I have watched a ridiculous amount of sci fi over the years and UFO still remains my favourite series, it has it's faults and missteps but it always delivered the goods.
@lpquagmire3621
Жыл бұрын
What about SPACE PRECINCT?
@davidtomlinson6138
Жыл бұрын
Loved it , esp.the girls with the tight , pert arses
@dh2032
Жыл бұрын
@@lpquagmire3621 space 1999, at least series one, it went off the rails when commander Connie took a back seat, and old professor bloke just went missing the alien space woman the could shape shift, end up be monster battle, any lazy scripts, on air in a room no problem I will just turn into an XXX then don't breath ???
@bikechainmic
Жыл бұрын
It was one of the first things I ever watched on TV (1972 )Tues morning at 10:30 on BBC2 just after the test transmission for TV service engineers.
@mosheridan7016
Жыл бұрын
What faults?
@James-cs2wi
Жыл бұрын
Ed Bishop was one of the best actors from the show
@alexp3752
Жыл бұрын
Correction: With respect, Mr. Bishop was and is one of the best and unappreciated actors ever.
@tomstamford6837
Жыл бұрын
In anything he ever did, be it James Bond films, Kubrick films, anything.
@fasthracing
Жыл бұрын
nss
@douglasarthur2673
Жыл бұрын
Loved Straker's car. Had the Corgi model as a youngster.
@tomstamford6837
Жыл бұрын
@@douglasarthur2673 I always wanted one of those interceptors, but went for the SHADO mobile. Just a shame the plastic missile broke so easily and in those days, when plastic broke, that was it! Did get an Eagle from Space 1999... my pride and joy. I should get an MPC model kit of that, and build one, but it's always sold out and about 130 USD - besides which I couldn't build a model properly if my life depended on it. I wonder how much original Corgi stuff might be available on eBay? It's 8 am, haven't been to bed yet and now you make me want to find my Eagle and play with it! Gee.. thanks a lot 🤣
@MikeS-hs4vh
Ай бұрын
I had the huge pleasure of briefly working with Ed on a voiceover. He was delightful and intelligent. Great guy.
@stewartwebb5699
Жыл бұрын
Ed Bishop. Such a great actor in this and many other shows, So underrated. Loved this series
@alexp3752
Жыл бұрын
It was Britain's gain and America's loss when Mr. Bishop decided to make his career and life in the UK... The same was true with Mr. Shane Rimmer, another American expat.
@jimcorlett
Жыл бұрын
He was in diamonds are forever
@MarkFoster321789
11 ай бұрын
Rimmer was from Canada.
@stephenpochly7003
Жыл бұрын
I think UFO was the best sci -fi action series. Once again Gerry ,Sylvia and all the team proved time and time again that they were the best. UFO has not really dated as some sci -fi has. I liked the contrast between the action episodes and the human ones like the episode A Question Of Priorities. With UFO you get the best of both worlds (human and alien) It was such a shame that UFO only ran for one series.
@bigdmac33
Жыл бұрын
I agree. Read my comments.
@msimms-ft9yv
Жыл бұрын
not dated? its set in future but looks very analogue 70,s, i suppose thats unavoidable, they really should have expanded gab drakes role,-good actress, attractive intelligent character ,should have been developed
@deathsee
Жыл бұрын
it ran for 2, actually and they should have continued it instead of the crap space 1999
@stephenpochly7003
Жыл бұрын
@@deathsee Totally agree
@deathsee
Жыл бұрын
@@stephenpochly7003 I rewatched the first episode of Space 1999, it was such Crap, the acting was poor, the whole thing was like Bad Sci Fi at its worst, Why did they do it, why did they have to let ITC America Dictate to them, such a loss, UFO could have used some story lines that ran more then one episode and a little bit more into the script writing but the acting was pretty damn good, and over all the concept was Epic, and to learn the Aliens were not even what they thought and were just using the bodies and parts to form another being to transpose their minds into, it was getting too damn good
@calanm7880
Жыл бұрын
Futuristic 70s design is strikingly beautiful (or is it just me?)! The colours, shapes of cars and phone handsets, furniture, helmet visors, even the tech designs. There’s a visual language going through everything which makes it credible. Kudos to these designers on set
@chocsise
Жыл бұрын
Agreed. The show is just fabulous from a design point of view. I regret that the 1980s didn't actually have fashions, cars, interiors and spacecraft as cool as those depicted. One of the problems with any proposed remake is that I worry that everything would end up redesigned, and they just couldn't make it as damn ... yes, beautiful to look at. Or anywhere near as groovy.
@karmicselling4252
2 ай бұрын
Much of the futuristic design used in sci fi in the 1960s and 1970s tended to be exaggerated There was a sense things were going to change a lot more rapidly than actually they did in real life. I recall not long after Armstrong and Aldrin set foot on the Moon that NASA's next major goal was to land a human on Mars by 1980. Well here we are in 2024 and that's unlikely to happen anytime soon. UFO got it wrong. Space: 1999 got it wrong ... still no Moonbase in 2024. Lost in Space got it wrong ... no human mission to Alpha Centauri in 1999. Back to the Future ... Real 2015 was nothing like BTTF 2015. Star Trek seems to be the only one that has got it right to this point. Setting stories hundreds of years into the future is probably a much safer bet than going for the near future.
