THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E.

Excerpted from
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Book - The Behind-the-Scenes Story of a Television Classic , by Jon Heitland, (c) 1987
Used with permission from author

7:30 p.m. EST Tuesdays For the entire season: Executive Producer: Norman Felton U.N.C.L.E. Format Developed by: Sam Rolfe Producer: Douglas Benton Associate Producers: George Lehr, Max Hodge Supervising Producer: David Victor Supervising Film Editor: John Dunning Recording Supervisor: Franklin Milton Director of Photography: Harkness Smith Music Supervisor: Al Mack * (Supervising) Set Decorator: Henry Grace (Supervising) Art Director: George Davis Art Director: Charles K. Hagedon * All supervising positions for Girl were the same as on Man with this exception; Henry Lojewski supervised the music for the first episode.

1. The Dog Gone Affair

Apollo Zakinthios (Kurt Kaznar) plans to use Apathane, a slow-motion gas, for THRUSH. He tests it on a Greek island, and April Dancer jets to the island with a dachshund whose fleas carry the antidote. Mark makes friends with lovely Tuesday Hajadakis (Luciana Paluzzi). April loses the dog. She is captured by Apollo, and hung over a piranha pit.

Prod. #8622
Airdate: September 13, 1966
Writer: Tony Barrett
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: April 18, 1967

2. The Prisoner of Zalamar Affair
April masquerades as Princess Fatima when the vizier (Michael Ansara) of Zalamar murders the sheik to gain power for himself.

Prod. #8611
Airdate: September 20, 1966
Writer: Max Hodge
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: April 25, 1967

3. The Mother Muffin Affair
Mother Muffin (Boris Karloff) and Rodney (Bernard Fox) head a group of murderers who try to keep April and Solo from returning the daughter of Vito Pomade (Bruce Gordon) to the U.S., his price for testifying against a criminal organization. A haypenny for a fortune machine is the clue to the girl's location. Mother intends to make wax figures of Solo and April.

Prod. #8611
Airdate: September 27, 1966
Writer: Joseph Calvelli
Director: Sherman Marks
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Jack Kampshroer
Music: Dave Grusin
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: March 2, 1967

4. The Mata Hari Affair
April assumes the identity of Marta Hurens, an exotic dancer killed while carrying vital information for U.N.C.L.E., in a new play about Mata Hari. mark bluffs that he has a photo of the killer and the director, Sir Terrance Keats (Edward Mulhare), panics and tries to kill both of them.

Prod. #8617
Airdate: October 4, 1966
Writer: Samuel Peeples
Director: Joseph Sargent
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: May 9, 1967

5. The Montori Device Affair
April poses as a buyer to get next to fashion model Chu-Chu (Dee Hartford), who April suspects knows something of a new THRUSH device that is destroying U.N.C.L.E.'s communications. Mark disguises himself as a policeman guarding fashion designer Conrad Brassano (Edward Andrews), a THRUSH agent. Brasano arranges a special showing for a VIP and his wife, at which Professor Budge (John Carradine) uses a special tuning fork to hypnotize him into helping plot the assassination of several world leaders at an upcoming meeting.

Prod. #8601
Airdate: October 11, 1966
Writer: Boris Sobelman
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: None

6. The Horns of the Dilemma Affair
THRUSH kidnaps three scientists who have developed a high speed rocket. April hoes to the home of Alejandro DeSada (Fernando Lamas), a THRUSH agent in Mexico, and runs afoul of Sarita (Sandra Sullivan), DeSada's jealous girlfriend. DeSada finds out April is a spy and tries to kill her in the bullring.

Prod. #8606
Airdate: October 18, 1966
Writer: Tony Barrett
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Jack Marshall
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: None

7. The Danish Blue Affair
Stanley Umlaunt (Dom DeLuise) a master imposter, accidentally eats a Danish blue cheese dressing with a microdot for a Sonic Propulsion Underwater Demolition weapon developed by THRUSH to destroy a ship, the Remos. Ole Bergman (Lloyd Bochner), the THRUSH head of the operation, has Stanley kidnapped for surgical removal of the dot, and April must try to rescue Stanley before the surgery.

Prod. #8615
Airdate: October 25, 1966
Writer: Arthur Weingarten
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: August 22, 1967

8. The Garden of Evil Affair
An ancient cult plans to kidnap Greta Wolfe (Sabrina Scharf), the only descendent of their founder, so they can reincarnate him into her body with a new serum that both THRUSH and U.N.C.L.E. want. April poses as Greta, and is taken to a Middle East tomb, where she is about to become their doomed guinea pig.

Prod. #8605
Airdate: November 1, 1966
Writers: John O'Dea, Arthur Rowe
Director: Jud Taylor
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Jeff Alexander, Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: None

9. The Atlantis Affair.
April and Mark encounter Professor Antrum (Sidney Blackmer), who maintains he has fount th entrance to Atlantis, as well as some deadly laser crystals there that THRUSH wants, on the estate of Honore Le Gallows (Claude Woolman), an eccentric who pretends it's the seventeenth century. Vic Ryan (Denny Miller) takes them to Le Gallows, where April ends up in a sword duel with Le Gallows.

