On a Secret Mission (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | In secret mission |
| Original title | Mission: Impossible |
 | |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1988-1990 |
| Production company |
Paramount Television |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Episodes | 35 in 2 seasons |
| genre | Drama , crime , action series |
| idea | Bruce Geller |
| music | Lalo Schifrin |
| First broadcast | October 23, 1988 (USA) on ABC |
| German-language first broadcast |
August 6, 1991 on Das Erste |
| occupation | |
In a Secret Mission (original title Mission: Impossible ) is an American crime series that was produced in 1988 and 1990 by Paramount Television as a new edition and sequel to Kobra, you take over (also Mission: Impossible in the original ). 35 episodes were created, spread over two seasons.
action
Jim Phelps , the secret agent of the Impossible Mission Force (IMF) from the original series, has since retired and works as an instructor for the agency. In the pilot, his former student Tom Copperfield , now the new head of the IMF team, is killed by a professional killer. Due to the death of Copperfield, who was linked by a paternal friendship with Phelps, the latter returns to active service. He puts together a new team from the experts Nicolas Black , Max Harte , Grant Collier and Casey Randall (later Shannon Reed ) and is finally able to fight the assassin. With his new special unit, Phelps takes on further secret special orders all over the world.
production
The idea for the series arose around 1988 at the time of extensive strikes by screenwriters in the American film and television industry. It was planned to shoot the individual episodes as modernized remakes of the old series "Mission: Impossible". In fact, the first four episodes are based on original scripts from the 1960s. When the strikes ended in the meantime and Peter Graves could be signed as Jim Phelps, the previous plans were dropped and people began to produce their own scripts.
Obviously due to budget and production costs, “In a Secret Mission” was filmed entirely in Australia , where all the appropriate locations for the locations around the world were found. For this reason, many well-known Australian and New Zealand actors star in supporting roles, including Marshall Napier , Shane Briant , Bryan Marshall , Henri Szeps , Gerard Kennedy and Peter Curtin . Archive footage was used for the respective locations and views of San Francisco (as the location of the team's base of operations).
Due to low TV ratings, the series was discontinued after the second season. In Germany, “On a secret mission” was initially broadcast on ARD from 1991 onwards, with some episodes being omitted. At the later broadcast dates in the program schedule of the private broadcasters ( ProSieben , Sat. 1 , Kabel1 , ...), “In a secret mission” was then shown in full (except for one episode). In addition, the series opening credits were revised from 1996 due to the successful movie and the series was renamed " Mission Impossible: In a Secret Mission ".
The two seasons (divided into 2 boxes each) were released on DVD in Germany in April and June 2014.
Cast and dubbing
| actor | role | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Graves | Jim Phelps | Klaus Kindler |
| Thaao Penghlis | Nicholas Black | Gudo Hoegel |
| Tony Hamilton | Max Harte | Walter von Hauff |
| Phil Morris | Grant Collier | Ekkehardt Belle |
| Terry Markwell | Casey Randall | Carin C. Tietze |
| Jane Badler | Shannon Reed | Kathrin Simon |
criticism
The lexicon of international films rated the series as "a colorful picture-book adventure without big surprises and differentiated character drawings, not very exciting in the long run."
Episode list
season 1
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast () | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The return | The killer | October 23, 1988 | August 6, 1991 | Cliff Bole | Arthur Weiss |
| 2 | 2 | A surefire system | The system | October 30, 1988 | August 13, 1991 | Cliff Bole | Robert Hamner |
| 3 | 3 | Blood ties | Holograms | November 6, 1988 | August 20, 1991 | Kim Manners | Robert Brennan |
| 4th | 4th | Justice for Barney | The Condemned | November 20, 1988 | August 27, 1991 | Cliff Bole |
Script : Ted Roberts & Michael Fisher Plot : John Truman |
| 5 | 5 | Hitler's legacy | The Legacy | November 26, 1988 | November 4th 1995 | Kim Manners | Michael Lynn & Allan Balter |
| 6th | 6th | The wall | The Wall | December 11, 1988 | November 11, 1995 | Colin Budds | David Phillips |
| 7th | 7th | Dangerous spell | The Cattle King | December 18, 1988 | 3rd September 1991 | Mike Vejar | Ted Roberts |
| 8th | 8th | Checkmate | The pawn | January 15, 1989 | September 10, 1991 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Billy Marshall-Stoneking |
