UFO 1970 - 1971 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippets) Blu-Ray Dolby 5.1

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  • My Ultimate GERRY ANDERSON BARRY GRAY Collection of music below:
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    UFO is a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, 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.
    UFO first aired in the UK and Canada in 1970 and in US syndication over the next two years. In all, 26 episodes, including the pilot, were filmed over the course of more than a year, with a five-month production break caused by the closure of the MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, where the show was initially made.
    The Andersons had previously made a number of very successful marionette-based children's science fiction series including Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. They had also made one live-action science fiction movie, Doppelgänger, also known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, and now felt ready to move into live-action television and aim at a more adult market. UFO was the Andersons' first totally live-action TV series.
    Despite the assumption of many TV station executives, the series was not aimed at children but deliberately sought an older audience; many episodes featured adult themes such as adultery, divorce, and drug use. Most of the cast were newcomers to Century 21 although star Ed Bishop had previously worked with the Andersons as a voice actor on Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons.

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  • @StarWarsJay
    @StarWarsJay 3 года назад +419

    In my whole life I have never been so happy as the Christmas morning I unwrapped a present and found a Dinky UFO interceptor AND a SHADOW tank inside it.

    • @paulghewitt
      @paulghewitt 3 года назад +12

      Me too, thanks for bringing that memory back.

    • @StarWarsJay
      @StarWarsJay 3 года назад +9

      @@equinoxeparabellum6776 and I bet you had a lot of mates too.

    • @davehoaen8268
      @davehoaen8268 3 года назад +6

      SNAP

    • @StarWarsJay
      @StarWarsJay 3 года назад +17

      @@davehoaen8268 can you imagine a kid from these days being that happy over two small toys?

    • @simontrangmar4537
      @simontrangmar4537 3 года назад +6

      ditto - sounds like you're an old bugger too :)

  • @peterknott100
    @peterknott100 3 года назад +360

    I met Ed Bishop having hired him as a voiceover to record a radio ad. Funnily enough, it wasn’t until he walked into the studio that I realised he was the legendary Commander Straker. Anyway, not letting on I mentioned on talkback that strange objects could be seen flying at speed outside. On this, and completely in character, he quipped “Does Moonbase know about this?”... Seriously, what a nice guy.

    • @fiddleandfart
      @fiddleandfart 3 года назад +28

      Yes, I remember him too, shooting a drama at Anglia TV in the seventies. Nice guy, with wavy brown hair - quite unlike his sleek silver look here. And, yes, he had a great voice!

    • @rudolphguarnacci197
      @rudolphguarnacci197 2 года назад +13

      Gr8 story!

    • @scottkronenberg
      @scottkronenberg 2 года назад +9

      Dude! You are the man! 👏👏👏

    • @nathandodge665
      @nathandodge665 2 года назад +5

      Funnily??

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 2 года назад +13

      Gerry, Ed, Sylvia... may you all rest in peace.

  • @hogberry
    @hogberry 5 лет назад +58

    THIS was the golden age of television. And theme songs too. You could tell what program was on just by listening to the theme song. Sure do miss those days

    • @WndD_74
      @WndD_74 2 года назад +8

      Yes, many great orchestrated tv themes back then. The Avengers another favorite.

    • @Beamshipcaptain
      @Beamshipcaptain 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@WndD_74 The theme from the Original Star Trek is still golden.

    • @davidbrims5825
      @davidbrims5825 25 дней назад

      Alan Whicker’s theme tune ‘’ West End’’ by Laurie Johnson.

  • @koreainsincere
    @koreainsincere Год назад +59

    Once again, Barry Gray absolutely and utterly nailed a theme tune. That man was insanely good at his craft. We will never see another like him.

    • @vinceA3748
      @vinceA3748 5 месяцев назад

      100% agree!!!

    • @coolhand1964
      @coolhand1964 5 месяцев назад

      Come on, Barry Gray was very good, but have a listen to Ennio Morricone, he is the true icon of theme music.

    • @Dragonblaster1
      @Dragonblaster1 3 месяца назад

      @@coolhand1964 But Barry wrote classical, rock, jazz, swing, techno... did Ennio?

    • @coolhand1964
      @coolhand1964 3 месяца назад

      @@Dragonblaster1 I don't see people going to concerts to hear the theme from UFO and Captain Scarlett, 60 years after they were written.

  • @TheQ-Continuum
    @TheQ-Continuum 3 года назад +89

    Superb quality Blu-Ray footage ! Half a century on and it looks as fresh as ever. Ahead of it's time, still looks good 50 years on. This has stood the test of time:

    • @batphink2655
      @batphink2655 2 года назад +3

      Rather! Splendid comment Q ....Engage...erm sorry I meant that for Number 1 LOL!

  • @SlideRulePirate
    @SlideRulePirate 7 лет назад +445

    Sunday mornings as a little kid. No responsibilities. Mum's roast to look forward to then out for the afternoon to play with your mates..

    • @gregfolland8452
      @gregfolland8452 7 лет назад +19

      SlideRulePirate - Yes, I remember: that's just how it was!

    • @paulelliott3220
      @paulelliott3220 5 лет назад +22

      Greg Folland
      Same here, great days indeed sadly long past

    • @2566Conan
      @2566Conan 5 лет назад +15

      Absolutely

    • @jackmckenzie4401
      @jackmckenzie4401 5 лет назад +15

      Sure mate. That was me!

