The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the BBC from ATV, where they had made Two of a Kind since 1961. The series was popular enough to be moved to BBC1, with its Christmas specials garnering prime-time audiences in excess of 20 million, some of the largest in British television history. After their 1977 Christmas special, retaining its title, the show moved over to ITV.

Βρισκόμαστε στο 1980 και η Γη δέχεται εδώ και χρόνια επισκέψεις από εξωγήινα όντα. Ο σκοπός τους δεν είναι ειρηνικός, αλλά κακόβουλος καθώς όλο και περισσότεροι άνθρωποι πέφτουν θύματα απαγωγών. Μια μυστική οργάνωση δημιουργείτε για να μπορέσει η ανθρωπότητα να αντιμετωπίσει την απειλή των ιπτάμενων δίσκων, η λεγόμενη SHADO. Με αρχηγό τον commander Edward Straker (Ed Bishop), έχει στην διάθεση της αεροσκάφη, υποβρύχια, δορυφόρους και μία διαστημική βάση στη Σελήνη. Στόχος της είναι να προστατέψει την Γη αλλά και να ανακαλύψει τι κρύβετε πίσω από τις εξωγήινες απαγωγές και ακρωτηριασμούς...

Mετά την τεράστια επιτυχία των Thunderbirds και λίγο πριν την δημιουργία του Space: 1999 ο Gerry και η Sylvia Anderson αποφάσισαν και έδωσαν ζωή στο UFO, μια από τις πιο cult σειρές επιστημονικής φαντασίας στην ιστορία της τηλεόρασης. Με θέμα αρκετά σκοτεινό και μακάβριο όπως είναι οι απαγωγές από εξωγήινους και η χρήση των ανθρώπινων οργάνων για τους δικούς τους σκοπούς, αλλά και με αρκετή αγωνία και δράση, η σειρά απέκτησε φανατικούς οπαδούς και είχε μεγάλη απήχηση στο κοινό. Τα ειδικά της εφέ ήταν αρκετά καλά για την εποχή και το budget τηλεοπτικής σειράς, τα σενάρια έξυπνα και πρωτότυπα ενώ οι ερμηνείες αξιόλογες. Πρωταγωνιστής ο φοβερός Ed Bishop με το πλατινέ μαλλί και το χαρακτηριστικό βλέμμα που είχε γράψει στο βιογραφικό του ήδη μικρούς ρόλους σε sci-fi αριστουργήματα όπως το 2001: A Space Odyssey καθώς και το Journey to the Far Side of the Sun ενώ το cast συμπληρώνουν δεκάδες άλλοι ικανοί ηθοποιοί. Ολα τα λεφτά βέβαια είναι τα καυτά κορίτσια της Σεληνοβάσης με τα μωβ μαλλιά και τις κοντές φούστες, άλλο ένα αγαπημένο χαρακτηριστικό της δεκαετίας του 70 με την γκλαμουριά της σεξουαλικής απελευθέρωσης. Μάλιστα η sexy θεά Gabrielle Drake είχε γίνει το απόλυτο είδωλο για χιλιάδες άνδρες ανά τον κόσμο. Η σειρά είχε μεγάλη ακροαματικότητα και κυρίως τα επεισόδια που είχαν θέμα την βάση στη Σελήνη οπότε οι παραγωγοί ξεκίνησαν να σχεδιάζουν την δεύτερη σεζόν δίνοντας έμφαση στην Σεληνιακή βάση, όμως όταν τα νούμερα άρχισαν να πέφτουν αποφασίστηκε τελικά να κοπεί. Τότε ο Gerry Anderson πρότεινε μια εντελλώς νέα σειρά με το όνομα Space: 1999. Τα υπόλοιπα είναι ιστορία. Μιλάμε για μια εξαιρετική σειρά επιστημονικής φαντασίας που κράτησε 26 επεισόδια. Ελπίζω να την απολαύσετε.

