17 November 1983 (Tyne Tees Television	01
Zelda attacks NASA's outpost on Mars and establishes her home, then mounts an attack on Earth, forcing the Terrahawks into battle.
2	"Expect the Unexpected: Part 2"	Alan Pattillo	Gerry Anderson	16 October 1983 (ITV Network)	02
The Terrahawks struggle to defend against the aliens' strange powers, and find they may be forced to stop the attack at the cost of Ninestein's life.
3	"Thunder-Roar"	Alan Pattillo	"Cubby Dreistein"	23 October 1983 (ITV Network)	03
Zelda defrosts one of her monsters, Sram, who unleashes his devastating voice against the Terrahawks.
4	"Happy Madeday"	Tony Lenny	"Kit Tenstein"	30 October 1983 (ITV Network)	09
Zelda unleashes MOID, Master of Infinite Disguise, who kidnaps Hiro and impersonates him.
5	"The Ugliest Monster of All"	Tony Lenny	"P. U. Mastein"	6 November 1983 (Central)	11
The Terrahawks find a teddy bear-like alien adrift in a space capsule and take him back to Hawknest. However, he is actually one of Zelda's monsters and begins to wreak havoc in the base.
6	"Close Call"	Desmond Saunders	"Cubby Dreistein"	13 November 1983 (Central)	05
The Overlander is hijacked, but the hijacker, a news reporter by the name of Darrel, is a potential security hazard for the Terrahawks.
7	"The Gun"	Tony Bell	"Koo Garstein"	20 November 1983 (Central)	12
Yung-Star devises a way to make the Cubes more powerful by combining them. Zelda forms a group of them into a gun and threatens to destroy a newly constructed dam.
8	"Gunfight at Oaky's Corral"	Tony Bell	"T. I. Gerstein"	27 November 1983 (Central)	10
Ninestein enters an old-fashioned gun fight between one of Zelda's Cubes in the Arizona desert.
9	"Thunder Path"	Tony Lenny	"Effie Linestein"	4 December 1983 (Central)	13
Zelda gives Sram another chance to defeat the Terrahawks by sending him to hijack the Overlander, an automated vehicle that delivers vital supplies to Hawknest.
10	"From Here to Infinity"	Alan Pattillo	"Katz Stein"	10 December 1983 (Central)	06
An old space probe approaches Earth, but the Terrahawks worry because it was never meant to return.
11	"Mind Monster"	Tony Bell	"Tom Katstein"	17 December 1983 (Central)	14
The Terrahawks pick up a capsule in space containing only a strange vapour. However, it actually contains a gaseous monster that meddles with their minds.
12	"A Christmas Miracle"	Tony Lenny	"Kate Noweestein"	24 December 1983 (ITV Network)	20
Zelda attacks Earth on Christmas Eve, convinced that the Terrahawks' guard will be down. However, Ninestein anticipates such a move, and all-out war erupts. Perhaps the Christmas spirit can even reach someone like Zelda... (Broadcast only in the UK, on Christmas Eve 1984, and excluded from all repeat runs of Terrahawks in the 1980s.)[1]
13	"To Catch a Tiger"	Tony Lenny	"Claude Backstein"	31 December 1983 (ITV Network)	15
Zelda lures Ninestein with the captured two-man crew of a commercial space transporter. When the Terrahawks electronically isolate themselves from after rescuing the men, Kate has to inform Ninestein that the mission to get him back is ahead of schedule.

Series Two (1984)

Episodes were mostly networked, airing on Anglia, Border, Central, Granada, London Weekend, Tyne Tees, TSW, Yorkshire and UTV regions simultaneously on Sunday afternoons (occasionally in a different timeslot in regions such as Grampian, Scottish Television and TVS. ).^[1]

