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Launching The Pilot

Reviewing TV pilots old and newish, on twitter Launching The Pilot @LaunchingTPilot, email launchingthepilot@gmail.com

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36:39

The Investigator (1973)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/11/09

Episode 405 is Gerry Anderson's The Investigator The Investigator, a benevolent alien from a distant galaxy, selects an Earth boy and girl, John and Julie, to assist him in his mission to make their world a better place. The pair are miniaturized to assist The Investigator more easily, and assigned to prevent the theft by Stavros Karanti of a 14th century masterpiece from a church on Malta. John and Julie are presented with a car and a boat, scaled to accommodate their miniaturized size, and set

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62:42

Into Infinity (1975)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/11/02

Episode 404 is Gerry Anderson's Into Infinity (1975)The crew of the lightship Altares are lost in space when the craft is struck by a meteor shower and goes out of control. Also know as "The Day After Tomorrow"

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69:19

Hammer House Of Horror (1980)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/09/21

Episode 403 is Hammer House Of Horror (1980)"Witching Time" The ghost of a witch returns to her place of residence before she died, a rural farm, and possesses one of the current occupants.

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01:13:00

Samllville (2001)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/08/31

Episode 402 is Smallville (2001)"Pilot" Baby Kal-El lands on earth and is found by the Kents. Kal-El is named Clark by Jonathan and Martha and tries to live a normal teenage life. This is somewhat of a challenge given his developing abilities. He becomes fast friends with Lex Luthor after saving Lex's life. Same plot used as the aired pilot except for some extension to certain scenes and Cynthia Ettinger portraying the role of Martha Kent before Annette O' Toole takes her place for the rest of the

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01:05:16

Supergirl (2015)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/08/24

Episode 401 is Supergirl (2015)"Pilot" Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, cousin of Superman, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 12 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them.

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49:10

Here Come The Double Deckers ! (1970)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/08/16

Episode 400 is Here Come The Double Deckers !(1970)"Tiger Takes Off" The gang try and build a hovercraft though disaster strikes when Tiger gets trapped in it and ends up being chased all over town.

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49:26

Battlestar Galactica Part 3 (1978)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/08/02

Episode 399 is Battlestar Galactica Part 3 (1978) Episode 3 After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth

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01:06:12

Battlestar Galactica part 2 (1978)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/07/10

Episode 398 is Battlestar Galactica part 2 (1978)Episode 2 When the fleet stops at the planet Carillon to refuel and pick up supplies, a newly-elected member of the Council seizes power from Commander Adama.

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01:01:43

Battlestar Galactica (part One, 1978)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/06/28

Episode 397 is Battlestar Galactica (1978, part one)Episode 1 part 0ne When the Cylons trick the human fleet and destroy all its ships except the Battlestar Galactica, Commander Adama gathers up the remaining humans from the 12 colony worlds and leads them in search of the legendary 13th colony: Earth.

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01:08:35

Bonanza (1959)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/06/21

Episode 396 is Bonanza (1959)"A Rose for Lotta" Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights.

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49:12

Highway To Heaven part 2 (1984)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/06/12

Episode 395 is Part 2 of Highway To Heaven (1984)"Highway to Heaven part 2" When Mark Gordon's investigation starts getting too close, Jonathan must reveal his true identity and purpose to Mark in order to successfully complete his assignment.

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01:03:27

Highway To Heaven Part1 (1984)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/06/06

Episode 394 is Highway To Heaven Part one (1984)"Highway To Heaven" Jonathan Smith, an angel, arrives at a retirement home to help not only the occupants but also an employee named Leslie Gordon. However, Leslie's brother Mark, a jaded and bitter former police officer, is suspicious of Jonathan.

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42:34

So Haunt Me (1992)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/05/30

Episode 393 is So Haunt Me (1992) "A Haunted House" Recently made redundant from his job in advertising Pete Rokeby moves,with his wife Sally,teen-aged daughter Tammy,little son David and their dog to a much smaller house,which smells of chicken soup. Hearing noises in the night Sally investigates and meets the ghost of Yetta Feldman,a Jewish former occupant of the house who choked to death on a chicken bone twenty-one years earlier and has seen off seventeen previous sets of house-holders. Pete and

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52:43

B J And The Bear part 2 (1978)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/05/05

Episode 392 is part 2 of B J and the Bear (1978)"The Foundlings" Part 2 B. J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with a bunch of young women trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff.

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01:07:00

B J And The Bear (1978)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/04/18

Episode 391 is B J And The Bear (1978)"The Foundlings" Part 1 B. J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with a bunch of young women trying to flee a white slaver who happens to be the local sheriff.

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45:14

The Day Of The TriffIds (1981)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/03/23

Episode 390 is The DayOf The Triffids (1981)"Episode 1" Bill, who works at a farm for deadly plants called triffids, was temporarily blinded by one of them and is now in hospital. The hour approaches for the bandages over his eyes to come off, but a strange silence pervades the room.

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49:24

The Swiss Family Robinson (1974)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/03/16

Episode 389 is The Swiss Family Robinson (1974)"The Arrival" In 1801, a family from Switzerland is shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. All wash ashore safely except their younger son Franz, who is presumed dead.

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01:16:17

Lucan (1977)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/03/09

Episode 388 is Lucan (1977)"Pilot" A 20-year old who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by predatory animals now strikes out on his own in search of his identity.

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57:33

Mr Merlin (1981)

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/03/02

Episode 387 is Mr Merlin (1981)"Pilot" Merlin, who nowadays operates an auto mechanics shop, meets Zac, who he takes on as his new apprentice in both sorcery and fixing cars.

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50:58

Sheena Queen of the Jungle

Launching The Pilot ·

2025/02/15

Episode 386 is Sheena Queen Of The Jungle (1955)"Crash in the Jungle" Sheena rescues bush pilot Andy Howard, when his plane crashes in the jungle. Andy was delivering film containing rare footage of a secretive native tribe that had been filmed by Clare Graham, a documentary film maker. Andy is convinced that his plane was sabotaged

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