    • @neilcunningham795
      @neilcunningham795 5 лет назад +14

      UFO was so cool as a kid I never missed it

  • @mybraintalks
    @mybraintalks 6 лет назад +207

    The grooviest Sci-fi tv show ever. Gotta love the music.

    • @beano3868
      @beano3868 3 года назад +3

      Yep agree

    • @harryheath4934
      @harryheath4934 3 года назад +6

      Watched it as a kid and that music kicks hard

    • @danielw5850
      @danielw5850 3 года назад +7

      Groovy, together with chain-smoking, Whisky-drinking SHADO personnel; aliens didn't stand a chance ;)

    • @rsprockets7846
      @rsprockets7846 3 года назад +12

      Purple wigs chain bras. Semi nude scenes. Aliens had no chance

    • @redled2677
      @redled2677 3 года назад +4

      @@rsprockets7846 With Straker in charge......NO ONE stood a chance.

  • @mrc302
    @mrc302 6 лет назад +206

    My Dad and I would watch this every Sunday evening. RIP Pops.

    • @snapmalloy5556
      @snapmalloy5556 5 лет назад +11

      My dad and I did as well

    • @danielmorgan3590
      @danielmorgan3590 3 года назад +3

      same here back in jamaica in te 70s jbc

    • @richardsmyth305
      @richardsmyth305 3 года назад +3

      If I’m not careful I’ll wallow in a pool of nostalgia

    • @mecongberlin
      @mecongberlin 3 года назад +1

      In my case it was my grandma. She loved keep complaining about the fashion.

    • @ianmangham4570
      @ianmangham4570 3 года назад +3

      R. I. P your dad

  • @nicholasdavies6264
    @nicholasdavies6264 3 года назад +148

    Wasn’t this just so exciting ? As a kid I was absolutely glued to the telly when this came on . Loved it .

    • @ufotv-viral
      @ufotv-viral 3 года назад +1

      🖖🖖🖖👽

    • @redled2677
      @redled2677 3 года назад +10

      Yep, Nothing could compare to this. When the end credits appeared I went into a mini depression. I had to wait a WHOLE week for the next episode. When you`re 10 - 11 years old, THAT is an ETERNITY !!!!

    • @jonathanj.7344
      @jonathanj.7344 3 года назад +3

      @@redled2677 No video recorders then, let alone DVD.

    • @redled2677
      @redled2677 3 года назад +5

      @@jonathanj.7344 True, but the upside of that is that we treasured every split second of the
      wonderful moments on the screen in our living rooms; we took NONE of it for granted.

    • @destronia123
      @destronia123 2 года назад +1

      I made a "Moon Base" out of Legos... :^)

  • @DSROBB
    @DSROBB 2 года назад +36

    Loved this series and seeing it again after all these years just shows it has stood the test of time. Gerry Anderson was way ahead of his time.

  • @hosswindu166
    @hosswindu166 7 лет назад +110

    That UFO ship sound effect! One of the best ever.

    • @alanclark991
      @alanclark991 3 года назад +5

      As soon as i saw this about the ufo series the first sound in my head was the ufo. Will never forget it,always loved the tv series always will, was bloody awesome.

    • @geofredotappan9777
      @geofredotappan9777 Год назад +1

      Been trying to get that set up for a ringtone.

    • @gixxerman0016
      @gixxerman0016 Месяц назад

      ​@@geofredotappan9777
      I put a lot of time & effort into learning how to make a ringtone so that I could have a decent UFO one, it starts with the UFO sound, then has SID doing his alert, then Gabby does her 'interceptors immediate launch' & then goes into the theme.
      I love it, been using it for many years 👍👍

  • @leggodt6340
    @leggodt6340 6 лет назад +120

    I honestly cannot describe the mix of emotions this gives me.

    • @jimred5700
      @jimred5700 Год назад +7

      So many emotions. Some wonderful. Some bitter sweet. I treasure the memories of looking forward to and
      watching this show growing up in England in the early `70`s.

    • @paulberry6016
      @paulberry6016 Год назад +1

      Sexiest babes yet seen iin SciFi ❤Black Moonbass intercepter Pilot appears as Count of Monte Christo's Coachman, Strongman, Ali, in supurb 1976 Film starring Richard Chamberlain as COMC. 13:38

    • @RichardTClark396
      @RichardTClark396 11 дней назад

      Cloning before cloning was hip ! 🤣

  • @Methadone4Life
    @Methadone4Life 7 лет назад +193

    Gotta love Gerry Anderson.....these shows were fantastic! So underrated, the things they accomplished and the way they used everything available to them was just so creative.

    • @altha-rf1et
      @altha-rf1et 5 лет назад +2

      To bad Gerry Anderson does not let fan made productions of the series

    • @photronsardarkling2064
      @photronsardarkling2064 3 года назад +6

      @@altha-rf1et Can you blame him after the awful Thunderbirds movie.

    • @Stu-SB
      @Stu-SB 3 года назад +4

      Derek Meddings should be included

    • @charlesneely
      @charlesneely 2 года назад +4

      Well one thing I like about it was this was the 1960s and he wasn't afraid to have black people mostly Caribbean black actors on his show and Asian and Indians and he was definitely ahead of his time for that.

    • @charlesneely
      @charlesneely 2 года назад +1

      @@photronsardarkling2064 hey man it was made for the UK audience and any part of the British isles or colonies or overseas territories. It was not made for a US audience. He also made a side by series about a planet where only women rude instead of men and men with nothing but sex slaves I like that series.