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Βρισκόμαστε στο 2065, όπου ένας οργανισμός, η Διεθνής Διάσωση, καλύπτει τις επικίνδυνες και παράτολμες επιχείρησεις, όταν οι υπόλοιποι δεν μπορούν να ανταπεξέλθουν. Μέσα από τη μυστική τους βάση που βρίσκεται σε κάποια ατόλη του Ειρηνικού και βάσει των πληροφοριών που λαμβάνουν από το διαστημικό τους δορυφόρο, με τα υπερσύγχρονα σκάφη τους καλύπτουν όλη την υφήλιο και τείνουν χέρι βοηθείας σε όποιον έχει ανάγκη.

Το Benny Hill Show είναι μια βρετανική κωμική τηλεοπτική εκπομπή με πρωταγωνιστή τον Μπένι Χιλ και προβλήθηκε σε διάφορες μορφές μεταξύ 15 Ιανουαρίου 1955 και 30 Μαΐου 1989 σε περισσότερες από 140 χώρες. Στο αποκορύφωμά του, το Μπένι Χιλ ήταν ένα από τα προγράμματα με τις περισσότερες προβολές στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, με το κοινό να αγγίζει περισσότερους από 21 εκατομμύρια θεατές το 1971. Η εκπομπή αποτελούνταν κυρίως από σκετς με χονδροειδές χιούμορ, μιμήσεις και παρωδίες. Η Thames Television ακύρωσε την παραγωγή της εκπομπής το 1989 λόγω της μείωσης της τηλεθέασης και του μεγάλου κόστους παραγωγής στις 450.000 λίρες ανά εκπομπή.

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden Hind. As well as battles at sea, sword fights, the series also deals with intrigue at Elizabeth's court, often caused by Spaniard, Mendoza.

The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.

A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010.

ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 1967 to May 1968, it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed "Supermarionation". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet's lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue.

Set in 2068, Captain Scarlet presents the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons. After human astronauts attack their city on Mars, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a series of reprisals that are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security organisation. Spectrum boasts the extraordinary abilities of its primary agent, Captain Scarlet. During the events of the pilot episode, Scarlet acquires the Mysteron healing power of "retro-metabolism" and is thereafter considered to be virtually "indestructible", being able to recover fully from injuries that would normally be fatal.

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation.

The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

Joe 90 is a 1960s British science-fiction television series following the adventures of a nine-year-old child, Joe McClaine, who starts a double life as a schoolboy-turned-spy when his scientist father invents a device capable of duplicating and transferring expert knowledge and experience from one human brain to another. Equipped with the skills of the foremost academic and military minds, Joe is recruited by the World Intelligence Network and, becoming its "Most Special Agent", pursues the ideal of world peace and saving human life.

Six resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names, fought during World War II. Their efforts came to a stop when one of their number, "the Wolf", betrayed them to the Gestapo. In their interrogation, one of their number, Claude Roget, the husband of Manouche was shot before her eyes. Thirty years later, Thomas Devon spots the Wolf in his shop. The surviving members of the Zoo Gang drop what they are doing and rendezvous for vengeance. The series follows the adventures of the remaining gang of four resistance fighters reunited 30 years later to scam habitual con artists and criminals in order to take their money and use it for good causes. Despite their ages, they put their skills and experience to use to raise enough money to construct a hospital in the memory of Claude. The gang is aided by the son of Manouche and Claude, an inspector in the French police.

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the UK on 29 September 1972. The show starred Gene Barry as Gene Bradley, a government agent of independent means who poses as a glamorous American movie star.

The Secret Service is a British children's espionage television series, made by Century 21 for ITC Entertainment and broadcast on Associated Television, Granada Television & Southern Television in 1969. Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and produced by David Lane and Reg Hill, it was the eighth and last Century 21 production to feature – in a manner similar to Thunderbirds and other earlier series – marionette puppet characters as part of a filming technique known as "Supermarionation". Under the direction of Gerry Anderson, who wanted to compensate for the inadequacies of Supermarionation and increase the realism of the format, The Secret Service incorporates footage of live actors for long-distance shots. After The Secret Service, Anderson would not work with puppets again until the 1980s, when he produced Terrahawks in "Supermacromation".

