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Ricochet

Just when it seems Alan and Brains will have to endure another story about the good old days of space exploration, Jeff Tracy is distracted by what Tin Tin considers music. Jeff may be a little out of touch with what's hip, but the music he hates so much broadcasts from a pirate radio station orbiting the earth. Tin Tin fails to see the harm caused by her favorite DJ, but Jeff does, saying that an unregulated satellite could cause a serious accident among all the other countless government-sanctioned ones. Right on cue, a rocket suffers a malfunction shortly after blastoff, and must be taken out after veering off course. Unaware of the music satellite's existence, mission control destroys the rocket right near it. The violent explosion jolts the vessel out of orbit, forcing the DJ and his engineer aboard on a slow descent toward Earth. Still worse, the engineer is trapped in the airlock after surveying the damage outside. Can anything save the DJ from a deadly crash and his engineer fr

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  • Originally Aired November 6, 1966
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-Y7
  • Production Code 32
  • Network ITV1
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Created March 1, 2020 by
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  • Modified January 1, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Tony Barwick Writer
David Graham Guest Star
Ray Barrett Guest Star
Charles 'Bud' Tingwell Guest Star International Space Control (voice) (uncredited)
Sylvia Anderson Guest Star
Jeremy Wilkin Guest Star
Brian Burgess Director