Ep. #	Title	Director(s)[1]	Writer(s)[1][3]	First ITV Network Air Date[1]	Production Code[1]
1	"Operation S.A.S."	Tony Lenny	"Tom Angeristein"	23 September 1984	17
Zero and Dix-Huit roll to the rescue after Kate Kestrel is kidnapped by Yung-Star and Yuri.
2	"Ten Top Pop"	Tony Bell	"L. Inkstein"	30 September 1984	18
Kate is taken hostage by Andeburr Records employee Stuart "Stew" Dapples, who is under Zelda's control.
3	"Play It Again, Sram"	Tony Bell	"B. O. Garstein"	14 October 1984	22
Kate Kestrel wins the world song contest and goes on to compete in the interstellar song contest. Zelda contends that as a resident of Earth's solar system she has a right to participate too, and challenges Kate to a sing-off on a neutral planetoid with her family and Sram as her band.
4	"The Ultimate Menace"	Tony Lenny	"Ivor Purstein"	21 October 1984	25
Zelda and the Terrahawks team up to stop Zyklon, a gigantic spaceship dedicated to destroying all life in the universe.
5	"Midnight Blue"	Tony Lenny	"Andre Le Chatstein"	28 October 1984	21
While pursuing a ZEAF, Hawkwing flies too high and is marooned in space.
6	"My Kingdom for a Zeaf"	Tony Lenny	"Sheik Spearstein"	4 November 1984 (ITV Network)	23
Zelda dispatches Yung-star and a new monster, Lord Tempo, to find the location of Hawknest. While traveling back in time to avoid Spacehawk, they pick up King Richard.
7	"Zero's Finest Hour"	Tony Bell	"Otto Von Lowstein"	11 November 1984	24
When the Terrahawks are rendered catatonic by space flowers, Zero is forced to battle for the cure on his own.
8	"Cold Finger"	Tony Bell	"I. C. Bergstein"	18 November 1984	38
Zelda enjoins the help of Cold Finger, an alien who uses water and ice as weapons.
9	"Unseen Menace"	Tony Bell	"Felix Stein"	25 November 1984	19
MOID perfects the greatest disguise of all: the invisible man.
10	"Space Giant"	Tony Lenny	"Manny Pheakstein"	9 December 1984	37
A pair of miners find and capture a Sporilla and take it back to Earth to sell to a shady sideshow owner. Once it's on Earth, Zelda uses her powers to enlarge the monster into an unstoppable giant.
11	"Cry UFO"	Tony Bell	"Ewan Istein"	16 December 1984	34
Stew Dapples becomes the eyewitness to Zelda's latest plot when he sees a UFO.
12	"The Midas Touch"	Alan Pattillo	Trevor Lansdown & Tony Barwick	23 December 1984	16
Zelda sends one of her monsters to blow up the "Space Fort Knox" to cause economic havoc.
13	"Ma's Monsters"	Tony Bell & Tony Lenny	"Rory Peetstein"	30 December 1984	26
Zelda reflects on the exploits of her monsters, who have all failed to defeat the Terrahawks. She reveals she has a new store of frozen creatures with even deadlier powers. Cy-star has news of her own: she's having a baby. (Clip show marking the end of the first production block, featuring footage from the episodes "Thunder Path", "The Sporilla" and "Operation S.A.S.")[1]

Series Three (1986)

The 13 episodes of the second production block were networked, airing in all ITV regions simultaneously on Saturday mornings.^[1] Before making its first appearance on British television, the whole of Series Three had already been broadcast in Japan, with eight episodes also having been transmitted in the United States.^[1] Production codes start at 27 (skipping 26) to resolve the inconsistency in the numbering caused by the two-part pilot episode, "Expect the Unexpected", and reflect the number of distinct episodes made for the first production block.^[1]

Ep. #	Title	Director[1]	Writer[1][3]	First ITV Network Air Date[1]	Production Code[1]
1	"Two for the Price of One"	Tony Lenny	"Kay Itstein"	3 May 1986	27
The aliens are preoccupied with the birth of Cy-star's child while the Terrahawks prepare to launch a sneak attack.
2	"First Strike"	Tony Lenny	"Polly Phillestein"	10 May 1986	31
An overzealous general seizes control of the Terrahawks to mount a direct assault on Zelda's Mars base. Ninestein makes futile attempts to warn him that Zelda and her gang of monsters are too powerful to engage in direct combat. Zelda readies a counter-strike team of Sram, Yuri, Lord Tempo and Yung-star.
3	"Terratomb"	Tony Bell	"Edward E. Barestein"	17 May 1986	32
Yuri seals Battlehawk inside Hawknest after Battletank picks up a bomb while investigating a ZEAF. (The final episode to be broadcast in the United States, on 24 January 1985.)[1]
4	"Space Cyclops"	Tony Lenny	"Lita Beerstein"	24 May 1986	35
Zelda sends a huge egg to the moon that hatches into a one-eyed monster.
5	"Doppelganger"	Tony Lenny	"Albert Zweistein"	31 May 1986	33
A statue of Yung-star is found at a museum on Earth.
6	"Child's Play"	Tony Bell	"Sue Donymstein"	7 June 1986	28
It-star masterminds its first attack, attempting to destroy the Terrahawks with a bomb.
7	"Jolly Roger One"	Tony Lenny	"Fred Barestein"	14 June 1986	29
Yung-star and It-star are sent with Captain Goat to run a pirate radio ship to lure the Terrahawks into a trap.
8	"Runaway"	Tony Bell	"Frank Instein"	21 June 1986	30
Yung-Star runs away, but he is unknowingly carrying a 'bug' in the form of a powder inside him.
9	"Space Samurai"	Desmond Saunders	"Cubby Dreistein"	28 June 1986	07
Tamura, a Samurai warrior from outer space, forces Zelda and Ninestein to meet on neutral ground in order to settle their dispute peacefully. (Previously broadcast on 10 January 1985 in the United States and 16 July 1985 in Japan.)[1]
10	"Timewarp"	Tony Bell	"Major Daystein"	5 July 1986	36
Lord Tempo creates a time warp in order to slow down the Terrahawks' ability to react to a full-scale attack.
11	"Operation Zero"	Tony Lenny	"Ann Teakstein"	12 July 1986	39
Zero is feeling out of sorts and goes in for repairs, but makes a grim discovery; Zelda and her family have infiltrated Hawknest.
12	"The Sporilla"	Tony Bell	"Leo Pardstein"	19 July 1986	08
Zelda lures the Terrahawks to Jupiter's moon Callisto by ransacking a listening post there. Once they arrive, they find themselves being stalked by the fearsome Sporilla. (Previously broadcast on 4 January 1985 in the United States and 14 May 1985 in Japan.)[1]
13	"GO(L)D"	Desmond Saunders	"Cubby Dreistein"	26 July 1986	04
The Zeroids find an explosive meteorite, which the human Terrahawks mistake for gold and which Zero mistakes for the god that Ninestein worships; it kills one of Ninestein's clones when it explodes, forcing another to take his place. (Broadcast as the fourth episode – as originally intended – on 23 April 1985 in Japan; but as the 39th and final episode, on 26 July 1986, in the UK.)[1]

