YouTube Gerry Anderson documentary

Hi all,

Teresa pointed out this link on [hidden email]:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur4ivbdsmRo

This features clips and Ed Bishop talking about UFO.

Marc

In a message dated 9/18/2007 10:20:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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This features clips and Ed Bishop talking about UFO.

Marc




Hi all:

In this clip they mentioned a show called "The Protectors" I don't remember
this show at all, but from what I have to find on the net gives me the idea
that this is one of show's that was parodied in the film "Team America -
World Police" Am I even close?

Thanks, Wendy



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> In this clip they mentioned a show called "The Protectors" I don't remember
> this show at all, but from what I have to find on the net gives me the idea
> that this is one of show's that was parodied in the film "Team America -
> World Police" Am I even close?

Hmmmm, I don't know... I think I've only seen one episode of THE PROTECTORS...
the one with Ed Bishop... :-)

Marc

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[hidden email] writes:

Hmmmm, I don't know... I think I've only seen one episode of THE
PROTECTORS..H
the one with Ed Bishop... :-)

Marc




Well I could have guessed that! :-)

But rent "Team America" when you get a chance. If I had not known that it
was written by the "South Park" people, I would have sworn Gerry Anderson was
doing puppet comedy spoof of his old shows.

Wendy



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Indeed. The Protectors is probably best known for it's theme tune "Avenues
and Alleyways" by Tony Christie (the guy who wrote I'm on my way to Amarillo)
It starred Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn and Tony "Tony Verdeschi" Anholt
and some woman I've never really heard of since as 3 kind of troubleshooters.
It was also one of the few TV series that Gerry Anderson wrote that wasn't
(OK!! For the time :-)) set in the future. It was (I believe) produced by
ATC (run by Sir Lew Grade, home of series like "The Prisoner" and "The Strange
Report") and was one of their famous "set in glamourous locations but
actually filmed on a studio backlot somewhere" (OK!! I know that this was quite
frequent at the time, but it must have been a real p***er for the actors. "OK
We're going to base this new series in Rome, Paris and other European
Locations" "Oh good, a bit of foreign travel" "No. We're going to film in on a
backlot in London" "Oh c**p") It was shown on ITV4 when that particular
station used to show all the old TV Series at 6pm instead of showing endless
sport amd real life cop shows. But hasn't been seen for probably nearly a year
or over.






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>Ignorance is bliss! None of the episodes were written by Gerry, it
was produced by ITC and all overseas scenes WHERE shot on
location, "some woman" was the lovely Nyree Dawn Porter and it was
extremely succesful-moreso than UFO-not only getting a second
series, but also very nearly a third-only scuppered right at the
last moment by Faberge withdrawing support. Still at least you got
Vaughn and Anholt right!

> Indeed. The Protectors is probably best known for it's theme
tune "Avenues
> and Alleyways" by Tony Christie (the guy who wrote I'm on my way
to Amarillo)
> It starred Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn and Tony "Tony  
Verdeschi" Anholt
> and some woman I've never really heard of since as 3 kind of  
troubleshooters.  
> It was also one of the few TV series that Gerry Anderson wrote
that wasn't
> (OK!! For the time :-)) set in the future. It was (I believe)
produced by
> ATC (run by Sir Lew Grade, home of series like "The Prisoner"
and "The Strange
> Report") and was one of their famous "set in glamourous locations
but
> actually filmed on a studio backlot somewhere" (OK!! I know
that this was quite
> frequent at the time, but it must have been a real p***er for the
actors. "OK
> We're going to base this new series in Rome, Paris and other
European
> Locations" "Oh good, a bit of foreign travel" "No. We're going
to film in on a
> backlot in London" "Oh c**p") It was shown on ITV4 when that
particular
> station used to show all the old TV Series at 6pm instead of
showing endless
> sport amd real life cop shows. But hasn't been seen for probably
nearly a year
> or over.
>
>
>
>    
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

This documentary is actually a radio broadcast from about ten years ago
that someone has taken the time to edit with the relevant images.
I have this somewhere on audio cassette. It was a BBC Radio 4 programme
called KALEIDOSCOPE which featured stories from the arts and
entertainment

Regards all
Howard Davies

Nyree Dawn Porter was more famous for being in the original Forsyte Saga. She was also in the classic Amicus film The House That Dripped Blood (1970). The Protectors (1971, 1973) was not a happy series. Anderson was more or less forced to do it; both Vaughn (and his associate Sherwood Price) and Porter were extremely difficult to deal with; foreign film crews were also rather difficult.

