The second volume of the UFO Comic Anthology is now shipping from the Gerry Anderson Store! Volume Two features 320 pages of colour and black and white strips from TV Action as well as articles and interviews by Anderson comics expert Shaqui Le Vesconte, giving the reader context and fascinating insights into TV Action’s history, artists and UFO‘s life in comics. However, …

In the early 1990s, the works of Gerry Anderson were enjoying a resurgence in popularity thanks to high profile repeat screenings of some of his most popular shows in both the U.K. and around the world. During this time, Gerry himself was working on several projects; Space Police, a live action sci-fi series which would eventually enter production as Space …

The majority of the Anderson shows to feature family units often (although certainly not always) spotlighted the father – be it Jeff Tracy, Commander Zero, Lieutenant Brogan, Harry Rule and many more – exploring the difficulties in juggling his professional life with his personal life. In honour of Fathers Day (and presented in production order) here’s our pick for the …

George Victor Bishop was born at the Shore Road Hospital in Brooklyn on June 11th 1932, and moved with his family to New York at the age of 7. At the age of 20 he was called up for national service, spending two years working an announcer in the Armed Forces Radio service at St Johns, Newfoundland. After being discharged …

In December 2000, television historian Jaz Wiseman was searching a film vault in London for material that could possibly be included on Carlton Video’s then-upcoming DVD release of Stingray. The archive’s computer records on the series produced a mysterious search result; a film reel simply named Stingray – Japanese Linking Material. Having been hired by Carlton as their advisor on …

Shane Rimmer was born Shane Lance Deacon in Toronto Canada on May 28th 1929. As a young man he got his start as a disc jockey on the radio station CKLB Oshawa working alongside Paul Summerville and Johnny Wacko, and soon the three friends joined forces as a cabaret act; The Three Deuces. The group toured extensively in England before …

“The Mysterons: sworn enemies of Earth. Possessing the ability to recreate an exact likeness of an object or person. But first, they must destroy…” The Martian antagonists of Captain Scarlet followed an almost ritualistic process when embarking on their attacks against humanity; first they would make their threat of the week, and then we would be introduced to a guest …

When UFO first aired on Italy’s national television service RAI in October 1971, the country was still broadcasting in black and white. However, since the series had proved extremely popular on television, and there were still episodes the Italian public had not yet seen, it was decided that the show might do even better in Italian cinemas. Director Bruno Mattei …

1968’s Joe 90 ran for only one season of thirty episodes, after which came the traditional meeting between Gerry Anderson and Lew Grade from which came the traditional commission for another new series from Century 21 Productions. This time, however, the concept of that series was to be in part inspired by Anderson’s chance meeting with the man who would …

The first scene of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is also one of the show’s most memorable, showing the Zero-X MEV under the command of Spectrum’s Captain Black discovering the Mysteron city and subsequently destroying it after mistaking a scanning device for a weapon. This launches the war between the Earth and Mars, and is also the moment where Captain …