  • @moriwaki1105
    @moriwaki1105 5 лет назад +45

    The closing Music is still extraordinary to me even today..... Thank You Gerry and Sylvia for a childhood full of Wonder and possibilities ! .....Supermarionation ! !

  • @artbyvince
    @artbyvince Год назад +12

    The quality of this copy is so clean it looks like it was filmed nowadays. I loved this show and Space 1999 so much as a kid. Gerry Anderson was amazing in his productions (so was his wife) and the music he used in the shows was outstanding! I have the soundtracks to both shows and I love them both.

  • @MrTkeddo
    @MrTkeddo 7 лет назад +105

    British earth defence are very polite "mind the doors please" Gabrielle Drake is stunning !

    • @dickyboyryw
      @dickyboyryw 6 лет назад +4

      MrTkeddo she's 74 now! Lol. But still worth a cuddle. Lmao. But she is. This is a great show. Available on DVD in the UK. Where I am.

    • @kllwc7772
      @kllwc7772 6 лет назад +2

      I really love the songs of her brother Nick ,shame he died so young 💔

    • @johnconran9327
      @johnconran9327 5 лет назад +7

      God I loved Gabrielle Drake as a child. And then she was on the Kelly Monteith show. Just wow.

    • @16rumpole
      @16rumpole 5 лет назад +1

      there was one episode where you saw her without the makeup and wig and she was amazing.

  • @kevinallcock1946
    @kevinallcock1946 7 лет назад +339

    NOT ONLY WAS GERRY ANDERSON WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME , EVERY SERIES HE MADE HAD THE MOST FANTASTIC THEME TUNES EVER RECORDED . LEGEND LEGEND LEGEND .

    • @diamonddog257
      @diamonddog257 7 лет назад +18

      barry gray wrote them all .... not anderson......

    • @raymondramirez9177
      @raymondramirez9177 6 лет назад +4

      There are many records and CD collections of Barry Gray's music. But his most powerful and famous there song is and will always be "Thunderbirds are Go!" There is a present New Zealand production using an improved version of Gray's original.

    • @therandomthink
      @therandomthink 6 лет назад +9

      I had the good fortune to get tickets for a celebration concert of Barry Gray's music played by the full BBC Philharmonic with Voces 8 on vocals, hosted by Brian Blessed. It was the best evening of entertainment ever. I had tears in my eyes - it was truly stunning to hear that music performed live by one of the best orchestras in the world, in one of the best concert halls in the world.

    • @datadaedalus2216
      @datadaedalus2216 6 лет назад +13

      Barry Gray's U.F.O. Theme is one of the best sci-fi themes of the era - there's no denying it. I listen to this tune regularly during my commute to work everyday, driving a vehicle which wouldn't have been out of place in the same Gerry Anderson TV series.

    • @silentwatcher1455
      @silentwatcher1455 6 лет назад +2

      kevin allcock although his props were ahead of its time but impractical. A moon based interceptor with just one shot missiles. It will not last a minute with a WWII skillful pilot using spitfire.

  • @williamsterben
    @williamsterben 7 лет назад +76

    That music literaly transported me back 45 years.

    • @danielt.8573
      @danielt.8573 6 лет назад +5

      These spaceships and bases make us want to play with with our old toys all over again.

    • @ZnenTitan
      @ZnenTitan 5 лет назад

      Actually I think even longer than that. (Time flies faster than a UFO being chased by SHADO)

    • @darekczyz8298
      @darekczyz8298 4 года назад

      I remember wooden lego ÷###

  • @DaysLikeThese65
    @DaysLikeThese65 4 года назад +45

    Ed Straker - was my role model as an 11 year old. And yes, the moon base babes! Now 55 and have a feeling that the storyline in UFO was not actually far from reality. If you get what I mean....

    • @deepfriedsammich
      @deepfriedsammich 3 года назад +3

      Heh. I was in love with a purple-haired woman (Gabby) long before the Progressive Millennials were even born. :D

    • @jamesjackson1869
      @jamesjackson1869 3 года назад +1

      Part of me gets what you mean, and part of me doesn't get what you mean, so I hope you'll share what you mean. I certainly do increasingly have a "sense" that I don't seem to know how to define or discuss that we haven't actually yet begun to scratch the surface of the tip of the iceberg in terms of discovering and understanding the truths of the 20th Century, in terms of our Earths' interactions with the universes, and our and other universes' interactivities and activities with us and, through us, one another.

    • @lonegroover
      @lonegroover 3 года назад +1

      Not really

    • @rsprockets7846
      @rsprockets7846 3 года назад +2

      That uap was the Gimbel one from the Nimitz. Enciounter

    • @deepfriedsammich
      @deepfriedsammich 3 года назад +2

      6:46 I'm 57, and yes, I get what you mean by moon base babes.

  • @MrPutzdad
    @MrPutzdad 4 года назад +24

    I watched this show a lot when I was a kid. Even now (50-something) hearing that theme song would make me dash into the living room. Groovy.

  • @frankm3214
    @frankm3214 7 лет назад +201

    BOY! The 1980"s are going to be AWESOME!!

    • @DavidBDavis-lz7bt
      @DavidBDavis-lz7bt 6 лет назад +10

      I'm ready for the '80s!

    • @tallandhandsome29
      @tallandhandsome29 5 лет назад +13

      I can’t wait to buy a car like that and join SHADO. My only issue is the whole string vest vs nipples thing.

