A Question of Priorities

"**A Question of Priorities**"
"A Question of Priorities"
UFO episode
Episode no.	Episode 5
Directed by	David Lane
Written by	Tony Barwick
Editing by	Harry MacDonald
Production code	8
Original air date	14 October 1970
Guest appearances
	Philip Madoc as Steven Rutland; Suzanne Neve as Mary Rutland; Mary Merrall as Mrs O'Connor; Barnaby Shaw as John Rutland; Peter Halliday as Dr Segal; Russell Napier as Dr Green; Richard Aylen as Alien; Andrea Allan as Nurse; David Cargill as Car driver; Penny Spencer as SHADO operative;

"A Question of Priorities" is the fifth episode aired of the first series of UFO – a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. Tony Barwick wrote the screenplay and it was directed by David Lane. The episode was filmed between 28 July and 7 August 1969 and was first broadcast on 14 October 1970 on Associated Television. Though shown as the fifth episode, it was actually the eighth to have been filmed.

The series was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.