@G7VFY
Жыл бұрын
This was the first 'adult' SciFi TV show, because it demonstrated that the 'good guys' do not always win in every episode.
@Armadacon
Жыл бұрын
Captain Scarlet had some downbeat endings.
@adriansherlockdamondark.1094
Жыл бұрын
@@Armadacon Capt Scarlet was practically the Supermarionation version of those Japanese Mangas. Very dark, violent and adult. Probably quite wrong for the TV market it was selling to, but awesome as Hell for fans! :)
@richardgregory3684
Жыл бұрын
In fact UFO make sit pretty clear that the best Earth could hope for is to force a stalemate and the aliens give up. Kind of like Captain Scarlet, where the Mysterons are clearly the superior hand and it's a "war of nerves". SHADO never really "wins" it is simply preventing a checkmate, and often this is only at great cost.
@minicle426
Жыл бұрын
@@adriansherlockdamondark.1094Especially given how influential Gerry Anderson was on Japanese media.
@STho205
Жыл бұрын
That was an advantage that British production had. In the 50s, 60s US television had standards of practice that required the bad guy to not get away with it by the epilog. This is why Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Thriller and One Step Beyond has the closing comments by the host to put a bow on a story where a murderer, liar or thief appeared to have prospered. Even if the situation defeated good. Twilight Zone rode a fine line, but more often the good guy came out OK and the evil one was defeated. Westerns did this too and so did Star Trek. You'd watch a complete tragedy, but there'd suddenly be a last scene with an optimistic event or a knee slapping joke....forgetting the 5 extras that died horribly 10 to 20 minutes ago.
@chriswright5016
Жыл бұрын
Gabrielle is right. The show's incredible longevity suggests that the majority of narrative decisions made in the series were correct. Equally Ed is correct that some of the latter shows pointed to a struggle to maintain the original story line. Who am I to argue with the star of the show, but it wasn't a thin series plot, so much as maybe over ambitious production goals at times. And as for A Question Of Priorities, that's right up there as one of the most popular shows with fans. I still watch all the shows right through a couple of times a year and it never loses its sparkle. A true TV classic.
@davehall8584
Жыл бұрын
wonderful comment...
@I_Don_t_want_a_handle
Жыл бұрын
He's also right about the actors, there's so much ham you could stock Tesco's.
@IanMorpeth
Жыл бұрын
And she got “the proof of the pudding” expression right - most people don’t.
@byte2702
3 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@captpicard6894
Жыл бұрын
Gerry Anderson always said UFO was his favorite of all the TV series he ever did. It stands the test of time because it’s still even today, a future you’d want to live in.
@STho205
Жыл бұрын
As long as your organs weren't harvested.
@makeitsonumberone1358
Жыл бұрын
The voice of captain blue on Captain scarlet for me was his greatest role.
@Julius_Hardware
Жыл бұрын
Very true, I would love to see my old school turned into a medical centre ;-)
@travisfriedland9346
7 ай бұрын
I'm not sure I'd want to live in the world where we have to be on guard against aliens but then again you can say maybe we are now
@rachelar
3 ай бұрын
@@STho205happens on earth in some places unmentionable
@stevebishop9468
Жыл бұрын
Ed Bishop was an incredible talent...
@eamonmcdermott4032
Жыл бұрын
I have this on DVD boxset. It's a fantastic series that, in my opinion, should have been commissioned for more than just the one series. I watched it as a kid and, to be honest, never get tired of re-watching it. I liked the fact that each episode concluded with loose ends, or on a sour note. And, of course, the womenfolk were bloody gorgeous.
@shauneden4229
Жыл бұрын
They were really women too! Probably best if they don't remake it and leave our memories intact.
@flyingphobiahelp
Жыл бұрын
Yup me too-has the dvds
@mariam2964
Жыл бұрын
I used to love this series so much when I was a kid. Never missed an episode... in Australia!
@richspinaci8293
7 ай бұрын
Back in 1972 I was 13, and never missed an episode. Great series. Still enjoy it. In Connecticut, USA
@markbeeson2610
Жыл бұрын
UFO is a stand-out sci-fi series. It’s such a shame it was cancelled. However, if I were given the choice of remaking UFO or Space:1999 it would be UFO. It’s darker tone and concept make it perfect for our modern tv drama environment. Of course, there will be those who would never want it to be remade, and I kind of get that, but it is exciting to imagine what they would do with the series now. UFO is amazing!
@dudovich13
Жыл бұрын
Space 1999 was too ridiculous for words.
