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Father Unwin awaits a midnight call from Matthew. Both wear hearing aids which are transmitter/receivers. It is important that they have this means of keeping in touch while they are on a mission.

The Bishop sits in his office at his desk. On the desk is a plaque bearing the letters B.I.S.H.O.P. which mean British Intelligence Service Headquarters Operation Priest. Father Unwin is the top agent for this branch of the Secret Service.

Father Unwin and Matthew discuss the progress of the flowers in the Vicarage garden. Matthew's cover is that of a slow talking, country gardener. On a mission the disguise is gone and he becomes the effcient agent.

Father Unwin and Matthew are having a meal at the Vicarage, served by Mrs. Appleby. She is the housekeeper at the Vicarage and knows nothing of the double lives that the two lead. She frequently scolds Matthew for what she puts down as lazines.

After a hair-raising journey Lady Martha arrives at her destination hoping to get her hands on a counterfeit plate. She is a member of an ill-assorted gang who's plans are foiled by Father Unwin.

Matthew studies the controls of a speedboat as it careers on towards destruction. It is loaded with high explosives, and any impact will detonate them. He must stop the boat at all costs.

High in his watchtower a Prison Guard fires at a prisoner who is attempting a successful and daring jailbreak. The man, a traitor called Blake, escapes by helicopter, but is justly recaptured by Father Unwin and Matthew.

Father Unwin is bound and gagged. The situation looks deperate but help is at hand. Matthew, who has been minimised, appears from the suitcase and releases his master.

Matthew in his minimised form is not much bigger than the flower pots that he stands behind. He has concealed himself here in the hideout so that he can relay any important information back to Father Unwin.

Matthew carefully looks around to see if anyone has noticed his presence. On the trail of a team of saboteurs, this is their car and he plans to hitch a free ride back to their secret hideout.

Father Unwin hag been strapped in the Clam Recliner in the Therapy Theatre at the eccentric Dr. Clam's Health Clinic. It seems that he is helpless to stop Dr. Clam's fiendish plans.

A saboteur leaves Dr. Clam's Therapy Theatre. Father Unwin is helpless in the Clam Recliner and can only watch as the man sets off to tamper with some experimental fuel being used by a new racing car.

This mission takes Father Unwin to an army base, and so he has put on his old Padre's uniform to help his cover. An attempt is to be made to sabotage a new, highly advanced tank.

Father Unwin stands with what appear to be two other clergymen. They are, in fact, two members of a gang who all use this disguise as a cover to their activities. The Father uses his normal dress to infiltrate the gang.

Father Unwin has been put under suspicion by one of the gang posing as a clergymen. The Father has infiltrated the gang by claiming to be an expert and as proof has been ordered to identify several type of explosive.

Matthew rides a torpedo away from the tube which leads to a desalinisation plant. He has only seconds to guide it to where the explosion can do no harm to the plant.

Matthew has been minimised and wears an asbestos suit to shield him from the terrible heat given off by the aircraft engine. His job is to turn off the engine's fuel supply therefore forcing the plane to land so that a valuable mini-computer can be recovered.

In Father Unwin's dream he sees himself and Matthew captured by natives in the African jungle. His mission is to get urgent medical supplies to a lonely outpost deep in the huge continent.

A jet pilot hangs helplessly by a parachute from a tree after being outmanoeuvred by Father Unwin in his flying Model T Ford. Forced to crash-land he dismally relays the news back to his commanding officer.

In a crazy dream Father Unwin and Matthew, dressed in old fashioned flying gear, prepare to take off for Africa with urgently required medical supplies. Many adventures befall them before the journey is over.

Father Unwin and Matthew are in the Vicarage study. The Father has received a call from the Bishop that will send them off on another exciting assignment. Once again the unusual methods of Father Unwin have been called upon.

Father Unwin in the pulpit of his Church addreses his parishioners. He is known to them as their country priest, but to British Intelligence he is one of the most important men who make up a network of Secret Agents.

On their missions Father Unwin and Matthew meet many unusual people. These are Arab potentates who cannot understand where their gold has disappeared to. The two Agents are called in to track down the gold.

Matthew looks very small as he sits in a normal sized chair ready to decend to the underground complex beneath Sir Humphrey Burton's estate. Matthew knows that the traitor, Blake, is in hiding somewhere in the complex.

Father Unwin, in Gabriel, uses all his driving skill in an attempt to catch the racing car. Something has been added to the fuel that will blow the car up unless it is stopped.

