UFO

1970 - 1973 TV-PG 45m 7.9

The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization, which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.

In 1980, the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts. A highly secret military organization is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization is named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) and operates from a secret location beneath a film studio. They also operate a fleet of submarines and have a base on the moon as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs. UFOs can be destroyed in space by Interceptors which are launched from Moonbase. If one gets through it can be attacked in the Earth's atmosphere by a high altitude aircraft launched from one of the submarines. If a UFO also avoids this and manages to land it can be tracked and destroyed by a number of Mobiles (armored vehicles) which are deployed throughout the world.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Identified

1. Identified

Aired: Sep 16, 1970

SHADO - an acronym for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization - is l...

Episode 2 Exposed

2. Exposed

Aired: Sep 23, 1970

Colonel Paul Foster is a test pilot whose aircraft is accidentally caught up ...

Episode 4 Conflict

4. Conflict

Aired: Oct 7, 1970

Lunar Module 32 is destroyed when a limpet craft operated by the aliens attac...

Episode 6 E.S.P.

6. E.S.P.

Aired: Oct 21, 1970

John Croxley is a man with Extra Sensory Perception, which enables him to rea...

Episode 7 Kill Straker!

7. Kill Straker!

Aired: Nov 4, 1970

Paul Foster and his co-pilot Frank Craig are attacked by a UFO which infiltra...

Episode 8 Sub-Smash

8. Sub-Smash

Aired: Nov 11, 1970

After an underwater UFO has attacked and sunk a freight ship in the ocean, St...

Episode 9 Destruction

9. Destruction

Aired: Dec 2, 1970

Aliens attempt to destroy a naval ship dumping toxic waste into the ocean but...

Episode 10 The Square Triangle

10. The Square Triangle

Aired: Dec 9, 1970

Liz Newton and her lover Cass are planning the murder of Liz's husband Jack. ...

Episode 11 Close Up

11. Close Up

Aired: Dec 16, 1970

Straker and the SHADO team are invited to sit in on the test for an immensely...

Episode 12 The Psychobombs

12. The Psychobombs

Aired: Dec 30, 1970

A trio of innocent civilians, Linda Simmonds, Clem Mason and Daniel Clark are...

Episode 13 Survival

13. Survival

Aired: Jan 6, 1971

Foster is stranded on the Moon and another astronaut is killed following an a...

Episode 14 Mindbender

14. Mindbender

Aired: Jan 13, 1971

Lieutenant Andy Conroy is investigating a crash involving an alien craft on t...

Episode 15 Flight Path

15. Flight Path

Aired: Jan 20, 1971

Paul Roper is a SHADO technician with a pretty, younger wife and aliens have ...

Episode 17 The Dalotek Affair

17. The Dalotek Affair

Aired: Feb 10, 1971

A meteorite lands on the Moon following an abortive UFO attack and the Moonba...

Episode 18 Timelash

18. Timelash

Aired: Feb 17, 1971

Cmdr Ed Straker and Col Virginia Lake disappear and are discovered unconsciou...

Episode 19 Ordeal

19. Ordeal

Aired: Apr 14, 1971

Following a wild night out with a girl called Sylvia, Foster is receiving a r...

Episode 20 Court Martial

20. Court Martial

Aired: May 1, 1971

When Straker complains to Henderson that his phone has been tapped he is told...

Episode 21 Computer Affair

21. Computer Affair

Aired: May 15, 1971

Three Interceptors are sent to frustrate a UFO attack but one collides with t...

Episode 23 The Sound of Silence

23. The Sound of Silence

Aired: Jul 17, 1971

An alien craft lands in woodland near the home of horseman Russell Stone. Whe...

Episode 26 The Long Sleep

26. The Long Sleep

Aired: Mar 15, 1973

Ten years earlier Straker accidentally knocked Catherine Frazer down in his c...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: Associated Television

Genres: Sci-Fi, Action