    • @fiftystate1388
      @fiftystate1388 4 года назад +5

      Everybody had cars like that. I still can't figure how Chrysler K cars became the next big thing after that. ruclips.net/video/2Cu-jHhNqp0/видео.html

    • @beavisjones1831
      @beavisjones1831 4 года назад +3

      Frank M hell yes cable tv and M tv wooo hooo

    • @white-dragon4424
      @white-dragon4424 3 года назад +5

      I don't think it's possible to get so many future predictions so wrong. Starfighters and moon bases by 1980, all run by people wearing 60's hairstyles and women with purple hair (???). I really don't know what possessed them to base it so near rather than say, 100 years in the future.

  • @LRS905
    @LRS905 7 лет назад +210

    Those Interceptor ships are male: Only one shot, and after shooting their load they become useless for a while, lol

  • @Birdsfly11
    @Birdsfly11 2 года назад +25

    Love this show as a kid. The music was so cool I couldn't wait till opening credits came on. Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet were my other all time favorites. Thanks Gerry!

  • @mapp4751
    @mapp4751 5 лет назад +38

    as a young kid growing up in Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s i remember seeing a few episodes and loving the show.i did buy the series and i think the show was ahead of its time!

    • @WndD_74
      @WndD_74 2 года назад +2

      Was right across the water in metro Detroit watching it every Sat 1970-71!

  • @FrancoAir
    @FrancoAir 2 года назад +19

    I was 6 years old when this came out and still remember it. Wow, taking me back!

    • @ColonelMarcellus
      @ColonelMarcellus 2 года назад +1

      I was a teenager and wished I could go to England to appear in this show.

  • @careypatrick6754
    @careypatrick6754 6 лет назад +31

    I totally remember this show! Especially the girls with the purple hair! Such a great sci fi show from the 70s. But the guy on the motorcycle with the phone receiver just kills me!

    • @steeveedee8478
      @steeveedee8478 3 года назад +3

      I believe the girls were clones genetically modified for life on the moon.

    • @kensellers4082
      @kensellers4082 Год назад +1

      Yes, the show’s writers were very prescient with having the women have purple-colored hair.
      If only they had also had the presence of mind to have those attractive young women wear rings in their noses, an “especially” attractive expression of young women today.

  • @youchris67
    @youchris67 6 лет назад +26

    Unbelievable that I remember this show from when I was 4-years old! The memories just made me nearly cry my eyes out. I actually had the die-cast medal toys from this show! We lived in New Orleans at the time. The Vietnam war was still raging in 1970-'71.

    • @nigelk1293
      @nigelk1293 Год назад +1

      I had a eagle from space 99,I had some thunderbirds as well i think

    • @flemwad
      @flemwad Год назад +1

      Me too..same age..my brother had a green shado 2 and I had an interceptor...happy days

    • @youchris67
      @youchris67 Год назад

      @@flemwad Happy days that are now long gone forever. Fifty+ years now was a long time ago.

  • @redled2677
    @redled2677 3 года назад +36

    2:58,I still get chills down my spine when that Bass line kicks in. Just superb.

    • @morlokkurak4763
      @morlokkurak4763 2 года назад +1

      I know what you mean. The stabbing notes introduce tension to the scene. Too Cool.

    • @jimred5700
      @jimred5700 Год назад +1

      @@morlokkurak4763 Yes, I don`t think there has ever been a greater combination :
      1. The eerie sound of the approaching UFO.
      2. The visuals of the Moonbase operatives.
      3. Barry Gray`s incomparable music.
      Perfection.

    • @feenster1
      @feenster1 Год назад

      My ringtone to this day...lol

  • @contessa.adella
    @contessa.adella Год назад +6

    The theme has been my phone ringtone for years…Love it. If I play an old UFO clip my family is like “You’re phone’s ringing” 😂

  • @stevebaer3111
    @stevebaer3111 7 лет назад +40

    That is what I call an oldie but a goodie. They sure don't make TV shows like they used to.

    • @vottoduder
      @vottoduder 7 лет назад +2

      charles neely Those people have always existed, they just werent brave enough to come out into the open. Little Richard, Liberace, Elton John, etc... Back then it was cool to mentally and physically torture those people. You know, the "Good ole days". Also, the technology wasnt advanced enough to perform those types of surgeries.

    • @WelshWidgetMan2O1O
      @WelshWidgetMan2O1O 7 лет назад +2

      *Steve Baer* That's for damn sure...

    • @sixsixxsixxxx
      @sixsixxsixxxx 6 лет назад

      Steve Baer yes thank God for that too - this is terrible

  • @MONGOOSE1ful
    @MONGOOSE1ful 7 лет назад +68

    "UFO" was officially released in the United States by ITC in the Fall of 1972, although it was aired in the UK in 1969, this Non-Marinated live series by the late, great Gerry Anderson was one of his best shows to date! the special effects by Anderson's British crew and craftsmen, and it was their finest!

    • @wilmanric2277
      @wilmanric2277 7 лет назад +5

      I have often wondered how much this show was inspired by the Battle of Britain.

    • @remo687
      @remo687 7 лет назад +10

      "Non-Marinated"?

    • @digitaurus
      @digitaurus 7 лет назад +5

      Absolutely - heavily driven by Battle of Britain and subsequent cold war patrols

    • @ianmoseley9910
      @ianmoseley9910 7 лет назад +1

      Joe S Hill Got to love the incredibly RP voices

    • @DrWatson221
      @DrWatson221 7 лет назад +2

      Not puppets.