@thalesofmiletus2966
Жыл бұрын
According to Anderson (YT video) Space 1999 came about because a certain US TV company executive didn’t want to commission a second series based on earth.
@richardkemp4144
Жыл бұрын
UFO is most definitely food for a reboot. It has massive potential. I'm amazed it hasn't happened. The reboot of Battlestar Galactica was amazing, and the source material was nowhere near as good as UFO.
@etothej
Жыл бұрын
@@dudovich13 Totally agree! Watched them both again as an adult and I couldn't believe how bad 1999 was.
@TestGearJunkie.
Ай бұрын
Remakes/sequels are a mixed blessing. Some are good, like Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (how could anyone not love Baby Groot..?) but most are absolutely awful.
@obi-ron
6 ай бұрын
The episode that showed Straker's decision to set aside the needs of his family in order to prevent a UFO incursion was an examination of his dedication to the mission overriding personal needs and was quite intense for the time. The good guy losing out by doing his job was pretty rare back then unless he was sacrificing his own life to be the hero. This episode was a new direction for an hourly TV show competing with others where everyone gets saved and alls well that ends well.
@aleks1939
Жыл бұрын
Even when I was a young kid watching the show in reruns in the late 70s, I actually loved the "soap opera" themes of many of the episodes. It really set the show apart from other sci fi. And that's probably a major reason why I enjoyed the reimagined Battlestar Galactica too.
@captpicard100
2 ай бұрын
Gerry Anderson always said UFO was his favourite series he ever did. It stands the test of time, even now it’s still a future I want to live in.
@gingerladyaubern
Жыл бұрын
'A Question of Priorities' was one of the best episodes of the whole series imo.
@julielariviere6421
Жыл бұрын
and Suzanne Neve (her wife) excels in this episode!
@rumblehat4357
Жыл бұрын
What a gut wrencher. I just want to yell at his wife about how selfish she is, but she doesn’t have a clue what he’s dealing with. Truly between a rock and a hard place.
@adriansherlockdamondark.1094
Жыл бұрын
An absolute masterpiece of science fiction tragedy.
@jimred5700
Жыл бұрын
It was the first TV show to make me cry. I couldn`t bear to see my hero (Straker) in such turmoil. Losing his son then being told by his ex wife she never wants to see him again. Utterly heartbreaking.
@AllenJones-w3p
2 ай бұрын
Thar episode was more appropriate for a soap opera than for a sci-fi show.
@geraldscott4302
Жыл бұрын
I was 11 year old in 1970, and never saw UFO until maybe 10 years later as reruns. I'm still watching it. It is many times better than Space 1999 that followed it. That show went completely off the rails. I wish they had continued to make more episodes of UFO.
@John-wd5cb
Жыл бұрын
It was the Cold War back then. The series served a purpose.
@percyprune7548
Жыл бұрын
The danger would have been degenerating as Space 1999 did with the 2nd series, abysmal in every way compared to the 1st. The Prisoner stopped when it was decided that the series had exhausted the quality episodes. As good as UFO was, maybe it finished at the right time especially as the last episode (the hippy doctor and the bomb in the farmhouse) was too strange for credibility.
@vordman
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, UFO is far superior to Space1999. The sets and whole design of the show was much better, the stories more engaging, the characters more relatable.
@SmartCookie2022
Жыл бұрын
@@John-wd5cb How did it serve its purpose by being shown in the graveyard slot and getting cancelled after only one season?
@MeTube3
Жыл бұрын
Rewatching in 2023 I enjoy Space 1999 and UFO, need to just go with the bizarre storylines like the Bernard Cribbins hysterical robot. It’s Gerry Anderson sci fi, it’s expected to be fanciful and bizarre.
@comentedonakeyboard
Жыл бұрын
A question of priorities is one of my favorite episodes.
@smithcj218
Жыл бұрын
UFO was probably the most underated Sci Fi show ever made and deserved so much more, certainly it would be ripe for a big budget TV reboot, because Ed is right it had so much to offer and such a huge story arc that could have been played out.
@Julius_Hardware
Жыл бұрын
You could say Dark Skies was that reboot- and it didn't last. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't UFO - sometimes a show just works.
@casinodelonge
Ай бұрын
@@Julius_Hardware fair point. Not to mention the crap Independence Day sequel.
@MartysWhiteSuit
Жыл бұрын
I was a fan of the series right from the first episode. I hated when it stopped. I was about 14 at the time. A friend told me it was stopped because it got too near the truth. It would be easier to say which episodes I didn't like. I was ill with Cancer 17 years ago and watched the whole series while I could. I got better. I have the theme tune as my ringtone now.
@buddhistsympathizer1136
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that you recovered. As for your ringtone, it really is a great tune isn't it. But let's face it, every tune that Barry Gray came out with in those days was pure gold.
@MartysWhiteSuit
Жыл бұрын
@@buddhistsympathizer1136 I'm still so happy that I have it. Thanks.
