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LARRY DEE

COL. ALEX FREEMAN

WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO THE CHARACTER COL. ALEX FREEMAN PLAYED BY GEORGE
SEWELL? HE JUST DISAPPEARED FROM THE SERIES WITHOUT EXPLANATION. OR
MAYBE HE WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS - LOL. WAS THERE A CONTRACT DISPUTE
OR WAS HE JUST TRIED PLAYING THE PART?

Bruce Sherman

Re: COL. ALEX FREEMAN

there was a delay in shooting due to change in studios through the run, the
character who played it decided not to return once shooting restarted

Bruce
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> WHAT EVER HAPPEN TO THE CHARACTER COL. ALEX FREEMAN PLAYED BY GEORGE
> SEWELL? HE JUST DISAPPEARED FROM THE SERIES WITHOUT EXPLANATION. OR
> MAYBE HE WAS ABDUCTED BY ALIENS - LOL. WAS THERE A CONTRACT DISPUTE
> OR WAS HE JUST TRIED PLAYING THE PART?
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Jacques Deleuze

Re: COL. ALEX FREEMAN

According to Sylvia Anderson (on the DVD commentary to
"Timelash" she made with Wanda Ventham), George Sewell
was dropped from the series because he was judged to
be "too old," and, consequently, didn't appeal to the
demographic to which the producers were appealing. I
should add that Sylvia expressed sadness at the
decision while Wanda maintained a diplomatic silence.

JD

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James Gibbon

Re: COL. ALEX FREEMAN

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 05:03:21 +0200 (CEST)
Jacques Deleuze <[hidden email]> wrote:

> According to Sylvia Anderson (on the DVD commentary to
> "Timelash" she made with Wanda Ventham), George Sewell
> was dropped from the series because he was judged to
> be "too old," and, consequently, didn't appeal to the
> demographic to which the producers were appealing.

That's interesting; I'd read somewhere that he'd left due to commitments
for Special Branch, (in which he had a more prominent role of course).
But I guess that might have been a tactful cover story, assuming that
commitments for the two different programmes didn't in fact conflict.

Griff

Re: Col. Alec Freeman

Hi All

That's a coincidence, I just received the complete Special Branch DVD set, and
it was a great series. A little dated now of course, but good story lines and
quite daring for its day.

I do also remember that at Uforia 2 in London in the late 80's, George Sewell
stated that he had only ever signed up for the initial episodes (I think the
first 10), and that other commitments (i.e. Special Branch) stopped him being
part of UFO for the subsequent episodes and even missed some of the first set.
It's all on tape somewhere...

Best, Griff

ps. I do also remember someone asking about the scene in Exposed where 2 thugs
beat up Paul Foster, and it was stated that Ed Bishop was one of the pair (in
disguise!) Checking the DVD, it certainly could be, although I suppose it's
possible it doesn't seem likely. Also, the 'thug' in question looks very similar
to an actor at the beginning of 'The Responsibility Seat', I think the director,
or one of the acting assassins... ...comments?

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That's interesting; I'd read somewhere that he'd left due to commitments for
Special Branch, (in which he had a more prominent role of course). But I guess
that might have been a tactful cover story, assuming that commitments for the
two different programmes didn't in fact conflict.

Gareth Bevan

Re: Col. Alec Freeman

George Sewell starred in various series/films between UFO and Special Branch
- including Get Carter, The Edwardians and Paul Temple.

You might be interested to know that he's touring in a play this autum
called The Gentle Hook.

>From: "Griff" <[hidden email]>
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>Subject: [SHADO] Re: Col. Alec Freeman
>Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 20:12:40 +0100
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>Hi All
>
>That's a coincidence, I just received the complete Special Branch DVD set,
>and
>it was a great series. A little dated now of course, but good story lines
>and
>quite daring for its day.
>
>I do also remember that at Uforia 2 in London in the late 80's, George
>Sewell
>stated that he had only ever signed up for the initial episodes (I think
>the
>first 10), and that other commitments (i.e. Special Branch) stopped him
>being
>part of UFO for the subsequent episodes and even missed some of the first
>set.
>It's all on tape somewhere...
>
>Best, Griff
>
>ps. I do also remember someone asking about the scene in Exposed where 2
>thugs
>beat up Paul Foster, and it was stated that Ed Bishop was one of the pair
>(in
>disguise!) Checking the DVD, it certainly could be, although I suppose it's
>possible it doesn't seem likely. Also, the 'thug' in question looks very
>similar
>to an actor at the beginning of 'The Responsibility Seat', I think the
>director,
>or one of the acting assassins... ...comments?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>That's interesting; I'd read somewhere that he'd left due to commitments
>for
>Special Branch, (in which he had a more prominent role of course). But I
>guess
>that might have been a tactful cover story, assuming that commitments for
>the
>two different programmes didn't in fact conflict.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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