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The Dalotek Affair
"The Dalotek Affair" is the seventeenth episode aired of the first series of ''UFO'' - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written by Ruric Powell and the director was Alan Perry. The episode was filmed between 15 July to 25 July 1969 and aired on the ATV Midlands on 10 February 1971. Though shown as the sixteenth episode, it was actually the seventh 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. Story The episode is almost entirely a flashback that Colonel Foster has as he sees a woman while dining with Colonel Alec Freeman: Unexplained communication blackouts are affecting the SHADO Moonbase. Foster believes that the nearby Dalotek Corporation lunar base may be causing the issues through use of their geological scanner. During another blackout a Lunar mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFO (TV Series)
''UFO'' is a 1970 British science fiction television series about the covert efforts of a government defence organisation to prevent an alien invasion of Earth. It was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 for Grade's ITC Entertainment company. A single series of 26 episodes (including the pilot) was filmed over the course of more than a year; a five-month production break was caused by the closure of MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, where the show was initially made. Production then moved to Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. ''UFO'' was first broadcast in the UK and Canada in 1970, and in the US syndication over the next two years. It also has been rerun on UKTV channel Drama. The Andersons' live-action science fiction movie ''Doppelgänger'' (also known as ''Journey to the Far Side of the Sun'') is considered an immediate precursor to ''UFO'', which was their first entirely live-action T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Bishop
George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop or sometimes Edward Bishop, was an American actor. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in ''UFO'', Captain Blue in ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' and for voicing Philip Marlowe in a series of BBC Radio adaptations of the Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler. Early life George Victor Bishop was born on 11 June 1932, the son of a Manhattan banker, in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Peekskill High School before a brief spell at teacher training college. Bishop served in the United States Army as a disc jockey with the Armed Forces Radio at St. John's in Newfoundland where he was introduced to acting with the St John's Players. After leaving the army, Bishop enrolled at Boston University where he initially studied business administration but halfway through the course, transferred to drama, much against his parents' wishes. After graduating in Theatre Arts, he won a Fulbright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohypnol
Flunitrazepam, also known as Rohypnol among other names, is a benzodiazepine used to treat severe insomnia and assist with anesthesia. As with other hypnotics, flunitrazepam has been advised to be prescribed only for short-term use or by those with chronic insomnia on an occasional basis. It was patented in 1962 and came into medical use in 1974. Flunitrazepam, nicknamed "roofies" or "floonies", is widely known for its use as a date rape drug. Use In countries where this drug is used, it is used for treatment of severe cases of sleeping problems, and in some countries as a preanesthetic agent. These were also the uses for which it was originally studied. It has also been administered as a concurrent dose for patients that are taking ketamine. Rohypnol lowers the side effects of the anesthetic (ketamine), resulting in less confusion in awakening states, less negative influence on pulse rate, and fewer fluctuations in blood pressure. Adverse effects Adverse effects of flun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATV Elstree Studios
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as "Elstree Studios" located in the area. Originally created as a film studio in 1914, the site was converted for use as a television studio in 1960, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's ATV franchise for the ITV network. After ATV became Central Television in the early 1980s and moved to a new Midlands-based complex, this site was sold to the BBC in 1984. It is currently a main production base for BBC Television, with the television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production. The BBC Elstree Centre site includes the external ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Elstree Centre
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The complex is located between Eldon Avenue and Clarendon Road in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. This site was the first of several such complexes colloquially referred to as "Elstree Studios" located in the area. Originally created as a film studio in 1914, the site was converted for use as a television studio in 1960, becoming the main television production site for Lew Grade's ATV franchise for the ITV network. After ATV became Central Television in the early 1980s and moved to a new Midlands-based complex, this site was sold to the BBC in 1984. It is currently a main production base for BBC Television, with the television studios being run by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studioworks, previously known as BBC Studios and Post Production. The BBC Elstree Centre site includes the external set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Latham
Charles Philip Latham (17 January 1929 – 20 June 2020) was a British television actor. He was educated at Felsted School and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 1951. In the late 1960s/early 1970s he was well known to British TV viewers for his portrayal of chief accountant Willy Izard, the "conscience" to hard-nosed oil company industrialist Brian Stead (played by Geoffrey Keen) in the BBC series ''The Troubleshooters'' (1965–72). Other credits ''Jesus of Nazareth'' (1956), ''Paul of Tarsus'', ''Danger Man'' (1960–1962), ''Maigret'', ''The Treasure Seekers'', '' The Avengers'', '' Love Story'', '' Undermind'', ''UFO'', ''The Saint'', ''Sergeant Cork'', ''Justice'', ''The Cedar Tree'', ''Killers'', ''Hammer House of Horror'', '' The Professionals'', '' No. 10'', and ''Nanny''. One of his horror film roles was as Dracula's sinister servant Klove in Hammer's 1966 film '' Dracula, Prince of Darkness'', and he had previously worked for Hammer in ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Weston (actor)