Prod. #8609
Airdate: November 15, 1966
Writer: Richard Matheson
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: August 15, 1967

10. The Paradise Lost Affair.
April and Mark, investigating a THRUSH ship, become shipwrecked on Lost Paradise Island, inhabited by several eccentrics led by Genghis Gomez VIII (Monte Landis). April is forced to marry Liverpool 'Enry (Chips Rafferty), but THRUSH agents arrive and she finds herself in an even worse predicament.

Prod. #8621
Airdate: November 22, 1966
Writers: John O'Dea and Arthur Rowe
Director: Alf Kjellin
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: May 16, 1967

11. The Lethal Eagle Affair
Franz Joseph (Michael Wilding) develops a molecular reorganizer for THRUSH agent Gita Volander (Margaret Leighton). Count Egan (Cesare Danova), another THRUSH agent, takes a liking to April, who poses as a lab assistant. Gita takes April to a local discotheque to find a human subject, Dieter (Brian Avery), for the device. But what none of them know is that the machine destroys matter instead of transporting it.

Prod. #8626
Airdate: November 29, 1966
Writer: Robert Hill
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: May 23, 1967

12. The Romany Lie Affair
Sadvaricci (Lloyd Bochner), a gypsy circus owner, murders several wealthy women after a fortune teller, Mama Rosha (Gladys Cooper), advises them to sell their stock. April joins the circus as an aerialist, but a jealous sharpshooter maned Panthea (Anna Mizrahi) twice tries to kill her. Mark, as a clown, tries to help April, who ends up locked in a cage with an angry bear.

Prod. #8630
Airdate: December 6, 1966
Writer: Tony Barrett
Director: Richard Sarafian
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: May 30, 1967

13. The Little John Doe Affair
April is assigned to protect Joey Celeste (Pernell Roberts), a witness in a rackets case..But Little John Doe (Wally Cox), a mild mannered assassin, is hired to see that he does not testify. Celeste becomes attracted to April, who finds herself returning the feelings.

Prod. #8628
Airdate: December 13, 1966
Writer: Joseph Calvelli
Director: Leo Penn
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: None

14. The Jewels of Topango Affair
April and Mark set off for Topango, a jewel rich African nation, to help protect its treasury. But Natasha Brimstone (Leslie Uggams) poses as an U.N.C.L.E. agent in April's place. Prince Nicholas (Booker Bradshaw) takes a liking to Natasha, who is actually part of the plot to steal the jewels. Mark is sentenced to die when his cover is blown.

Prod. #8614
Airdate: December 20, 1966
Writer: Berne Giler
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Arthur Jacobsen
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Dave, Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: None

15. The Faustus Affair
A satanic character named B. Elsie Bubb (Raymond Massey) offers to grant any wish in exchange for a color-extracting machine developed by Professor Quantum (Tom Bosley). Bubb intends to use the device to turn the world's art treasures white. Bosley falls in love with April, who is assigned to stop Bubb.

Prod. #8613
Airdate: December 27, 1966
Writer: Jerry McNeely
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: None

16. The U.F.O. Affair
April is kidnapped because she knows the identity of a crime figure planning to loot the gold treasury of Kuwait, Salim ibn Hydari (Fernando Lamas). He takes her to his harem in Africa. Mark poses as a reporter and goes to the harem, and with the help of harem girl Nur (Janet MacLachlan) tries to rescue April.

Prod. #8623
Airdate: January 3, 1967
Writer: Warren Duff
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: April 25, 1967

17. The Moulin Ruse Affair
Dr. Toulouse (Shelley Berman) has developed Vitamin Q, a super-strength pill, and blackmails U.N.C.L.E. after demonstrating its power. Mark visits Toulouse's friend Nadia Marcolescu (Yvonne DeCarlo), but Toulouse arrives and tries to use him as a guinea pig for the pill.

Prod. #8610
Airdate: January 17, 1967
Writer: Jay Sims, Fred Eggers
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: June 13, 1967

18. The Catacomb and Dogma Affair
Prince Boriarsi (Eduardo Ciannelli) plans to loot the Vatican treasury, but captures April when she investigates. Mark frees April, but in the process a young girl who helped him, Adriana Rafaelli (danielle DeMetz), is captured, and Mark and April return to rescue her.

Prod. #8629
Airdate: January 24, 1967
Former Titles: "The Curia Affair"
Writer: Warren Duff
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: June 20, 1967
Note: This episode was preempted January 10, 1967, got Present Johnson's State of the Union Address.

19. The Drublegratz Affair
In Drublegratz, Princess Rapunzel (Patricia Barry) pays Dr. Gork (Vito Scotti) to assassinate Prince Efram (Christopher Held) so she can take over the country. April, as a go-go dancer, and Mark, as a musician, discover that Gork has written a particular song that will cause a glacier to avalanche and kill the prince.

Prod. #8625
Airdate: January 31, 1967
Writer: Boris Sobelman
Director: Mitchell Leisen y
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: June 27, 1967

20. The Fountain of Youth Affair
Baroness Ingrid Blangsted (Gena Rowlands) uses a rejuvenation serum to get power of world leaders through their vain wives at her beauty spa. April and Mark follow Madame Dao (Miiko Taka), the wife of a head of state, to the spa and the baroness injects Mark with a serum that makes him eighty years old.