  • @michaelmallows3358
    @michaelmallows3358 7 лет назад +158

    Brilliant tv series for its time.

    • @thefurrybastard1964
      @thefurrybastard1964 7 лет назад +15

      Only thing you could say was bad about it was the Interceptors with a one shot weapon.

    • @FungusHat
      @FungusHat 7 лет назад +10

      Always wondered about that--but they were actually setting a spread with the torpedos--the ufo's were going so fast they had to try a massive deflection shot--and they used nukes to get as large a "blast" area as they could. Pretty much like WWII torpedos.

    • @connie1wilson
      @connie1wilson 7 лет назад +3

      I can't remember this, but the effects look great for the time! Not sure why the kinky string vest uniform would be a thing.

    • @FuelrIce
      @FuelrIce 7 лет назад +3

      +Connie Wonnie I remember very vaguely, though I was admittedly quite young at the time. The uniforms, like much of the wardrobe, are of a piece with "futuristic" uniform notions from the late 1960's. Since the 1960's were only barely over, the same clothing styles would still have been the norm. The real innovation was, oddly enough, the purple-haired girls from SHADO Moonbase -- I can't say that I recall any other TV series of the time going with identical purple wigs.

    • @connie1wilson
      @connie1wilson 7 лет назад +2

      FuelrIce - Very Gerry Anderson, probs is. I loved Space 1999!

  • @mcm95403
    @mcm95403 6 лет назад +19

    I LOVED this show as a kid! It was like a live action Thunderbirds! A lot of pretty amazing concepts for the time, and I like the idea of the pilots hoping in the chutes to get to their ships. I wish we could get reruns of shows like this instead of Sharknado crap.

  • @robbiemillar704
    @robbiemillar704 2 года назад +7

    I was all of five six maybe seven when I saw this show. Had some of the toys and I still draw UFOs on paper to this day. Unbelievable childhood memories. Unbelievable inspiration. Had to look this up to make sure it was real.😁👍

  • @danielsaint-jacques2756
    @danielsaint-jacques2756 5 лет назад +8

    Wow! Le meilleur générique d'ouverture d'une série de
    S-F de tout les temps !!!
    Barry Gray et Gerry Anderson, un duo parfait...
    👍

  • @overcompensation5354
    @overcompensation5354 3 года назад +22

    Barry Gray was a terrific composer.

  • @stargazeronesixseven
    @stargazeronesixseven 2 года назад +4

    UFO series ( 1970~1971 ) 52 years ago in 2022 >>> Still engaging to watch & follow! May we meet again in a Better World & Realm for All the Crew & Fans of this Century 21 Film UFO series! 🕯🌷🌿🌍💖🕊

  • @charleskuckel3173
    @charleskuckel3173 5 лет назад +5

    ALL the Gerry Anderson series were a BIG part of my life as a kid. I was born in 1959 and I remember seeing UFO on TV Saturday evening. It was a well done program. It stoked my interest in the sciences and eventually medicine.

    • @keithe8449
      @keithe8449 2 года назад

      All great..but Captain Scarlet was my favourite

  • @rnunezb
    @rnunezb 5 лет назад +18

    This TV show is INMORTAL, I love it since it was aired originally,

  • @dmcarden
    @dmcarden 7 лет назад +19

    Used to sit in saturday nights for my scifi evening with this and start trek, buck rodgers, and space 1999.. loved this show!!! Great memories!

    • @altha-rf1et
      @altha-rf1et 5 лет назад +1

      and Doctor Who the Tom Baker years

  • @vicg5323
    @vicg5323 6 лет назад +13

    Gerry Anderson was pure genius. Awesome work of sci fi art.

  • @wilmanric2277
    @wilmanric2277 7 лет назад +78

    When we were in high school a buddy of mine used to often say at lunchtime "Interceptors, immediate lunch" as he opened his lunchbox.

    • @slopadoodle
      @slopadoodle 7 лет назад +4

      Wil Manric that's awesome! Cool school memories

    • @johndean4998
      @johndean4998 6 лет назад +3

      'Opening your lunchbox' means something slightly different on this side of the Atlantic.

    • @ivanugliarse
      @ivanugliarse 6 лет назад

      Adelaine Deabin-What an ignorant twit you are.Wash your nasty,rude mouth out.No need to swear.

    • @thegreatbamboozler4837
      @thegreatbamboozler4837 6 лет назад +3

      hmm..... so what tech company does he OWN now??

    • @ZnenTitan
      @ZnenTitan 5 лет назад

      Revenge of the Nerds!

  • @TorToroPorco
    @TorToroPorco 4 года назад +7

    The look and feel of Anderson’s productions was a major influence in many other movies.
    And it’s also evident that the Car’s Benjamin Orr based his look on Ed Straker. 😀 Another nod to the stylishness of Anderson’s art direction.

    • @scottkronenberg
      @scottkronenberg 2 года назад +3

      Nice call back on Benjamin Orr! 👏👏👏

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker 4 года назад +7

    This concept is just begging for a modern remake! Groovy, man!!!!

    • @bbartky
      @bbartky 2 месяца назад

      Definitely! I’ve been saving for years that no other science fiction show deserves a remake more than this one.

  • @markjeffels3327
    @markjeffels3327 7 лет назад +50

    Really miss the 1970's! Those purple haired ladies were so beautiful!

