A Little Art

A Little Art
Air date	29 April 1961
Written by	Martin And Hugh Woodhouse
Directed by	Alan Pattillo
Edited by	Gordon Davie
Production Order
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Broadcast Order
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next	Flight Of Fancy

A Little Art is the 11th produced, and the 14th broadcast, episode of the British television series Supercar.

Plot

When a painting Dr. Beaker just purchased is stolen from him, he discovers that it contained a clue to the secret hiding place of a forger's plates for printing counterfeit money...and someone is now intent on finding them!

Cast

Regular Cast

Mike Mercury
(Graydon Gould)

Jimmy Gibson
(Sylvia Anderson)

Professor Popkiss
(George Mercell)

Mitch the Monkey
(David Graham)

Dr. Horatio Beaker
(David Graham)

Guest Cast

Steindorf
(David Graham)

Jodie Mellon
(Graydon Gould)

Switchboard Operator
Sylvia Anderson

Trivia

Art, for art's sake? (Well...)

• Forger Bud Hassler was arrested near the Mexican border on 5th March 1929, which Steindorf says was 30 years ago.
• Professor Popkiss remembers the Hassler case being reported in all the newspapers when he came to America, that same year.
• Counterfeit money also pops up in the episode The Sky's The Limit (involving yet another of Masterspy's schemes to get possession of Supercar).
• Mike recalls flying over the Sleeper Range in Amazonian Adventure.
• The telephone number of Black Rock Laboratory is Black Rock 1.
• This episode includes one of Mike's more memorable lines: "The things I do for you, Doc!" (Sounds a bit familiar, Thunderbirds fans? Hint: see the episode Cry Wolf.)
• And, speaking of Thunderbirds: Dr. Beaker's painting makes a "cameo" appearance (in color!) in the Thunderbirds 1965 episode Introducing Thunderbirds.