David Weston (born 28 July 1938) is an English actor, director and author. Since graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1961 (having won its Silver Medal for that year) he has acted in numerous film, television and stage productions, including twenty-seven Shakespeare plays and prominent guest roles in two ''Doctor Who'' serials. With Michael Croft, he was a founder member of the National Youth Theatre. Much of his directing work has been for that organisation; he has directed also at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre and a number of other theatres in London. He wrote and narrated a series of non-fiction audio books, including ''Shakespeare His Life and Work'', which won the 2001 Benjamin Franklin Award for best audio non-fiction book. Early career Weston was born in London and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich, during the time that Michael Croft, founder of the National Youth Theatre (NYT), worked there. In 1956, Croft directed a school production of Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Greyn
Clinton Greyn (29 September 1933 – 19 March 2019) was a Welsh-born actor noted for his appearances in British television series of the 1960s and 1970s. After graduating from RADA in 1957, Greyn worked in rep at Ipswich, Chesterfield and the Belgrade Theatre Coventry. He made his film debut in the 1961 ''Scotland Yard'' short ''Wings of Death'', before going on to appear in such popular British TV series as ''Z-Cars'' and ''Compact''. By 1967 his career had progressed to prominent roles opposite Shirley MacLaine in Vittorio De Sica's ''Woman Times Seven'' (1967), Stanley Baker in Peter Yates' crime caper ''Robbery'' (1967), and Peter O'Toole in Herbert Ross's musical remake of ''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' (1969). This led to him getting his own TV series in 1968, '' Virgin of the Secret Service'', in which he played the dashing Captain Robert Virgin, travelling the world battling evil in the name of the British Empire. The series was not a success and he found himself making guest ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Moss
Basil David Moss (25 May 1935 – 28 November 2020) was a British character actor, who featured regularly on television in the 1960s and on radio in the 1970s. Early life He was educated at St Paul's School, which he followed with actor's training. Despite leaving St Paul's in 1953, Moss's connections with the school remained strong throughout his life, both through his involvement in the Pauline Meetings and his work for the Old Pauline Club. Acting career In the early 1960s, he had a long-running screen role as Alan Drew in the BBC TV series ''Compact''. He later had an even longer-lasting part in the radio soap, '' Waggoners' Walk'', which ran for more than a decade and achieved ratings of four million listeners on Radio Two in the United Kingdom. This grew so popular that it nearly caused the cancellation of ''The Archers''. His credited film roles include appearances in ''One Brief Summer'' (1970) and ''Clinic Exclusive'' (1971). As he grew older, Moss did less acting in o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Reed (English Actress)
Tracy Reed (born Clare Tracy Compton Pelissier; 21 September 1942 – 2 May 2012) was an English actress. Early life and education Reed was the daughter of director Anthony Pelissier and actress Penelope Dudley-Ward;Anne Bergma"'Dr. Strangelove' and the Single Woman" ''Los Angeles Times'', 10 July 1994 she took the surname of her stepfather, Carol Reed, following her mother's remarriage in 1948. Reed was the granddaughter of actress Fay Compton and producer H. G. Pelissier, and of socialite Freda Dudley Ward and politician William Dudley Ward. Her great-uncle was novelist Sir Compton Mackenzie. Actor Oliver Reed was a step-cousin. She attended Miss Ironside's School in Kensington. Career During a film-acting career that lasted from the early 1960s until 1975, she appeared in about 30 films, the TV series '' Man of the World'' (1962), and was at one point under consideration as a replacement for Diana Rigg in '' The Avengers''. In one episode of ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayshea
Ayshea (born Ayshea Hague, 12 November 1948) is a British singer, actor and television presenter. Biography Born in Highgate, London, and educated at Arts Educational School, London, Ayshea was trained in ballet, music, drama and dance. She made her film debut at the age of nine as an uncredited extra in the film, ''Tom Thumb'' (1958). At sixteen, she was signed to her first record label, for the Fontana label, who released her debut single, "Eeny Meeny" in 1965. She made appearances on television shows such as '' Thank Your Lucky Stars'' and ''Discotheque''. Granada TV's producer Muriel Young hired Ayshea to host her own pop show, ''Lift Off with Ayshea'' in 1969. The series ran for 122 episodes lasting until 1974. After being romantically linked with Steve Winwood, Chas Chandler and Rod Stewart, she married Cat Stevens' record producer, Chris Brough (the son of ventriloquist Peter Brough), who produced her records and was her manager. Ayshea was a regular on quiz shows such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Alexander (actor)
Keith Alexander is an Australian actor, best known for work on British television. Alexander's television credits include '' Softly, Softly'' (1966), '' The New Avengers'' (1976), ''Minder'' (1979) and ''The Day of the Triffids'' (1981). On the big screen, he has had roles in '' Submarine X-1'' (1968), ''Superman'' (1978), '' Hanover Street'' (1979) and '' All About a Prima Ballerina'' (1980). He has also featured in some of the productions of Gerry Anderson. In addition to voicing the character of John Tracy in the 1968 film ''Thunderbird 6'' (also serving as the film's narrator), Alexander voiced Sam Loover and numerous supporting characters in the television series ''Joe 90'' (1968–69). His other Anderson appearances are in the 1969 film ''Doppelgänger'', ''The Secret Service'' (1969), and as the SHADO HQ radio operator in the television series ''UFO An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
