Business Holiday

Business Holiday
Air date	29 December 1968
Written by	Tony Barwick
Directed by	Alan Perry
Edited by	Len Cleal
Production Order
previous	Relative Danger
next	King For A Day
Broadcast Order
previous	The Unorthodox Shepherd
next	Arctic Adventure

Business Holiday is the 14th broadcast episode and 10th produced episode of British television series Joe 90.

Plot

Joe 90 is given the brain pattern of an Army Colonel and carries out a vital and hazardous military operation.

Synopsis

Professor McClaine and Joe 90 are planning a holiday and therefore reject Sam Loover's appeal for help on a new assignment. Apparently accepting defeat, he suggests that Borova would be an ideal spot for a vacation. They go there, only to find that Sam has tricked them, this is just where he wants them for the assignment he has in mind! The new government in Borova has ordered the World Army to evacuate the Beneleta base, and the World Army has pulled out on the understanding that the base would be dismantled. But WIN agents have reported that the new government have not done any dismantling and are using the base for their own ends. For the sake of world peace, the base must be destroyed. But the only man with the right experience and intimate knowledge of the base's advanced warning system is Colonel Henderson, and he has been injured. Joe is therefore given his brain pattern, and embarks on a hazardous military operation to destroy the base.

Cast

Regular Cast

Joe McClaine
(Len Jones)

Professor Ian McClaine
(Rupert Davies)

Sam Loover
(Keith Alexander)

Shane Weston
(David Healy)

Guest Cast

Major
(David Healy)

Lieutenant
(Keith Alexander)

Colonel Henderson
(Shane Rimmer)

Hotel Clerk
(Sylvia Anderson)

Taxi Driver
(Shane Rimmer)

Shop Assistant
(Keith Alexander)

Equipment Used

Passanger jet

Taxi

World Army

Hovercraft

Lorry

Half-track vehicle

A14 Attack vehicle

Transport Submarine

Borovian Army

Tank

Hovertank

Ground-to-Air Missiles

Locations

Beneleta base

Hotel Borova

Trivia

• Music from Supercar, Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons can be heard in this episode.
• The tank is the same one that was used as the Unitron in the Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episode Point 783.
• The passanger jet was previously Flight 104 from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons.
• The destruction of the Beneleta base was a reused clip from The Most Special Agent.

v - e - d

Characters World Intelligence Network: Joe McClaine • Professor Ian McClaine • Sam Loover • Shane Weston Others: Ada Harris Revamp Puppets Episodes The Most Special Agent • Most Special Astronaut • Project 90 • Hi-Jacked • Colonel McClaine • The Fortress • King For A Day • International Concerto • Splashdown • Big Fish • Relative Danger • Operation McClaine • The Unorthodox Shepherd • Business Holiday • Arctic Adventure • Double Agent • Three's A Crowd • The Professional • The Race • Talkdown • Breakout • Child Of The Sun God • See You Down There • Lone-Handed 90 • Attack Of The Tiger • Viva Cordova • Mission X-41 • Test Flight • Trial At Sea • The Birthday Compilation Film The Amazing Adventures of Joe 90 Equipment BIG RAT • Joe's Glasses • Joe's Case Vehicles Mac's Car • Sam Loover's Car Locations McClaine's Cottage • W.I.N. Headquarters