@dallassukerkin6878
Жыл бұрын
So glad that you won your fight and also concur on the greatness of the theme :)
@makara80
Жыл бұрын
Bishop certainly has some interesting opinions on UFO but must say I disagree with him on most. Giving Straker definable character flaws and personal dilemmas as well as alien incursions to repulse was both bold and novel in an era where main protagonists were typically one dimensional. As such Straker was a far more complex figure than the archetypal flawless commander stoically ordering the destruction of UFO’s each and every week he could so easily have been. Far from diluting the show’s core premise a humanised Ed Straker enhanced it!
@An.Individual
Жыл бұрын
I think he's reflecting on the fact that it didn't propel him to stardom and so something must have been wrong. But 26 * 1 hour episodes is quite a long run really.
@joaoantonio3952
Жыл бұрын
I agree!
@arkboy3
Жыл бұрын
Agreed, his personal conflicts remind me of "Sink The Bismarck".
@brettbuck7362
Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem is that you never knew when it might be on! In the USA, it was never on a reliable schedule, you would just stumble on it at random times on Sunday afternoons as filler. We were always thrilled when we managed to find it.
@rog2224
Жыл бұрын
@@brettbuck7362 similar problems in the UK - the ITV network had some wild regional variations. I remember it being late afternoon/early evenings on a Sunday, but the first broadcast was Wednesday, 16th September 1970, probably ATV and in the 1830 slot.
@FE570R
Жыл бұрын
Every episode was awesome..as child UFO was suspenseful and thrilling ,...as a late 50yr old now, BRING IT BACK....SITTING there with my dad and brothers on a late Friday evening ..words cannot explain how good a TV show it was
@garygrimmett7945
Жыл бұрын
Certainly one of the best opening credits and theme tunes ever!...along with all the gerry and Sylvia stuff...usually at the hands of the late barry gray..genius..not forgetting Derek meddings sfx...gone but not forgotten 👍big fan..gazzz
@synchro62
Жыл бұрын
Absolute Classic .. It would a great candidate for a remake today.
@alexp3752
Жыл бұрын
Nothing could be better than the original!
@lemming9984
7 ай бұрын
A remake? Oh no! Can you imagine the gender and race swapping, and general Wokeism? I'd rather watch the original, even if it is a little clunky at times!
@VaraLaFey
2 ай бұрын
@@lemming9984 Speaking as a proud transwoman, the problem wouldn't be transpeople, whose presence would fit with UFO's futurism and general high [medical] tech advancement, and the problem wouldn't be racial diversity, which the original already did very well, as did Star Trek. The PROBLEM would be that today's anti-integrity, culturally relativist, and outright nihilistic _anti-Western-civilization_ writers couldn't even grasp the romanticism which made the original so great. Thus any transpeople in a remake would very likely pay too much homage to entitled low-passability clowns like on Tiktok, and any blacks or other "diverse" races would pay too much homage to entitled street thugs like you see in flash-mob robbery videos. And the relativism and nihilism wouldn't stop there. It would all too probably devolve even further into: beautiful women wearing micro-skirts and boots is sexist and harms all vagina-havers, maybe the aliens aren't so evil after all, since they're just trying to survive - and what's so different about them harvesting us when we harvest animals as food when we should all be happy Bambi-loving vegans anyway? And blah-fn-nihilistic-low-IQ-blah. Bad philosophy and bad values would be the problem. Which means that ultimately a failure to understand the original - when philosophy and _most_ values were demonstrably superior - would be the problem. Think the pathetic V reboot, or even The Munsters. The problem runs so much deeper than casting a t-girl or a black person.
@stumpusMaximus
Жыл бұрын
Gerry Anderson was a genius ahead of his time. I even went in a Thunderbird at pontins holiday camp in the early 70s it went to the ‘moon’ by way of an onboard tv screen lol - and I believed it! He made my childhood and my active imagination as we all played with Action Man and vehicles
@peterdixon7734
Жыл бұрын
This will be extremely interesting.
@adriansherlock3907
Жыл бұрын
I’m currently writing the second volume of my UFO guide books. It’s focused on Straker’s private life. I’ve read Ed Bishop’s comments and I think you’d have to be misinterpreting to think he disliked his character or the way it was developed. His one major regret was that UFO never went to a second season. I agree with him there. UFO was a masterpiece in my opinion. I corresponded briefly with him in the 1990s and found him a good sport with a great sense of humour and he had some funny and interesting ideas about how Straker could have been revived. Basically it did not go wrong. I assume Mr Bishop was speculating on why it wasn’t a longer running show and he seemed to be assuming it was not commercial enough. In truth it was cut short because Lew Grade found it was easier to sell a new show than a second season of an existing one.
@zypalitra8080
Жыл бұрын
I think that the only Anderson shows that deserved a 2nd season were Captain Scarlet and UFO. I'd have much rather they'd gone along with the original plans and end up with something like UFO: 1999.
