Forces TV have brought two classic Gerry Anderson series back to UK TV with UFO and Space:1999. Head of Television Adam Hardwick joins us to discuss the shows, Forces TV’s potential future plans, and yes… we talk about #Breakawaygate too! Plus we take a look at some of our international listeners around the globe, Chris is back with a classic …

Space 1999 returns to UK TV tonight for the first time in a decade. Starting with Breakaway, Forces TV will broadcast the entire first and second series over the coming months. You can find Forces TV on Sky 181 | Freeview 96 | Virgin 277 | Freesat 165 | BFBS TV 09, and Breakaway will be broadcast at 10pm tonight (5th March …

A greater focus on characters The first season of Space:1999 generally emphasised plot over character development, but the Space 1999 Year 2 tried hard to make the show’s characters more directly involved with the stories it told. Additionally, it worked to make them feel more human and relatable, occasionally with disastrous results (was anybody really entertained by Tony’s beer-brewing antics?) …

Space, the really final frontier Despite following in the footsteps of Star Trek, Space:1999 ended up taking a far more bleak approach to man’s first protracted journey into outer space. Rather than being a bold new frontier space is portrayed as a hostile environment totally incompatible with human life, full of lurking horrors waiting to strip the flesh from your …

All manner of strange and nasty ailments can befall residents of the Gerry Anderson television universe, from brains melting on the Moon to an outbreak of dreaded Xyron fever in Demeter City. Luckily help is always on hand in the form of some of the finest medical professionals in the universe; splendid fellows, all fifteen of them! For this list, …

Over the years many television series and feature films have paid tribute to the Gerry Anderson shows in a variety of ways, with Stingray recently making a brief appearance on the big screen in Aquaman. One show that made frequent mention of the Anderson universe will likely not be familiar to as many British and European fans as it is …

Despite producing more than five hundred television episodes over a fifty year period there were remarkably few true two-part stories in any of the Gerry Anderson series. The Supermarionation shows occasionally referenced past events and even occasionally brought back guest characters from previous episodes but aside from Captain Scarlet‘s ‘Lunarville trilogy’ (a loose collection of linked episodes rather than a …

Aliens – where would the Gerry Anderson shows be without them? Some are friendly. Some are not. Then there are those who are just…strange. Here’s a selection of our five favourite Gerry Anderson aliense. Or perhaps we should call them “otherworldly weirdos”! #5 – The Mercurians At first glance these Mercurians, Kalmus and Planitimus, look like fairly typical guest aliens …

We’re very sorry to bring you the news that Mike Noble, best known for his stunning artwork in the TV21 comics of the 1960s has died aged 88. Mike Noble’s father was a stockbroker’s clerk who had artistic talent himself, which he passed on to the young Noble before he was evacuated during the Second World War, although he returned to …

Licence To Thrill – Anderson Actors In James Bond Films When you think of legendary television series’, the chances are that a Gerry Anderson series will feature somewhere in your musings. Whether you love Thunderbirds, Space:1999 or any of the others, each series contributes something special to the Anderson Legacy. When it comes to legendary films, you might well think …