Matthew fires at a pursuing car stolen by a foreign Ambassador and his aide. Father Unwin has recovered a valuable mini-computer from them which they were attempting to smuggle to their country, Dreisenburg.

Father Unwin listens intentiy to the Bishop as he is given details of a vital mission. From his offce deep in London the Bishop speaks into a transmitter and his instructions are picked up by the Father's hearing aid.

In his padre's uniform Father Unwin has been caught by a conscientious Sergant in a special security area. Often when in tricky situadon the Father's "Unwinese" gets him out of trouble and once again he calls upon it leaving the Sergeant thoroughly confused.

Father Unwin and Matthew have at last arrived at their destination having flown down Gabriel deep into Africa with urgent medical supplies. In the dream the mysterious Dr. Purple is the Bishop in disguise.

Two crooks are testing out a sonic rifle that they hope to use to shoot down a top secret aircraft. The plane is a prototype and the crooks must be stopped.

Father Unwin has to wear his old Padre's uniform on a vital mission. Mrs. Appleby admires the uniform and is particularly impressed by the medal ribbons on the jacket.

Matthew coolly looks out from his comfortable seat in the suitcase. It is in the case that he travels with Father Unwin on the missions that require Matthew to be minimised.

Matthew is dwarfed by what appears to be a hugh sandwich. He and Father Unwin have stopped for a roadside picnic, whilst on their way to an important assignment in Scotland.

Matthew has been minimised and has left the suitcase to enjoy a roadside picnic. A normal sized sandwich proves to be too much for him to finish.

Matthew is in the Vicarage library next to the suitcase that has been made especially for him. The various drawers carry all the miniturised clothing and equipment that he needs on missions.

The Bishop sits in his offce deep in the Home Offce Whitehall buildings. By talking into the push-button speaker on his desk he can make contact with Father Unwin at any time.

Camouflaged by bushes a villain waits with a sonic rifle. The prototype of a secret aircraft is due to fly over the spot at any time. Unless Father Unwin and Matthew can get there first, the plane will be destroyed.

Mullins, a member of a counterfeit gang, crashes down by parachute through the roof of a barn. He and the other three members of the gang are all plotting against each other in an effort to get possession of two matching counterfeit plates.

Lord Haslewood crashes into a barn in an ancient Tiger Moth. Leader of a counterfeit gang, this is the end of an eventful flight across country. Mullins who flew with him fell out when the plane looped the loop.

Lord Haslewood and Mullins set off in pursuit of two matching counterfeit plates. They travel by Tiger Moth and high in the air they realise that neither knows how to fly.

This is is the Minimiser that was left to Father Unwin by his dear friend Profesor Humbert. The Father uses this to reduce Matthew to one third of his natural height for all special missions. When turned against a foe it has devastating results.

One of the African natives in full tribal head-dress dances threateningly round Father Unwin and Matthew. In the Father's dream they are bound helplessly to stakes. Luckily the magic Unwinese talk come to the rescue.

Matthew in his frogman's suit listens to Father Unwin's instructions before diving to the ocean bed. An attempt is being made to sabotage a desalinising plant and it must be stopped.

Lady Martha astride the seat of a powerful motorbike that she has stolen. She is a member of a crooked counterfeit gang who are conspiring against each other to get two matching counterfeit plates each for their own

Matthew is standing next to a teddy bear in a plane. He has been minimised so that be can sneak on board and find a bomb that has been planted somewhere. He discovers the bomb hidden in the bear.

Father Unwin has stopped by the gate at the entrance to the Desalinising plant. He waits while the guard tries to locate a priest by phone. As planned as soon as the guard sees the Father he is allowed in.

A remotely-controlled unmanned tank is out of control. Father Unwin in Gabriel tries to stop it. The prototype tank will detroy the observation post containing many important men unless the Father somehow gains control of it.

Matthew and Father Unwin fly high up into the clouds on their way to Africa with urgently needed medical supplies. in the Father's dream they will go through many adventures before the destination is reached.

This is Gabriel, the 1917 Model T Ford. It is painted yellow and black and has gleaming brass headlights. Father Unwin looks after his car himself and it is his most treasured possession.

Father Unwin and Gabriel bowl peacefully along a country road mission completed. He can be contacted by the Bishop at any time, and asked at a moment's notice to deal with another dangerous assignment for the Secret Service.