@adriansherlockdamondark.1094
Жыл бұрын
@@zypalitra8080 A second season of UFO would have been brilliant because, whatever form it took, we would have had more of Ed Straker, the most complex and realistic character in any Anderson show.
@michaeldeal8060
Жыл бұрын
I think Ed Bishop would have made a more credible Commander of Moonbase Alpha than Martin Landau. Landau was an exceptional actor but he never seemed that comfortable as Koenig. While Ed Bishop seemed very at ease as Straker.
@adriansherlockdamondark.1094
Жыл бұрын
@@michaeldeal8060 It's hard to imagine Space: 1999 without Landau, (although the season 2 episode Dorzac does well with Alan, Tony and Maya in the lead). But more of UFO would have been extremely welcome. Ed Bishop once said Straker was a well rounded character and could have benefited from some expansion of the format, had they gone on. In the interview we see in this video, I think he was playing Devil's advocate and questioning the series creative decisions. But in most interviews, he was very positive about the show and I think he was generally very proud of it.
@keithharding7641
Жыл бұрын
Would Mr Bishop be open to performing as the voice for a CGI or Cartoon version of a new series of UFO? I think it would be brilliant to renew the series and find out what happened to everyone next.
@pauld6967
Жыл бұрын
I grew up watching the show when it was on the air and I still pull out my box set DVDs from time to time. 🙂
@mannyespinola9228
Жыл бұрын
The campiness of it all made my TV-viewing childhood such a delightful scream
@juliocesarpereira4325
Жыл бұрын
I started watching UFO in 1975 here in Brasil. I was 13 years old. Although, my family's was a 1965 Philips b&w 25" screen tv set, I could clearly see the overall quality of this series. It stood out even from Star Trek. Everything was amazingly beautiful and well made. The opening, the theme song, the soundtrack and the stories. Can you believe I got to listen to The Beatles' 'Get Back' for the first time watching a scene of a party where Cel. Foster is dancing accompanied by a beautiful lady? Usually, when we watch our favorite old TV series on higher definition, we spot its failures in sound and image quality. In the case of UFO (and Thunderbirds) it got much much better. And thus without making use of artificial upgrading. Thanks for posting.
@johnmarx3919
2 ай бұрын
that was Ordeal where Col. Foster is kidnapped by aliens - which all turns out to be a dream!!!
@gmlpc7132
Жыл бұрын
It was interesting that Ed raised "A Question of Priorities" although I was surprised by his negative take on it. Gerry Anderson said that ITC in New York didn't ike that episode because of its very human focus and that presumably they wanted more "action" - he rightly disagreed. However it is the human issues that make that one of the most memorable episodes and help to show that UFO was very much an adult series. As well as the whole drama of Straker's son it also has the fascinating possibility of an alien defector. As someone else mentioned in the comments you can't separate action and a "battle against the aliens" from the personal lives of those involved. If UFO had essentially just been an action show uninterested in human emotions and relationships it would have been far less effective.
@SteveHigginsWriterBloggerPoet
Жыл бұрын
Can only agree. I thought that was an outstanding episode
@chrispenn715
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this series as a teenager - especially the cars and other vehicles. Really love Barry Gray's music too. The opening sequence music is the perfect 1 minute piece.
@shauneden4229
Жыл бұрын
He certainly knew how to write a good theme.
@andrewmclachlan4242
8 ай бұрын
This is without a doubt Gerry's Greatest show!🤔😁👍
@pepelemoko01
Жыл бұрын
That theme song used to send kids in Australia into a frenzy. A friend put his foot through a wall, jumping into his bunk pretending it was a spaceship like in the intro.
@lo66er80
Жыл бұрын
I only recently found UFO and have enjoyed every episode. The only thing I didn't like was the series ended way too soon.
@robb481
Жыл бұрын
Incredible theme. Just one of many from Gerry Andersons shows.
@thebagfather4633
Жыл бұрын
this was when tv was worth watching fond memories thanks Gerry
@thebritishengineer8027
Жыл бұрын
Cheers guys for a great start to a hectic Saturday. Still one of the best sci-fi shows ever done with a great back story, yes it has faults but how many of those can be written by budget and interference from higher up (Lew Grade).
@may86bear
Жыл бұрын
Every show goes through growing pains in the first season. Unfortunately UFO only had one season to work with. It was all in all very superior in many ways; especially for its time 🤗
@bigdmac33
Жыл бұрын
I agree. See my comments.
@An.Individual
Жыл бұрын
Is 26 * 1 hour long episodes really one season? PS filmed over 16 months with 6 month break in the middle.
@may86bear
Жыл бұрын
@@An.Individual back in the day most shows were 25-30 episodes a season. Star Trek’s first season was 29 ; I believe. Even TNG and Deep Space did 25-26 episodes per season 🖖
@minicle426
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps the Big Finish adaptation could build on it. 🤔
@RobertFalconer1967
Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite sci-fi shows from the golden era of television. The great irony, perhaps, is that with the veil of secrecy surrounding UFOs [aka UAPs] being lifted in the real world as we speak, we're finding out that the real thing is FAR more mysterious [and technologically advanced] than what we predicted in fiction in 1970. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. If the series were to be rebooted today, you'd have to employ the real "phenomenon" as the antagonist.