    • @toddkes5890
      @toddkes5890 6 лет назад

      I'd be happy with a remake. We have the X-Com games for inspiration too

    • @bullwinklejmoos
      @bullwinklejmoos 5 лет назад +1

      Ever since the show I’ve had a thing for women in purple hair. Even had a girlfriend color her hair purple just to tease me. Those were the days.

    • @redled2677
      @redled2677 3 года назад

      They were that.

  • @avamendez1272
    @avamendez1272 7 лет назад +30

    just wanted to pay my respects to this young man, Peter Gordeno, aka Captain Peter Carlin. he was trained as a dancer, choreographer, singer and an actor. RIP Peter💝

    • @MrMrh1958
      @MrMrh1958 5 лет назад +1

      Ava Mendez Peter Gordeno dancers!🤩

    • @bengunns9500
      @bengunns9500 2 года назад

      Peter Gordenos son is the Keyboard player for Depeche Mode

  • @karlregan5276
    @karlregan5276 11 месяцев назад +4

    That closing theme is chilling! LOVE how this whole series was put together.

  • @tomford4180
    @tomford4180 3 года назад +13

    I watched this show as a kid and loved it. The special were excellent, had a great hip musical theme, and red hot girls in scanty outfits. Wonderful.

  • @mickhealy572
    @mickhealy572 2 года назад +4

    Been 50 years since I heard that music and my skin got goose bumps, amazing, loved this show as a kid in Aus.

  • @EMPJ65
    @EMPJ65 7 лет назад +8

    I was a kid. .. one of the best series ever trasmitted. With a few money they produced a legend!

  • @burtonwilliams5355
    @burtonwilliams5355 3 года назад +8

    LOVED this show back in the day ! I was 11-12. Great show ! The theme music was great !

  • @sillyone52062
    @sillyone52062 7 лет назад +17

    In 1980, I was still using equipment made in 1944 in the Army. All of the budget went to these blokes!

  • @merseydave1
    @merseydave1 3 года назад +5

    I was 5 when this came out and I loved it ... some 30 years later, I saw it on cable t.v. and I found myself sittind down crossed legged just like I as an exited 5 year old in 1970!!!

  • @PaulCashman
    @PaulCashman 4 года назад +14

    The DVD release of the entire UFO series is stunningly crisp and clean. I remember watching this on WOR Channel 9 out of NYC and the broadcast quality was terrible. I highly recommend the DVDs.

    • @georgewaters8592
      @georgewaters8592 2 года назад +1

      I did the same thing, I loved watching UFO on tv when I was a kid in Brooklyn NY, and now I just got the 8 dvd set and look forwards to watching the entire series again !!

    • @scottkronenberg
      @scottkronenberg 2 года назад +1

      Dude, I use to wait impatiently for the Mets to lose badly, & sit through Kiner’s Korner so I could watch this! That’s dedication! 🤣😂😆

    • @GyroplaneFan
      @GyroplaneFan 2 года назад

      Bought the DVD collection for this AND Space:1999 - love both series.

  • @srgmag1971
    @srgmag1971 6 лет назад +32

    One of the best childhood shows I'd forever cherish:)

    • @jimred5700
      @jimred5700 Год назад +1

      Nothing else can compare.

  • @thinkingoutloud6741
    @thinkingoutloud6741 7 лет назад +13

    I remember watching this show when it came out in the US. Loved it then, and now I remember why.

  • @iamgort70
    @iamgort70 7 лет назад +11

    God I grew up with these shows...this and Lost in Space, Space 1999 etc...good memories...

  • @loukourt1388
    @loukourt1388 4 года назад +6

    I have to confess as a 9 year old those SHADO Giirls were my secret crush! Loved the show!

  • @gordonmills2748
    @gordonmills2748 2 года назад +3

    Well now I know what to ask for this Christmas. A Blu-Ray of this show.

  • @love4lust7301
    @love4lust7301 6 лет назад +72

    Only the British could have a real phone on a motorbike.. classy

  • @christopherpuylara6355
    @christopherpuylara6355 6 лет назад +13

    WOW ! I never thought I'd get to see this show again, and this popped up in my feed. I loved this show as a kid ! Scary as all get out, but the machines are what turned me on. I was into the Blue Book stuff, read Chariots of the Gods, etc. But this show made the reading and tabloid stories kinda real .

  • @SHADO3DMC
    @SHADO3DMC 7 лет назад +7

    This was the best and when the series came out on DVD, that made my day. FAB!

  • @vinceA3748
    @vinceA3748 5 месяцев назад

    I LOVED this show. The music, the sets, the stories and characters were great. One thing I really liked is how cool and calm the pilots are in the action scenes. They come across as unflappable professionals. I really appreciated this.

  • @HowieDaDuk
    @HowieDaDuk 5 лет назад +9

    60 seasons of this great series would still not have been enough!

  • @meenam300zx
    @meenam300zx 4 года назад +11

    As a kid, I liked UFO more than star trek. The opening music and the sound of UFO would just captivate me. The girls looked hot with great buzonkas!! Not to mentione those tight skirts and captain Strykers hot car!!

  • @passthebutterrobot2600
    @passthebutterrobot2600 6 лет назад +23

    The pacing of the UFO stories was always a bit slow for me, however it looked (and still looks) absolutely effing amazing. The sets, the costumes & especially the vehicles & hardware. Mid-century modern, retro & very cool. Love it. Great theme tune to.