Episodes of The Secret Service follow the adventures of Father Stanley Unwin, a character voiced by and resembling the real-life comedian of the same name. Outwardly the parish priest of a rural English village, Unwin is in fact a secret agent for BISHOP, a covert branch of British Intelligence that combats criminal and terrorist threats from overseas. Aided by junior operative Matthew Harding, the Father answers to his London-based superior – codenamed "The Bishop" – as he would in his public profession. When faced with the challenge of collecting intelligence in a hostile situation, Unwin and Matthew deploy the "Minimiser", a gadget capable of shrinking Matthew to a fraction of his normal size for the purposes of carrying out secret reconnaissance. A nonsensical gobbledegook of Unwin's formulation is used to confuse and distract enemies when required.

Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis's AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. 39 episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen on ITV and in the US in syndication. The format uses puppets in a technique called supermarionation, a name that was first seen in the closing titles of the last 13 episodes.

The plot of the show consisted of Supercar, a vertical takeoff and landing craft invented by Rudolph Popkiss and Horatio Beaker, and piloted by Mike Mercury. On land it rode on a cushion of air rather than wheels. Jets in the rear allowed it to fly like a jet and retractable wings were incorporated in the back of the car. Retrorockets on the side of the car slowed the vehicle. The car used "Clear-Vu", which included an inside television monitor allowing the occupant to see through fog and smoke. The vehicle was housed in a laboratory and living facility at Black Rock, Nevada, U.S.A. In the show's first episode, "Rescue", the Supercar crew's first mission is to save the passengers of a downed private plane. Two of the rescued, young Jimmy Gibson and his pet monkey, Mitch, are invited to live at the facility and share in the adventures.

The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour.

A British children's Supermarionation television series.

Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite division of Scotland Yard that ran between 1961 and 1964. Each episode the Ghost Squad would investigate cases that fell outside the scope of normal police work. Despite the show and characters being fictional, an actual division did exist within the Metropolitan Police Service at the time.

Inspiration for the series was taken from a book of the same name, written by John Gosling — a retired police officer and former member of the team. Although the real-life squad only operated in London, the fictionalised team travelled internationally; however — as was typical of the time — most foreign locations were actually a combination of stock footage and sets at Independent Artists Studio at Beaconsfield and Elstree Studios. Music was by Philip Green.

The show was produced by ITC Entertainment, along with Rank Organisation TV and ATV. It was the first ITC show filmed to fit the one hour time-slot — setting the trend for the majority of ITC's future output. Another common ITC trait was to feature an American, in this case Michael Quinn, in a leading role so as to increase the chances of international sales. At 6' 3", Quinn often towered over his co-workers. This was especially noticeable in the first series title sequence showing him walking through a crowd walking in the opposite direction. He frequently smoked in the show as did many others. The second series had a different title sequence and Neil Hallett sometimes replaced Quinn. Hallett looked more like a spy while Quinn looked a bit like a playboy. Quinn was replaced by Australian actor, Ray Barrett in the third series. Ray Austin played Billy Clay in and was also Stunt Director on all series bringing the action to life. Austin went on to become a renowned TV director in Hollywood and the UK.

Fireball XL5 is a science fiction-themed children's television show following the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol. The show was produced in 1962 by husband and wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson through their company APF, in association with ATV for ITC Entertainment. While developing his new show, Anderson thought a brand of motor oil—Castrol XL—had an interesting sound. A phonetic change created the name "Fireball XL", with the "-5" added as the title seemed a bit flat without the numeral.

The show featured the Andersons' Supermarionation, a form of puppetry first introduced in Four Feather Falls and Supercar and used again in their subsequent productions such as Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Thirty-nine black and white half-hour episodes of Fireball XL5 were made on 35mm film: all future Anderson series were produced in colour.

Several Anderson series have been shown in syndication in the US, but Fireball XL5 is the only Anderson series to have run on a US network. NBC ran the series in its Saturday morning children's block from 1963 through to September 1965.

A similar programme often confused with Fireball XL5 is Space Patrol, produced by Gerry Anderson's ex business partner and co-founder of AP Films, Arthur Provis due to a number of similarities and settings.

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety. It is attended by senior members of the British Royal Family. The evening's performance is presented as a live variety show, usually from a theatre in London and consists of family entertainment that includes comedy, music, dance, magic and other speciality acts.