@gosforthlad
Жыл бұрын
The Alien-Demon deception , Project Bluebeam , the Babalon Working .
@RobertFalconer1967
Жыл бұрын
@@gosforthlad Not a deception. Reality.
@gosforthlad
Жыл бұрын
@@RobertFalconer1967 A reality only for the inexperienced and gullible who have no knowledge of centuries of worldwide evidence of ultraterrestials - the djinn , the Fae , Devas , Missing 411 , cryptids etc .
@bigdmac33
Жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear the various points of view. With respect to Ed Bishop, however, I think one must appreciate that the creative teams had only less than an hour to pack in everything and make it coherent. Thanks to the love affair with the US market, Anderson and the creative teams always worked under that damacles sword of cancellation, which inevitably, and unjustifiably happened toward the end of the series. If the UK had given the teams, say, a five year run then I think you would seen storylines and themes expanded as the series matured. As it is, though, everyone involved had ( and still has ) something to be very proud of in UFO.
@brianford8493
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant......just brilliant!!!!!!
@darrensmith6999
Жыл бұрын
I think this show had some amazing episodes that were very thoughtful and well written and way ahead of what other sci fi series was doing at the time i.e. it was not all green bug eyed monsters , it was character driven and very well written . For me it is to look at dated but because of the writing and the acting you don't notice that aspect. I love it!
@marcel1463
Жыл бұрын
I loved this series and i am happy for every new information i get from my heroes.
@rozzgrey801
Жыл бұрын
I liked the episode where 2 tripping hippies mess around with some aliens trying to plant a super-nuke bomb in a barn.
@mrgobrien
2 ай бұрын
that was the final episode - The Long Sleep.
@galaxiesmerge_original
Жыл бұрын
I used to watch this as a kid. Great ideas and was a good show for its day. I do agree that a wider vision was needed. It was a rich idea and I like that women were portrayed as leaders as well. So this was a forward thinking concept. It was fun back then!
@mitchelllawrence2798
Жыл бұрын
I only found out about the series a few years ago on the Horror channel which has been renamed Legend. I've seen a lot of Sci-fi shows in my time, and this one holds up with the best of them. I just wish we got more seasons. Ed's portrayal of Striker was great in my eyes.
@peterwoodward9834
Жыл бұрын
Loved the show, wish someone could bring it back
@lemming9984
7 ай бұрын
I'd love a re-run, but definitely not a remake. can you imagine all the gender/race swapping, and general Wokeism? It wouldn't be worth seeing!
@spacecat7247
Жыл бұрын
I always loved this show. Rewatched it a few years back.
@rjw4762
Жыл бұрын
I used to love UFO so much that when it was on at 1pm on a Sunday Afternoon, I used to watch the Politics programme beforehand for the whole hour - and I was 8 years old !!!!! Sad, but true !! In this age of remakes, this is one I could really live with !
@DarthPerkins
Жыл бұрын
As a child, I was VERY disappointed by episodes like 'A Question of Priorities' and 'The Square Triangle' due to their lack of blowing up aliens, but as an adult, they are probably my favourite stories.
@patbarr1351
Жыл бұрын
A fascinating yet frustrating series, rarely seen in the US after its initial run. I agree with Ed! (An example: In "Square Triangle," an alien crash lands in the English countryside; but most of that show focused on a couple whose relationship was crumbling.) My favorite episode, "The Cat with 10 Lives," was written by David Tomblin, one of the writers for The Prisoner.
@hmartin7544
Жыл бұрын
Always liked UFO and Space 1999. These were great shows
@mcal27
Жыл бұрын
I agree with Ed myself. Question of Priorities while a worthy story and very well acted, but I don’t find it a very pleasant watch. It’s unpleasantly stressful wishing the outcome may be different every time I watch it. My favourite episode is one that tends to get a little lost amongst them. The Psycho-bombs. It’s so ambitious and the guest stars are great!
@zypalitra8080
Жыл бұрын
I think that QoP is an important episode for Straker's growth, but it's as you said "not a pleasant watch". Straker is a completely ruthless individual who'd do anything that he needed to do, but QoP's ending gives Straker nothing to personally fight for anymore.
@mcal27
Жыл бұрын
@@zypalitra8080 Agree with all this. I just thought of how he must appear from his wife’s POV. She was positive he was being unfaithful, then he was no doubt partially blamed for their son’s accident and then finally he let them all down after promising to fix the situation. It’s an uncomfortable family drama in the middle of a sci-fi series. I must have watched it 20 times, but tbh I now avoid it when it’s shown.