  • @edhoughton2609
    @edhoughton2609 4 года назад +5

    Yes, I grew up with this and other classic TV series - I always remembered the very different opening and closing music - very 60s action-packed punchy and energetic to open and menacing and genuinely chilling to close - very clever

  • @renepailunglim8178
    @renepailunglim8178 3 года назад +7

    Growing up in Manila, I lived to watch each episode weekly. Can't describe to emotions I feel seeing this again here after how many years? Wow, just wow!

  • @AcapulKero
    @AcapulKero 3 года назад +4

    Wow! I saw one movie in the movie theatre, then the tv-show and after that I bought the View-Master discs and the toys. What a great show! After that I continued watching "Space 99", name in German: "Mondbasis Alpha 2". Best series ever! P.d. I was born 1965.

  • @1963CDK
    @1963CDK 7 лет назад +7

    I remember watching this as a Kid when we lived in the Netherlands in the early 70s...I even had one of the toy interceptors...made by Corgi Toys...thanks for the memories...

  • @HuntersMoon78
    @HuntersMoon78 7 лет назад +340

    We used to have some good & watchable TV shows here in the UK in the 70's/80's now it's all bullshit reality shows.

    • @Badassvidsz
      @Badassvidsz 3 года назад +26

      This shit is in all countries i guess unfortunatelly .....Greece the same shit

    • @paulghewitt
      @paulghewitt 3 года назад +26

      Or woke shite

    • @ronaldrybacki4498
      @ronaldrybacki4498 3 года назад +24

      Same in the U.S

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 3 года назад +12

      That is the exact same thing in Canada and United States of America. I recently found out it costs half as much per production hour to make, "reality," television programmes, as compared to scripted television with real actors, a real director, and real talent. This is why television producers are pushing the, "reality," tripe so fully. I did give, "reality," a try for two weeks when it first came out. It was the worse two weeks of television I ever had. I refuse to watch any, "reality," television now. It is just basically pointing a wobbly camera at some loser to see what happens. The camera operator has no clue how to hold the camera still, ether. Modern television is easily the worse programmed television ever.

    • @EssGeeSee
      @EssGeeSee 3 года назад +3

      We did, but not this. UFO was rubbish. Almost as bad as Crossroads.

  • @theufoexperience3859
    @theufoexperience3859 7 лет назад +38

    Welcome to moon base communications, here's your purple wig!
    Still some of the best sound FX ever on those UFOs. Love the sound they make when they are landed. Flying also is very cool & freaky.
    Also, not sure who the drummer is who is on this soundtrack, but DAMN! Just...damn! Total master.

    • @bobbybass7810
      @bobbybass7810 2 года назад +2

      Don't know why when I go to the supermarket look up and here the sound of the U.F.O. lol not always lol

    • @batphink2655
      @batphink2655 2 года назад +1

      Hal Blaine perhaps? as he was the most recorded session drummer in history having done countless soundtracks and TV themes :)

  • @hanslesolo
    @hanslesolo 2 года назад +8

    The Drums and Bass on this is kicking!

    • @scottkronenberg
      @scottkronenberg 2 года назад

      Don’t forget that boss Wurlitzer organ! 🎹

  • @hiridavidfeign
    @hiridavidfeign 3 года назад +30

    The world will never know peace until all men can agree to wear beige jumpsuits and mesh uniforms.

    • @catey62
      @catey62 3 года назад +1

      If the powers of the world could learn to work together for the betterment of all humanity, we could already have bases on the moon and be exploring space like in the hollywood movies. but while money and power corrupt us it will sadly never happen.

  • @ChristopherSmith-bh4sz
    @ChristopherSmith-bh4sz 7 лет назад +8

    These shows made my childhood, got me interested in science, engineering and UFOs of course!

  • @tombradford7035
    @tombradford7035 6 лет назад +24

    Superior series - still the best in that genre.

  • @CasaLobo77
    @CasaLobo77 6 лет назад +7

    Was hooked to this show as a small kid in the 70s.

  • @volpeverde6441
    @volpeverde6441 2 года назад +2

    Sunday lunchtime U.F.O. had us all glued to the T.V. in the early 70's....loved the U.F.O. engine noise and purple haired ladies....

    • @jimred5700
      @jimred5700 Год назад +2

      I couldn`t wait until Sunday lunchtime;...Wait till your Father Get`s Home; Weekend World...then.....UFO. Fantastic.

  • @jamesfrench7299
    @jamesfrench7299 2 года назад +7

    This was shown in day time TV when I was reading about UFO phenomenon as a kid in the early 80s. Those spinning UFOs and that noise they made we're totally captivating and frightening as I knew they were the enemy. The one scene that stuck in my mind was the captured alien and one of the crew saying he either can't understand them or doesn't want to understand.
    That was chilling.

  • @MrSmiley1964
    @MrSmiley1964 7 лет назад +20

    They don't teach you kids about this part of 1980 in the history books. It was a wild and somewhat dangerous time with purple hair and turtle necks.

    • @wtk6069
      @wtk6069 3 года назад +2

      The purple hair didn't come for three more decades, it turns out.

  • @DLR-ft8vl
    @DLR-ft8vl 7 лет назад +12

    UFO, The Champions, Secret Agent Man, Space 1999. I didn't mention Star Trek, because that was in a class all by itself. Good memories!!!

    • @gamewizard1760
      @gamewizard1760 6 лет назад +2

      You forgot my own personal favorite, The Prisoner.