Prod. #8605
Airdate: February 7, 1967
Writers: Robert Bloch, Richard DeRoy
Director: E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Jack Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: July 4, 1967

21. The Carpathian Caper Affair
Mother Magda, a THRUSH agent operating as a soup canner, plans to replace world leaders with exact doubles. Mark obtains a tape of her plan, but newly wed Shirley Fummer (Joyce Jameson) thinks he is a spy for her father, who disapproves of her marriage to Herbert Fummer (Stan Freberg), and takes the tape. April arrives to help Mark, and she and Herbert are put into a giant toaster.

Prod. #8631
Airdate: February 14, 1966
Writer: Arthur Weingarten
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: July 18, 1967

22. The Furnace Flats Affair
THRUSH wants to obtain laser crystals from a gold mine, which has been left by a prospector to whomever can reenact his mother's ride across Death Valley in the 1800's. Packer Jo (Peggy Lee) holds a race between April, THRUSH agent Dolly X (Ruth Roman), and Ladybug Byrd (Susan Browning) to determine the winner.

Prod. #8603
Airdate: February 21, 1966
Writer: Archie Tegland
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: None

23. Low Blue C Affair
When a crime syndicate leader is killed by his own bodyguard, Mark enlists in the bodyguard school run by Sir Cecil Seabrook (Victor Buono) and Miss Bessie Twickum (Lynn Bari). April learns from stripper Ida Marx (Barbara Nichols) that the slain man was setting up the world's richest poker game, where Seabrook and Twickum plan to kill the players with their bodyguards and steal the lucrative pot.

Prod. #8632
Airdate: February 28, 1966
Writers: Berne and David Giler
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: July 25, 1967

24. The Petit Prix Affair
April and Mark go to the site of the Petit Prix race in France to intercept a planned hijacking of a truckload of U.S. money. April encounters Professor Pamplemousse (Marcel Hillaire) and Desiree d'Oeuf (Nanette Fabray), who head a group of commandos who are masterminding the heist as a training exercise. The money is put into a hot-air balloon for the getaway, and April, Mark, and several others pursue it in the go-carts of the Petit Prix.

Prod. #8634
Airdate: March 7, 1967
Writer: Robert Hill
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editors: Jack Kampschroer, David Gill
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: August 1, 1967

25. The Phi Beta Killer Affair
When a crime syndicate leader is killed by his own bodyguard, Mark enlists in the bodyguard school run by Sir Cecil Seabrook (Victor Buono) and Miss Bessie Twickum (Lynn Bari). April learns from stripper Ida Marx (Barbara Nichols) that the slain man was setting up the world's richest poker game, where Seabook and Twickum plan to kill the players with their bodyguards and steal the lucrative pot.

Prod. #8619
Airdate: March 14, 1967
Writer: Jackson Gillis
Director: Barry Shear
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: None

26. The Double-O-Nothing Affair
Mark secrets a tape of valuable THRUSH information in a car, but loses it when the car drives off. The owner of the car, Sydney Morgan (Sorrell Booke), places an add in the paper, saying the tape is for sale. April finds Sydney, but they are both captured by THRUSH leader George Kramer (Ed Asner).

Prod. #8638
Airdate: March 21, 1967
Writer: Dean Hargrove
Director: John Brahm
Assistant Director: Dick Bennett
Editor: Albert P. Wilson
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: August 8, 1967

27. The U.N.C.L.E. Samurai Affair
In Hawaii, April and Mark seek a Japanese war criminal by contracting his sister, Sumata (Signe Hasso). They discover a stolen submarine, and Mark ends up fighting a cleverly disguised Sumata in a sword duel.

Prod. #8636
Airdate: March 28, 1978
Former Title: "The Killer Wave Affair"
Writer: Tony Barrett
Director: Alf Kjellin
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Rogers
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: James Berkey
Rerun Date: August 29, 1967

28. The High and Deadly Affair
Dr. Merek (Murray Matheson) has invented a substance spread by birds that is capable of killing the human race. Dr. Hawkins has developed an antidote. Both men are on board a plane, and April, as a stewardess, must keep Merek from killing Hawkins during the flight even though she does not know which passengers are the two scientists.

Prod. #8620
Airdate: April 4, 1967
Writer: Jameson Brewer
Director: Dick Bennett
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Rerun Date: None

29. The Kooky Spook Affair
April is threatened when she is a witness in a case, so Waverly sends her to stay until the trial in an English manor, Mark and April encounter Lady Bramwich (Estelle Winwood) and her son Cecil (Harvey Jason), who want to kill Mark so they can inherit the manor, as does Heatchcliff (John Orchard) and Treacle, the butler (Arthur Malet).

Prod. #8640
Airdate: April 11, 1967
Writers: John O'Dea, Arthur Rowe
Director: Dick Bennett
Assistant Director: Ray DeCamp
Editor: John Kampschroer
Music: Dave Grusin, Richard Shores
Set Decorator: Richard Spero
Rerun Date: None

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