@minicle426
Жыл бұрын
I sometimes wonder if episodes like QoP might have influenced Hideaki Anno's portrayal of certain characters in Evangelion... 🤔
@robflynn509
Жыл бұрын
I think QoP despite it's disturbing nature,brings a very human side to things. We all have priorities in life and have to make sacrifices to different extremes depending on the circumstances, and this is what the QoP episode depicts, leaving an ethical and philosophical " nasty taste in the mouth".
@elviakerlick1163
Жыл бұрын
'love "The Psychobombs!" Deborah Grant, the explosion of SkyDiver 3... It all clicked on that episode.
@anthillmob100
Жыл бұрын
love videos like this! more please!
@ajw9533
Жыл бұрын
I was five and I loved the toys.
@basfinnis
Жыл бұрын
Interesting stuff. He's probably right.
@daveb6214
Жыл бұрын
A Great Programme never gets old . A Fitting Tribute to the Late Great Gerry Anderson, he made our childhoods totally amazing. Godspeed Gerry G.B.N.F. Ever
@alexp3752
Жыл бұрын
Same with Sylvia and Ed as well. They helped give us The Golden Age of Television, which shaped young minds decades ago, sadly to never come again.
@daveb6214
Жыл бұрын
@@alexp3752 So very TRUE , never see the like again , mores the pity . The children of this Generation could do with what we had. Take care from the 🇬🇧
@johnwalkerlee
Жыл бұрын
I love the style of this show, it's a marvel of filmmaking. It just couldn't be made today with the same charm, but maybe AI could update a few parts and bring it to a new audience.
@mrchrisd
Жыл бұрын
I have always loved this series! I first saw it in the early 1970's been a fan ever since. My favorite episode is " Destruction".
@chrisgibbings9499
6 ай бұрын
The guy who wrote it, Dennis Spooner, had just written a similar-themed episode for the BBC's Doomwatch series called Burial at Sea. Sadly, that one's missing from the BBC archives.
@allenmontrasio8962
Жыл бұрын
I was 7 or 8 when the series aired in 1972-73 in Italy and I just loved it. We didn't even have colour TV back then (we got it in 1977-78) and I remember visiting relatives when holidaying in the UK and revelling in the colour footage. I then used to come back home and boast to my friends about watching episodes in English *and* colour.
@fredpostman1
Жыл бұрын
Watched it when it was originally released and love the dvds.A great series.
@Tony-wr1gz
Жыл бұрын
This and Blakes 7 were the best sci fi on television. Good stories and real characters.
@Questor-ky2fv
Ай бұрын
I remember watching this show decades ago. A couple of years ago, I re-watched the whole series online.
@Vientianelover
Жыл бұрын
When I was a little kid I had the toys of all the vehicles and spacecraft. Guess I must've been a massive fan. Certainly brings back memories.
@thebritishengineer8027
Жыл бұрын
"..urrry up.." Need to deliver some prototype models later, but don't want to miss this.
@reubendobbs8011
Жыл бұрын
Excellent show before it's time. Now it would be a hit
@mikecoshan3752
Ай бұрын
Loved UFO, it was absolutely brilliant
@genlob
Жыл бұрын
A great show, well ahead of its time. I still have my SHADO mobile and Moon base interceptor, although the missile's long gone. I think Ed's right, though. After Star Trek appeared UFO seemed a bit parochial in comparison. Gabrielle was one of my first crushes. She's still beautiful.
@paulb1967
Жыл бұрын
Did you know that you can buy replacement parts for these models, including the missiles? Look up Steve Flowers Model Supplies...
@KJ-of6lf
Жыл бұрын
Grew up with this show, and Ms Drake helped me grow up quickly!
@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain
Жыл бұрын
Straker was a great, human character. the idea of how to hide such an organisation and the problems with it were very interesting.
@hoagy_ytfc
Жыл бұрын
Born in 1962, I was 8 when the series started, 9 when it finished. The "Question of Priorities" episode stuck in my mind so strongly then, and remains one of my favourite episodes of any show up there (along with the "Find the Lady" episode of Shoestring in 1979, when I was 17)
@chrisgibbings9499
6 ай бұрын
Shoestring is a great little series, sadly overlooked today even more so than UFO! I still think it's the best thing Trevor Eve has done.
@PurgatoryParanormalofNY
Жыл бұрын
I remember loving this show. I now own the entire series on DVD. For its time, it was pretty special, to me at least.
@petrus666love
Жыл бұрын
Way ahead of its time , great series’s 👌👌👌
@deemdoubleu
Жыл бұрын
What I particularly love about this series is the imagination of 1980 on 1970's life i.e. the obviously late 1960's fashion, music and hairstyles - also still smoking 20 regal a day like everyone I knew did back then when I was very young.
@mosheridan7016
Жыл бұрын
The most glam sci fi series ever
@TestGearJunkie.
Ай бұрын
And Britain driving on the right hand side of the road..! Never going to happen.