    • @thegreatbamboozler4837
      @thegreatbamboozler4837 6 лет назад +1

      Sad that all the sci fi now boils down to teen angst shows with sci fi as simply a genre

    • @davidfrost2819
      @davidfrost2819 5 лет назад +1

      U.F.O and space 1999 kicked Star Treks arse into another stratosphere altogether

  • @numbtee8478
    @numbtee8478 6 лет назад +8

    Thank you....one of my all time favorite shows/memories...thank you again for this post....the "effort" is appreciated on so many levels....gonna look for this series in '4K'........seriously....thnx.....

  • @jaymorris3468
    @jaymorris3468 Год назад +3

    Ah, nostalgia from a world I wish still existed, awesome stuff.

  • @keithcall7795
    @keithcall7795 Год назад +1

    One of the best gifts I ever received yeasr ago was the box set of UFO. Still watch it today. ME TV i n Boston shows the Thunderbirds Sunday morning. I DVR it then watch it later on. Love all of Gerry and Sylvia's work. Thanks for posring.

  • @pastyman001
    @pastyman001 4 года назад +4

    Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. It's dejavu all over again!

  • @fw1421
    @fw1421 5 лет назад +5

    I loved this show,and it still looks great,especially on Blu-ray.

  • @Fontsman
    @Fontsman 6 лет назад +17

    Gabrielle Drake. Magnificent!

  • @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab
    @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab 3 года назад +2

    Deep and Dark...Gerry Anderson's best work ever and that is saying something...👍🏻 The man was a genius. 👏🏻

  • @extraterrestrialfascisti7625
    @extraterrestrialfascisti7625 Год назад +2

    Gerry Anderson was a man ahead of his times

  • @italobambino43
    @italobambino43 6 лет назад +5

    I remember my Brothers watching this on PBS back in the early 70's. Those jump suites looked hot on the dudes to!

  • @georgevavoulis4758
    @georgevavoulis4758 3 года назад +8

    One of my favorite series . I really enjoy the work that went into the models . I read in a sci fi movie magazine "STARLOG" how much work went into models

  • @scottcuppello
    @scottcuppello 7 лет назад +18

    This, re-set in the future would make for such a great movie or TV series.......

    • @Galacticadude
      @Galacticadude 7 лет назад +3

      ufoseries.com/
      www.syfy.com/syfywire/british-ufo-tv-series-headed-big-screen
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_(TV_series)#Film
      There was a website for the film revamp of UFO but sadly nothing for a long time.

    • @donwayne1357
      @donwayne1357 6 лет назад +1

      With Charisma Carpenter with short hair as a female Ed Straker. Oo-la-la!

  • @flybobbie1449
    @flybobbie1449 4 года назад +2

    It's great to rewatch all these old series in bluray HD. Brings new life and only seems like they were made yesterday. Watched a HD copy of The Professionals, now in the process of getting those on HD bluray.

  • @cephlopodic
    @cephlopodic Год назад +1

    🛸what production values ! what an episode!45 yrs ago i ❤️
    loved it and i can see why.the quality kicks many of todays arses🛸

  • @leescott2069
    @leescott2069 6 лет назад +20

    No cellphones in the future awesome can't wait.

    • @richardwebb5317
      @richardwebb5317 4 месяца назад

      Set in 1980, there may be a truck with a brick in it somewhere.

  • @videogeekin
    @videogeekin 3 года назад +7

    “Only glamorous beauty queens are allowed in space to boost the moral of all astronauts…my favorite eye candy is violet and her name is Gabriel.”

  • @panpiper
    @panpiper 7 лет назад +10

    Nice edit. One of my favorite TV shows from my childhood.

  • @LordEriolTolkien
    @LordEriolTolkien Год назад +1

    This is some of my earliest childhood TV memories right here

  • @lloydonlead
    @lloydonlead 5 лет назад +2

    Watched this show as a kid. Loved it! Had a toy interceptor made of metal. Actually fired a toy plastic missile with a button pushed underneath.

  • @MrGeoffHilton
    @MrGeoffHilton 6 лет назад +8

    Unbelievably good picture and sound, goes to show that the camera and sound operatives really knew their stuff, the question is why was it so good as it was only ever going to be shown on low def 200 to 300 line horizontal resolution broadcast TV. Thank goodness they did take the care, this goes for all TV shows by the way.

    • @80s_Boombox_Collector
      @80s_Boombox_Collector 3 года назад +1

      You think that was good, check out Forbidden Planet. And that was 14 years before this.

    • @MrGeoffHilton
      @MrGeoffHilton 3 года назад +1

      @@80s_Boombox_Collector the difference is forbidden planet was a major Hollywood film probably costing hundreds of times more whereas UFO was a twenty odd episode weekly series, production values in a major Hollywood film mean it takes months or years to produce compared to days or weeks for an episode of TV production. Forbidden Planet is a brilliant film in fact it will be in my top 10 list easily.

    • @arwelp
      @arwelp 2 года назад

      UK tv at the time was 405 lines black-and-white or 625 lines colour - ITV (which was the original network this was shown on) only started colour broadcasting in October 1969, so this would have been a very early colour transmission, though most people wouldn’t have a colour tv until many years later - colour tvs cost around £300 at a time when some people were barely earning £1000 a year. (My grandmothers’ terraced house was sold in late ‘69 for £895 - admittedly that was a 1/3rd discount because my aunt bought out my mum and uncles’ share!).

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy Год назад

      This would have been shot on film so the resolution would be much higher than TV in those days could come close to.