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TV Series

Series Name:    UFO Format: TV Series IMDB: IMDB Page Years: 1970 - 1971 Country:   UK Language: English Genre: Science Fiction, Drama Rating: 9.0  Rate Collection:   Seen It     Wishlist  Community:  23 Have Seen » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

Selected Cast	Ed Bishop as Commander Ed Straker
	George Sewell as Col. Alec Freeman
	Michael Billington as Col. Paul Foster
	Peter Gordeno as Capt. Peter Carlin
	Gabrielle Drake as Lt. Gay Ellis
	Dolores Mantez as Lt. Nina Barry
	Wanda Ventham as Col. Virginia Lake
	Antonia Ellis as Lt. Joan Harrington
	Ayshea Brough as Ayshea
	Keith Alexander as Lt. Keith Ford
	Gary Myers as Capt. Lew Waterman
	Vladek Sheybal as Dr. Doug Jackson
	Norma Ronald as Miss Ealand
	Grant Taylor as Gen. James Henderson
	Jeremy Wilkin as Lt. Gordon Maxwell
	Georgina Moon as Lt. Sylvia Howell
	Mel Oxley as S.I.D. (voice)

Notes

Date range for broadcast based upon first UK showing as listed in "The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide," however some regions did not see the final episode until as late as 1973.

A second season was planned but not produced due to the show's failure to find an audience in US syndication. Concepts planned for the second season were later adapted for Space: 1999.

On DVD & Blu-ray World

VHS

Invasion: UFO - Channel 5 - UK (1986)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 2 - Channel 5 - UK (1987)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 3 - Channel 5 - UK (1987)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 4 - Channel 5 - UK (1988)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 5 - Channel 5 - UK (1989)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 6 - Channel 5 - UK (1990)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 7 - PolyGram Video - UK (1992)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 8 - PolyGram Video - UK (1992)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 9 - PolyGram Video - UK (1993)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 10 - PolyGram Video - UK (1993)

VHS

U.F.O. Volume 11 - PolyGram Video - UK (1993)

VHS

UFO - Identified / Computer Affair / Flight Path - Digital Entertainment - UK (1999)

DVD Box Set

UFO, Set 1 - New Video - USA (2002)

DVD Box Set

UFO, Set 2 - New Video - USA (2003)

Comments and Reviews

OldMod67 23rd Oct 2020		Great memories of staying at my Auntie's in Bedfont in the early 1970s. Sat in front of her TV with my Interceptor and SHADO Mobile watching this amazing show. And then the search for the little rocket fired from the Mobile, behind the telly, behind the couch......
zabadak 16th Oct 2020		..
23skidoo 10th Jul 2015		@The Flea "Without a doubt the best Sci-Fi programme out there at the time. Still great to watch even now." - I bought the DVD set on a blind-buy and expected it to be all purple wigs and camp but was very impressed to see that it was actually quite a straight-laced show. There were some elements that betrayed Anderson's Supermarionation origins, but this show had some surprisingly adult episodes. There's one where Straker strongly considers having an affair with a reporter, and another where he has to make the decision to save his son's life or engage the aliens in their plot-of-the-week. Very strong stuff. I can understand why programmers were left utterly confused by this show in 1970; they expected a live-action Thunderbirds/Capt. Scarlet and what they got was actually a very adult (for its time) series. Space: 1999 ran into the same jackpot a few years later (in that case they tried to kiddify it later), as did Space Precinct in the 1990s (it had some very dark episodes but viewers in the pre-Farscape era couldn't see beyond the puppets and guys wearing weird masks). Gerry Anderson was a case of a producer being typecast.
zabadak 10th Jul 2015		Oh yes! :happy:
the Flea 10th Jul 2015		Without a doubt the best Sci-Fi programme out there at the time. Still great to watch even now.
zabadak 23rd May 2015		Best! Theme! Ever! :thumbsup: Where to start with this wonderful programme! The three main actors are all now sadly deceased, so that second series will now not be made. There was talk, about 10 years ago, about a film version but that has yet to materialise. My ideal cast would be: Ed Straker - George Clooney Alec Freeman - Ray Winstone Paul Foster - Clive Owen Peter Carlin - Idris Elba Gay Ellis - Keira Knightley General Henderson - Barry Corbin Melanie (the "Ayshea" character) - Melanie Sykes Stephen Hawking - the voice of S.I.D.

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