| 9 | 9 | Trapped Killer | The Haunting | January 28, 1989 | 17th September 1991 | Mike Vejar | Michael Fisher |
| 10 | 10 | The riddle of the lions | The Lions | 4th February 1989 | September 24, 1991 | Rob Stewart |
Script : David Phillips Plot : James Crown |
| 11 | 11 | Deceived scammers | The Greek | February 11, 1989 | October 1, 1991 | Colin Budds | Ted Roberts |
| 12 | 12 | Hunger for power | The Fortune | February 18, 1989 | October 8, 1991 | Rod Hardy | Robert Brennan |
| 13 | 13 | The blackmailer | The fixer | February 25, 1989 | October 15, 1991 | Colin Budds | Walter Brough |
| 14th | 14th | The poison factory | Spy | March 18, 1989 | October 22, 1991 | Rob Stewart | Michael Fisher |
| 15th | 15th | Under the sign of Satan | The Devils | March 25, 1989 | January 13, 1996 | Arch Nicholson | Ted Roberts |
| 16 | 16 | Code name Xerxes | The Plague | April 8, 1989 | October 29, 1991 | Colin Budds | Rick Maier |
| 17th | 17th | The lookalike | Reprisal | April 15, 1989 | 5th November 1991 | Rob Stewart | Walter Brough |
| 18th | 18th | On diving station | Submarine | April 29, 1989 | November 12, 1991 | Colin Budds | Dale Duguid |
| 19th | 19th | voodoo | Bayou | May 6, 1989 | February 10, 1996 | Don Chaffey | Jeffrey M. Hayes |
season 2
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast () | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th | 1 | The golden snake (1) | The Golden Serpent: Part 1 | September 21, 1989 | February 17, 1996 | Don Chaffey |
Script : Michael Seims, Ted Roberts & Jeffrey M. Hayes Plot : Michael Seims |
| 21st | 2 | The golden snake (2) | The Golden Serpent: Part 2 | September 28, 1989 | February 24, 1996 | Don Chaffey |
Script : Michael Seims, Ted Roberts & Jeffrey M. Hayes Plot : Michael Seims |
| 22nd | 3 | The coyote | The Princess | 5th October 1989 | July 7, 1992 | Colin Budds | Ted Roberts |
| 23 | 4th | The cross of St. Boniface | Command performance | October 12, 1989 | July 14, 1992 | Arch Nicholson | Robert Brennan |
| 24 | 5 | At the last second | countdown | October 26, 1989 | July 21, 1992 | Brian Trenchard-Smith | Chip Hayes |
| 25th | 6th | War games | War Games | November 2nd 1989 | July 28, 1992 | Rod Hardy | Walter Brough |
| 26th | 7th | Danger from space | Target Earth | November 9, 1989 | August 11, 1992 | Colin Budds | Stephen Kandel |
| 27 | 8th | - not localized - | The Fuehrer's Children | November 16, 1989 | Don Chaffey | Frank Abatemarco | |
| 28 | 9 | The Banshee | banshee | November 30, 1989 | 18th August 1992 | Colin Budds | Ted Roberts |
| 29 | 10 | Everything for art | For Art's Sake | December 14, 1989 | August 25, 1992 | Don Chaffey | John Whelpley |
| 30th | 11 | Total risk | Deadly Harvest | January 6, 1990 | September 1, 1992 | Arch Nicholson | Jan Sardi |
| 31 | 12 | The jungle god | Cargo Cult | January 13, 1990 | April 27, 1996 | Colin Budds | Dale Duguid |
| 32 | 13 | Hunter and hunted | The assassin | January 20, 1990 | September 8, 1992 | Arch Nicholson | Cliff Green |
| 33 | 14th | wild West | The Gunslinger | 3rd February 1990 | 15th September 1992 | Colin Budds |
Script : Ted Roberts Plot : Dan Roberts |
| 34 | 15th | Wedding in Bogota | Church Bells in Bogota | February 10, 1990 | 29th September 1992 | Arch Nicholson | Frank Abatemarco |
| 35 | 16 | Curse of the past | The Sands of Seth | February 24, 1990 | September 22, 1992 | Colin Budds | Jeffrey M. Hayes |
Trivia
- In addition to Peter Graves in a permanent leading role, Greg Morris and Lynda Day George are two other actors from "Kobra, take over" in guest roles.
- Greg Morris , who starred in the original series' Barney Collier , is the father of Phil Morris, who stars as Grant Collier . The father-son relationship was carried over into the series. Morris appears twice, in the episode " Justice for Barney " and the two-parter " The Golden Snake ".
- Terry Markwell dropped out of the series after just twelve episodes. Her character died at the beginning of the episode " Hunger for Power " and was replaced by Jane Badler as Shannon Reed .
- The eighth episode of the second season (" The Fuhrer's Children " ) has not yet been dubbed for German marketing or broadcast on television due to its National Socialist theme (a radical American neo-Nazi politician wants to establish a new terror regime at a European association meeting). Interestingly, with “ Hitler's Legacy ” another episode related to National Socialism (four descendants of former Wehrmacht generals want to create a Fourth Reich with a hidden treasure of gold ) was broadcast on German television.
Web links
- A secret mission in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On a secret mission. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .