• title card: white all caps text outlined in black reading ‘MISSION...’ superimposed on a view of a deserted, dusty country lane
  • title card: the white all caps text outlined in black has changed to read ‘MISSION... HIGHLY IMPROBABLE’ superimposed on a view of a deserted, dusty country lane
  • The shrunken Captain Gifford stares up at the telephone which dwarfs him
  • The Saracen armoured car is bombarded by artillery
  • Steed, reduced to minature size, tries to use Schaffer’s telephone to get help from Emma, the similarly shrunken Saracen is also on Schaffer’s desk
  • Steed stalks along the skirting board, wielding a (to him) huge pen as a weapon
  • Emma turns her back to Steed and asks him if ‘everything’ has returned to normal
  • video - It sounds like rain, so Steed galantly offers Emma his much-shrunken umbrella and turns up the collar of his suit

Series 5 — Episode 24
Mission... Highly Improbable

by Philip Levene
Directed by Robert Day

Steed falls into enemy hands
Emma is cut down to size

Read the dialogue sheets (PDF 636KB)

Production No E.66.6.24
Production completed: September 22 1967. First transmission: November 15 1967.

Cast

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John Steed Patrick Macnee regular007
Emma Peel Diana Rigg regular007Doctor Who
Shaffer Ronald Radd regularDanger ManThe PrisonerThe SaintCallanRandall and HopkirkThe ChampionsJason KingDepartment S
Susan Rushton Jane Merrow Danger ManThe PrisonerThe SaintRandall and HopkirkUFO
Professor L. T. Rushton Noel Howlett Danger Man
Dr. Matthew Andrew Chivers Francis Matthews regularThe Saint
Colonel Drew Richard Leech regularAdam Adamant007Dad’s ArmyDanger ManDoctor WhoThe SaintJason King
Josef Stefan Gryff The SaintThe SweeneyJason King
Captain Gifford Nicholas Courtney regularDoctor WhoThe SaintJason KingRandall and HopkirkCallanThe Champions
Sir Gerald Bancroft Kevin Stoney regularDoctor WhoDanger ManThe PrisonerBlake’s 7The SaintSpace 1999
Sergeant Peter Clay regularBlake’s 7Indiana Jones
Corporal Johnson Nigel Rideout Dad’s Army
Blonde Cynthia Bizeray regular
Brunette Nicole Shelby regularThe Saint
(Not shown in final episode)
Henrick Nosher Powell regular007The SaintStar WarsCarry On..Randall and HopkirkAdam AdamantThe SweeneyDepartment SPink Panther
Karl Dinny Powell regularDoctor WhoThe Prisoner007Blake’s 7Adam AdamantPink Panther (billed as Denny Powell)
Rider Max Latimer regular007
Rider Mike Reid regularDoctor WhoThe SaintThe ChampionsDepartment S
Soldier unknown
Soldier unknown
Soldier unknown
Soldier unknown
Soldier unknown
Soldier unknown
Major Terence Conoley regularThe PrisonerDad’s ArmyCarry On..
Captain unknown
Lieutenant Chris Webb regular007Doctor WhoThe SaintThe ProfessionalsBlake’s 7The SweeneyStar WarsIndiana Jones
Officer unknown
Officer unknown
Scientist unknown
Scientist unknown
VIP guest William Gossling regularDoctor WhoDad’s Army
VIP guest Elaine Duffett
VIP guest unknown
VIP guest Eden Fox regularDoctor WhoCallan
VIP guest George Holdcroft regularCarry On..The PrisonerThe SaintThe Sweeney
VIP guest unknown
Credits Legend:
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Credited in press but not on screen
Credited in paperwork only
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® : illustrated from other sources

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