Compilation films

From 1983 to 1984, six compilation films comprising re-edited versions of episodes from Series One were released on VHS in the UK.^[1] Each film is approximately 86 minutes in length.^[1]

Film #	Title[1]	Compilation[1]
1	Expected the Unexpected	"Expect the Unexpected: Episode 1", "Expect the Unexpected: Episode 2", "Thunder-Roar", "Close Call"
2	Menace from Mars	"Space Samurai", "The Sporilla", "Happy Madeday", "From Here to Infinity"
3	Terror from Mars	"Thunder Path", "The Ugliest Monster of All", "Gunfight at Oaky's Corral", "The Gun"
4	Hostages of Mars	"To Catch a Tiger", "Mind Monster", "Operation S.A.S.", "Ten Top Pop"
5	Flaming Thunderbolts	"My Kingdom for a Zeaf", "Play It Again, Sram", "Gold", "Midnight Blue"
6	Zero Strikes Back	"The Midas Touch", "Unseen Menace", "Zero's Finest Hour", "The Ultimate Menace"

Audio episodes

It was announced on 19 April 2014^[4] that Terrahawks would be returning as a run of full-cast audio dramas featuring original cast members Denise Bryer, Jeremy Hitchen and Robbie Stevens. Ann Ridler who played Kate Kestrel and Cy-Star was replaced by Beth Chalmers, and Windsor Davies who played Sergeant Major Zero was replaced by Jeremy Hitchen. The new audio stories were produced by Anderson Entertainment in association with Big Finish Productions. The first new series was released in April 2015,^[5][6] followed by a second series in April 2016. Each series consisted of a 5-CD set, with eight episodes across four CDs and a behind-the-scenes documentary on the fifth featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

Volume 1 (2015)

Ep.#	Title	Written by	Director	Duration	Synopsis
1	The Price is Right	Jamie Anderson	Jamie Anderson	35.31	With the prospect of budget cuts and a spot inspection looming over their heads, the Terrahawks intend to showcase themselves to the best of their ability. A surprise attack from Zelda, however, gives them a bigger chance to demonstrate their worth than originally bargained for.
2	Deadly Departed	Stephen La Rivière & Andrew T. Smith	Jamie Anderson	34.07	After an epic battle, it appears that Zelda has finally shuffled off her mortal coil, but when their beloved matriarch’s will is read her android family is disgusted to discover that she has left everything to Ninestein. In retaliation, they organise a funeral the likes of which has never been seen.
3	A Clone of My Own	Andrew T. Smith & Stephen La Rivière	Jamie Anderson	37.57	When his clones begin to fall foul of mysterious circumstances, Ninestein is forced to face some difficult home truths.
4	Clubbed to Death	Stephen La Rivière & Andrew T. Smith with Jamie Anderson	Jamie Anderson	31.40	A night on the town turns deadly for the Terrahawks when the desperate proprietor of a hot new club just so happens to be in serious debt with Zelda’s new loan shark venture.
5	101 Seed	Gerry Anderson, adapted by Jamie Anderson	Jamie Anderson	33.31	Zelda conspires to help the Terrahawks enter the record books when a seed of destruction is sewn on Hiro’s happy birthday.
6	No Laughing Matter	Terry Adlam	Jamie Anderson	29.30	Zelda intends to use her latest creation - Cy Splitter, the universe's funniest cyborg - to leave her enemies helpless with laughter. The Terrahawks only hope is that Twostein can play that game.
7	Timesplit	Chris Dale	Jamie Anderson	30.50	Past, present and futures collide when an audacious plan by Lord Tempo leads to the capture of one of the Terrahawks. Zelda is thrilled, but will the resulting temporal instability unravel the fabric of space and time?
8	Into the Breach	Mark Woollard	Jamie Anderson	37.22	The Zeroids face termination when Ninestein and Hiro roll out their newest creation - the Cyberzoids. But will these super-soldiers be enough to fend off a direct attack on Hawknest from Zelda's mothership?