@RichardBrown7k
Ай бұрын
Near future Science Fiction; not meant as any kind of prediction, but speculation on what it would be like today, if things had gone slightly different in one specific area, and how we might react to it. Which is why I must humbly disagree with Mr. Bishop on concentrating on one character's personal reaction rather than the overall scenario.
@dalebaker9109
Жыл бұрын
UFO was way out there, with very original ideas it was well made and Excellently acted. I still love it too this day.
@oswintaylor2905
Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1972 so had never heard of UFO. Started watching when I saw a re-run with George Cole (Arthur Daley) in it and I thought it was good. Never knew Gerry Anderson had done live action before. Continued to watch the whole thing and caught up with the episodes I'd missed and without a doubt "A question of priorities" is one of the best episodes. It's such a change of pace to see the back story of Straker. The story was good and well acted and gave a great insight into the character. In 1969 it must have been one of the first sci-fi shows to have done that. Really good series. Shame it only went for one season.
@barbarasheers1273
Жыл бұрын
Love this show and Space 1999. UFO's opening theme played out with the teletype still some of the best tv music around. I watch them both on my Roku channel and have them running in the background while doing my housework. I worked for the local Bell Telephone Company and we had IBM Selectric typewriters and teletypes going constantly, it was the sound of the future.
@johnclay7644
Жыл бұрын
Good interviews, interesting about the quality (35mm) some credit to Brendan Stafford (lighting cameraman who returned to work on space 1999 series 2 Sound of Silence / Mindbender and timelesh (shot at pinewood) very well made episodes and particularly like the long sleep (sepia toned sequences) think also the change in Directors for the 2nd block of episodes helped look forward to more informative Ufo content.
@RoadcraftNottingham
Жыл бұрын
I've only just properly started watching at 58 and I'm still impressed. I actually liked seeing the personal side of Straker. Special effects and models in this series are still impressive by today's standards.
@davidrose1847
Жыл бұрын
I watched it originally in 69-70, and many times since, looking back it Amazes me had it still stands up and what they knew back then
@alex35agm
Жыл бұрын
Always liked his voice,and his protrayal of Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet.Always fun to see him in appearances in other shows,like The Professionals, The Saint,and of course, 2001.UFO was a cool show,and had a great look.
@jimskirtt5717
Жыл бұрын
Loved it, especially Gabrielle.
@jimlassiter749
Жыл бұрын
It was cancelled.... That is where 'IT' went wrong..... It should still be going on to this day.....
@TheV8nutter
3 ай бұрын
One of the best Themes for a TV show...Ever !
@the_once-and-future_king.
Жыл бұрын
Gaby Drake's posh accent is still enchanting.
@bgfd1
Жыл бұрын
Gabielle Drake (LT Ellis) is the sister of the very talented singer songwriter Nick Drake. I only realise now as recognised her from a documentary about Nick Drake I saw a few days ago!. I knew he had a sister who was an actor but never made the connection before. What a talented family. Loved this series growing up.
@AnonAnonAnon
Жыл бұрын
Loved UFO as a kid in the 70s and still love it today. Sure, some of the stories were rubbish and some of the acting was wooden, but on the whole a superb series that will still be shown in a hundred years time when we are all long gone. Can you image today, a production company with millions to spend producing a UFO reboot?! We can all dream.
@aidansmyth6480
Жыл бұрын
I once stood in a line at Sainsbury's supermarket behind Ed Bishop. He caught my eye and said a very kind "Good morning". I responded likewise but the penny never really dropped that it was Commander Stryker of UFO fame until I walked out of the shop thinking, 'Where do I know that guy from?"
@guardian33
5 ай бұрын
That wasn't Ed. That was Straker. Commanders need to eat too. 😮
@princeeverlove
Жыл бұрын
Cerebral, High Studio Values, a worthy SciFi Classic...🚀🌕
@richardhumphreys8662
Жыл бұрын
What I like about UFO is that it always took itself seriously and never at any point descended into whimsy like so many other sci-fi series did.
@alexp3752
Жыл бұрын
Mr. Bishop as Straker truly set the tone for seriousness which help make the whole concept and narrative real.
@David-zo7fb
20 күн бұрын
One of my all time favourites ... would be great to see a remake with todays tech
@CT-uv8os
8 ай бұрын
Wonderful series. Just discovered it and love it! Cat with 10 Lives, is my favorite.
@davidmarsden1059
Жыл бұрын
To Mr Ed Bishop,Commander Starker was like Capt James T Kirk in that the one thing that was most important to the both of them.One was SHADO and to the other his ship and crew.Both great t.v Shows in there own way.
@nativevirginian8344
Жыл бұрын
I loved this tv show.
@rwsmith7638
Жыл бұрын
I watched a lot of Gerry Anderson shows, but I never knew this existed.
@kevingill648
Жыл бұрын
Loved the UFO series from the 70s!
@dawnfinch2836
Жыл бұрын
I loved UFO because I was in love with commander straker ❤
@hblanche
Жыл бұрын
A Question of Priorities is one of my favorite episodes. Still love the show, warts and all.
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