Alerte dans l'espace

Original title: UFO

TV Series
1970–1971
TV-PG
45m

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Ed Bishop in Alerte dans l'espace (1970)

Alien Invasion Action Sci-Fi

Follows the missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO) a secret organization which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats by a dying alien race who need to... Read allFollows the missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO) a secret organization which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats by a dying alien race who need to harvest human organs to survive.Follows the missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO) a secret organization which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats by a dying alien race who need to harvest human organs to survive.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

4.4K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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145

See production info at IMDbPro

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Ed Bishop

Commander Ed Straker

Dolores Mantez

Lieutenant Nina Barry

Michael Billington

Colonel Paul Foster…

Ayshea Brough

Lieutenant Ayshea Johnson

George Sewell

Colonel Alec Freeman

Keith Alexander

Lieutenant Keith Ford

Antonia Ellis

Lieutenant Joan Harrington

Gary Myers

Captain Lew Waterman

Gabrielle Drake

Lieutenant Gay Ellis

Vladek Sheybal

Dr. Doug Jackson

Jon Kelley

Skydiver Engineer…

Norma Ronald

Miss Ealand

Wanda Ventham

Colonel Virginia Lake

Grant Taylor

General James Henderson

Jeremy Wilkin

Skydiver Navigator…

Georgina Moon

Lieutenant Sylvia Howell

Harry Baird

Lieutenant Mark Bradley

Peter Gordeno

Capt. Carlin

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Trivia
In the UK, people drive on the left side of the road and steering wheels are on the right side of the vehicle. However, in UFO's version of 1980s Britain, both of these have been reversed. The show's creators were simply going along with what was being predicted at the time, which was that the UK would switch its driving system sometime in the near future. That change never happened. Just as the U.S. was predicted to have switched to the metric system, which also didn't happen.

Goofs
Although set (and filmed) in the United Kingdom, all the futuristic cars are left-hand drive, and everyone drives on the right-hand side of the road. Several other series by the Andersons featured the same driving system, presumably because the UK was predicted to switch over sometime before the future events depicted. Flashback scenes showed the "normal" British driving arrangement.

Quotes
Alec Freeman: I don't like this. This cloud gives about as much cover as a G-string on a belly dancer!

Crazy credits
During the opening theme, the show's title "UFO" is flashed on the screen for only a fraction of a second. It appears "officially" on screen at the end of the teaser sequence.

Alternate versions
Many episodes had censorship cuts for the Italian edition, for example Foster drunken in Ordeal (1970) or Straker's relationship with Jo Fraser in The Responsibility Seat (1971) and Freeman's many flirts and jokes about women.

Connections
Edited into UFO: Distruggete Base Luna (1971)

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Really, nobody did it better than the Andersons. But when that thing you do is so delieriously unique, that's understandable. In 1970, the "UFO" series was end of an era. It was the last production to carry the legend A GERRY ANDERSON CENTURY 21 PRODUCTION. With the passing of his studio operation, a little of the magic fell away from the Anderson production line. Certainly the loss of Derek Meddings was noticeable on "Space:1999" which has some wonderfil model work (courtesy of Martin Bower) but found the talents of Brian Johnson (SPX) lacking the elan and sophistication of Meddings. You only have to see a UFO exploding and compare that to an Eagle doing likewise to see that, when it came to the big pyrotechnic display, Meddings really was the master. "UFO" was the greatest work the Century 21 team ever produced. By the end of the 26 epsode run it had progressed from a slightly plodding live action take on "Captain Scarlet" to become one of the best science fiction series over produced in the UK, period. Check out the deranged final 9 episodes for proof of this. They are almost as good as "The Prisoner" in their way. If you haven't discovered the series yet, or haven't seen it for many years, now is most certainly the time. The new DVDs from Carlton show "UFO" in a shimmering new light. It was quite simply one of the best looking series ever made. So, welcome back "UFO" and thank you Gerry and Sylvia making our childhoods that little bit sweeter.