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UFO's episode list on IMDb.

SimonG
Has anyone checked the UFO pages at IMDb lately?
Because a new feature that the 'site has added in the last few
months to all their TV shows is an episode listing with initial
Transmission Dates and you can see the list with or without cast
details...

With cast: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0063962/epcast
Without cast: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0063962/episodes

Now the reason i brought this to your attention is not just because
it's about our All-Time Favourite TV Show, (well it is and it is MY
All-Time..., so there!) but because... Who thought of that crazy
Transmission Order(T.O.)??!
Putting The Cat With Ten Lives in third? Destruction ninth? The
Psychobombs twelfth? Mindbender fourteenth? Flight Path fifteenth?
Timelash eighteenth? The Computer Affair & Confetti Check A-OK
twenty-first and twenty-second respectively? And finally putting The
Responsibility Seat as the penultimate episode, no. 25? (Why delay
The R. Seat until 03/71 and not Timelash?)
Those are the ones that stick out the most for me.
In my view, if you're gonna watch 'em all, the perfect T.O. will be:-
Identified (of course) followed by Exposed, then Computer Affair,
C.C. A-OK, Flight Path & A Q. of P. (to account for the period
Foster is being trained up). Then the other episodes Paul appears in
with Freeman (in any order, just so long as they're from the first
Production Block), followed by the Lake episodes (again any order
from the second P. O., although i do like to have The Long Sleep
last because of Straker's second flashback to the time he was
setting up SHADO).
Now there are three things which bother me about my T.O.:
1) How long would it take SHADO to train Foster up? (I've always
thought about 6-9 months. In theory they could put him on a crash
course, so he can get up to speed ASAP.)
2) How long does it take for a UFO to travel from it's Homeworld?
(I'd say anything from 4-6 months, probably more. You also need to
think how long it would take for the Aliens to think up their little
schemes.)
3) Taking the above into account, episodes featuring the Aliens
could therefore be up to a year apart while epis. which don't could
take place as soon as on the same week (or one week apart) as either
the previous or succeeding epi.

Thanks for taking the time to read my rant. If anyone knows which tv
company was insane enough to broadcast that T.O., or has any
thoughts/objections (calm, reasoned & logical or just plain violent)
on my T.O., i'd be interested in hearing them.
Regards,
Simon.
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Shaqui-2
--- In [hidden email], "Simon Graves" <simongvs1@...> wrote:
>
> Has anyone checked the UFO pages at IMDb lately?

> Now the reason i brought this to your attention is not just because
> it's about our All-Time Favourite TV Show, (well it is and it is MY
> All-Time..., so there!) but because... Who thought of that crazy
> Transmission Order(T.O.)??!
> Putting The Cat With Ten Lives in third? Destruction ninth? The
> Psychobombs twelfth? Mindbender fourteenth? Flight Path fifteenth?
> Timelash eighteenth? The Computer Affair & Confetti Check A-OK
> twenty-first and twenty-second respectively? And finally putting The
> Responsibility Seat as the penultimate episode, no. 25? (Why delay
> The R. Seat until 03/71 and not Timelash?)

> Thanks for taking the time to read my rant. If anyone knows which tv
> company was insane enough to broadcast that T.O...

It was ATV Midlands, the 'home channel' of the company which financed 'UFO'in the first
place, during its first U.K. transmission!

'The Responsibility Seat' (along with 'The Long Sleep', which was made lastanyway) was
quite famously held back because of its 'adult' themes, never aired during the first run of
episodes, and had a late-night slot during repeats in 1973. I don't know which channel in
the UK TRS did air on first, but I'm presuming it was probably ATV Midlandsas well...

Shaqui

The Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History
http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Home.htm
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Hello SHADO

Chriswasanon
In reply to this post by SimonG
I've just joined the group and feel I can lurk no more. I first saw the
show in 1971 I think on Cypriot television in black and white and I
absolutely loved it. I haven't seen it since well not all the way through
so I think a purchase of DVDS is on the cards :-)

That's it.

Chriswasanon


----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Graves" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 8:35 AM
Subject: [SHADO] UFO's episode list on IMDb.