Volume 2 (2016)

Ep.#	Title	Written by	Director	Duration	Synopsis
1	Sale of the Galaxy	Andrew T. Smith & Jamie Anderson	Jamie Anderson	38.13	Ninestein and Zelda both receive invitations to appear on a gruesome gameshow – The Sale of the Galaxy. But will grim gameshow host, Nickel-plate Starsons’ personal history with Zelda influence the outcome of the game?
2	The Trouble with Toy Boys	Chris Dale	Jamie Anderson	40.36	A pernicious puppet – one half of a famous ventriloquist act – is on the loose, but even the Terrahawks can’t keep a bad dummy down as Timmy the Toy Boy takes his final act to Hawknest!
3	Return to Sender	Chris Dale	Jamie Anderson	42.20	The return of a missing NASA probe and an encounter with an old flame of Ninestein’s means a case of fatal attraction for the Terrahawks.
4	Renta-Hawks	Andrew T. Smith	Jamie Anderson	25.35	A beautiful island in the pacific - the secret base of Global Rescue. So far – undetected. Outwardly the luxury home to billionaire ex-nightclub owner Dick Branston. But there’s something fishy about this gang of slick would-be heroes – particularly the firm’s backer.
5	Chain of Command	Geraldine Donaldson	Jamie Anderson	32.46	With Zelda missing, the government’s focus is firmly on the Terrahawks, and Ninestein is under serious pressure to cooperate. So when a mysterious device lands in Texas, Kate and Mary must go on a Thelma and Louise style mission to prevent the package getting into the wrong hands.
6	Lights, Camera, Disaster	David Hirsch	Jamie Anderson	32.41	It-Star’s plans for a propaganda movie go awry when Anderburr Pictures’ new owner – Lord Low Grade – decides to make a few alterations to the script.
7	Count Anaconda's Magnificent Orbiting Circus	Terry Adlam	Jamie Anderson	31.58	Roll up, roll up for the most amazing show in the Universe. Malevolent MC Count Anaconda welcomes one and all to the orbiting big top, although the chances are that you may never leave...
8	My Enemy's Enemy	Jamie Anderson	Jamie Anderson	59.21	Hiro and Ninestein finally decode Zelda’s message, and not a moment too soon. The android queen is in trouble – on the run from her greatest foe; a direct descendent of her original master – Prince Zegar of Guk. Finding themselves outgunned and outnumbered, could this be the end of the Terrahawks?

References

1. Bentley, Chris (2008) [2001]. The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide (4 ed.). Richmond, London: Reynolds and Hearn. ISBN 978-1-905287-74-1.
2. The Times newspaper October 83 - February 1984
3. With the exceptions of the two-part pilot, "Expect the Unexpected" (scripted by Gerry Anderson), the Series One episode "From Here To Infinity" and the Series Three episode "The Sporilla" (both scripted by Donald James under pseudonyms) and the Series Two episode, "The Midas Touch" (scripted by Tony Barwick with Trevor Lansdown), all Terrahawks episodes are written by Barwick under various pseudonyms.
4. https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/terrahawks-to-return-on-audio
5. http://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/new-terrahawks-audio-series-cover-episodes-unveiled/
6. https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/terrahawks-stay-on-this-channel---this-is-a-second-series

External links

• List of Terrahawks episodes at the Internet Movie Database
• List of Terrahawks episodes at TV.com
• List of Terrahawks episodes (Series One) at Fanderson.org.uk
• List of Terrahawks episodes (Series Two) at Fanderson.org.uk
• "A Christmas Miracle" Episode Review in Andersonic fanzine