> Has anyone checked the UFO pages at IMDb lately?
> Because a new feature that the 'site has added in the last few
> months to all their TV shows is an episode listing with initial
> Transmission Dates and you can see the list with or without cast
> details...
>
> With cast: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0063962/epcast
> Without cast: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0063962/episodes
>
> Now the reason i brought this to your attention is not just because
> it's about our All-Time Favourite TV Show, (well it is and it is MY
> All-Time..., so there!) but because... Who thought of that crazy
> Transmission Order(T.O.)??!
> Putting The Cat With Ten Lives in third? Destruction ninth? The
> Psychobombs twelfth? Mindbender fourteenth? Flight Path fifteenth?
> Timelash eighteenth? The Computer Affair & Confetti Check A-OK
> twenty-first and twenty-second respectively? And finally putting The
> Responsibility Seat as the penultimate episode, no. 25? (Why delay
> The R. Seat until 03/71 and not Timelash?)
> Those are the ones that stick out the most for me.
> In my view, if you're gonna watch 'em all, the perfect T.O. will be:-
> Identified (of course) followed by Exposed, then Computer Affair,
> C.C. A-OK, Flight Path & A Q. of P. (to account for the period
> Foster is being trained up). Then the other episodes Paul appears in
> with Freeman (in any order, just so long as they're from the first
> Production Block), followed by the Lake episodes (again any order
> from the second P. O., although i do like to have The Long Sleep
> last because of Straker's second flashback to the time he was
> setting up SHADO).
> Now there are three things which bother me about my T.O.:
> 1) How long would it take SHADO to train Foster up? (I've always
> thought about 6-9 months. In theory they could put him on a crash
> course, so he can get up to speed ASAP.)
> 2) How long does it take for a UFO to travel from it's Homeworld?
> (I'd say anything from 4-6 months, probably more. You also need to
> think how long it would take for the Aliens to think up their little
> schemes.)
> 3) Taking the above into account, episodes featuring the Aliens
> could therefore be up to a year apart while epis. which don't could
> take place as soon as on the same week (or one week apart) as either
> the previous or succeeding epi.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to read my rant. If anyone knows which tv
> company was insane enough to broadcast that T.O., or has any
> thoughts/objections (calm, reasoned & logical or just plain violent)
> on my T.O., i'd be interested in hearing them.
> Regards,
> Simon.
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moonbasegirl
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--- In [hidden email], "Simon Graves" <simongvs1@...> wrote:

> If anyone knows which tv company was insane enough to broadcast that
>T.O., or has any thoughts/objections (calm, reasoned & logical or
>just plain violent) on my T.O., i'd be interested in hearing them.


There is one TV company insane enough to be using that transmission
order - ITV 4 ;-)

Sarah
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Shaqui-2
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--- In [hidden email], "Shaqui" <shaqui@...> wrote:

> 'The Responsibility Seat' (along with 'The Long Sleep', which was made last anyway) was
quite famously held back because of its 'adult' themes, never aired during the first run of
episodes, and had a late-night slot during repeats in 1973. I don't know which channel in
the UK TRS did air on first, but I'm presuming it was probably ATV Midlandsas well...

Further to my last post, it seems Anglia was the first to show 'The Responsibility Seat' and
'The Long Sleep' in 1971. This channel, along with several others, started showing UFO at
the same time as ATV, but ATV pulled the show because of low ratings and started again
in early 1971. Anglia continued though, and was among the first to show all26 episodes
in the UK.

Shaqui

The Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History
http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Home.htm
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SimonG
Thanks for your replies Moonbasegirl & Shaqui. I guess out of all
the UK ITV regions ATV Midland would have been the most obvious,
whatever transmission order they were using.


--- In [hidden email], "Shaqui" <shaqui@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [hidden email], "Shaqui" <shaqui@> wrote:
>
> > 'The Responsibility Seat' (along with 'The Long Sleep', which
was made last anyway) was
> quite famously held back because of its 'adult' themes, never
aired during the first run of
> episodes, and had a late-night slot during repeats in 1973. I
don't know which channel in
> the UK TRS did air on first, but I'm presuming it was probably ATV
Midlands as well...
>
> Further to my last post, it seems Anglia was the first to
show 'The Responsibility Seat' and
> 'The Long Sleep' in 1971. This channel, along with several others,
started showing UFO at
> the same time as ATV, but ATV pulled the show because of low
ratings and started again
> in early 1971. Anglia continued though, and was among the first to
show all 26 episodes
> in the UK.
>
> Shaqui
>
> The Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History
> http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Home.htm
> .
>