Rick

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Indeed. The Protectors is probably best known for it's theme tune "Avenues
and Alleyways" by Tony Christie (the guy who wrote I'm on my way to Amarillo)
It starred Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn and Tony "Tony Verdeschi" Anholt
and some woman I've never really heard of since as 3 kind of troubleshooters.
It was also one of the few TV series that Gerry Anderson wrote that wasn't
(OK!! For the time :-)) set in the future. It was (I believe) produced by
ATC (run by Sir Lew Grade, home of series like "The Prisoner" and "The Strange
Report") and was one of their famous "set in glamourous locations but
actually filmed on a studio backlot somewhere" (OK!! I know that this was quite
frequent at the time, but it must have been a real p***er for the actors. "OK
We're going to base this new series in Rome, Paris and other European
Locations" "Oh good, a bit of foreign travel" "No. We're going to film in on a
backlot in London" "Oh c**p") It was shown on ITV4 when that particular
station used to show all the old TV Series at 6pm instead of showing endless
sport amd real life cop shows. But hasn't been seen for probably nearly a year
or over.

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Actually, it *was* shot on foreign locations. They did blocks of location
filming in Spain (Madrid mainly), Denmark (Copenhagen), Italy (Venice), and
Austria (Salzburg). Bits of the episode 'Shadbolt' were filmed in Scotland
(Edinburgh) and Northern England (fleeting shots of Newscastle on Tyne, as I
remember.)

The rest of it was filmed in and around London (Hertfordshire mainly, near
EMI/MGM Elstree Studios, which is where all the interior sets were filmed.

In all honesty, taking into account that each episode was only a half-hour
long (and maybe as short of 23-25 minutes with adverts) I think this was
quite an entertaining series, with action being the main focus and very
little character development. There were one or two clunkers, but the second
series in particular produced a number of rather good stories. I think if
the planned third series had ever got the go-ahead there would have been
further improvements, and if it had been extended to an hour's length it
could easily have been one of ITC's better action shows (certainly better
than their THE ADVENTURER series, which came out at about the same time).

Simon

All of the half-hour ITC adventure series lack depth, but gain in pacing. Danger Man, Season 1 (1960-1), The Protectors, Season 1 (1971), The Adventurer (1972) and The Protectors, Season 2 (1973) are all very short sharp and pacey. Everything moves at breakneck speed and they are sometimes incoherant as a result.

Incidentally, The Adventurer, The Protectors and Jason King (50 minutes per episode) also all suffer from being shot on 16mm film rather than the usual 35mm. Consequently the image quality is not as good. Network's (UK) DVD set of The Adventurer is of attrocious picture quality as it is taken from an ancient, soft, faded video master rather than from the original negative. 16mm can look dazzling if transfered/restored correctly (Network's own Sweeney sets being a good example of how to do it right).

Rick

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Actually, it *was* shot on foreign locations. They did blocks of location
filming in Spain (Madrid mainly), Denmark (Copenhagen), Italy (Venice), and
Austria (Salzburg). Bits of the episode 'Shadbolt' were filmed in Scotland
(Edinburgh) and Northern England (fleeting shots of Newscastle on Tyne, as I
remember.)

The rest of it was filmed in and around London (Hertfordshire mainly, near
EMI/MGM Elstree Studios, which is where all the interior sets were filmed.

In all honesty, taking into account that each episode was only a half-hour
long (and maybe as short of 23-25 minutes with adverts) I think this was
quite an entertaining series, with action being the main focus and very
little character development. There were one or two clunkers, but the second
series in particular produced a number of rather good stories. I think if
the planned third series had ever got the go-ahead there would have been
further improvements, and if it had been extended to an hour's length it
could easily have been one of ITC's better action shows (certainly better
than their THE ADVENTURER series, which came out at about the same time).

Simon






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I recall that in reading Gerry Anderson's autobiography a year or so
ago, he was more or less forced to take on 'The Protectors' show by Lew
Grade, if wanted to carry on his working relationship with ITC.

--- In [hidden email], Marc Martin <marc@...> wrote:
>
> > In this clip they mentioned a show called "The Protectors" I
don't remember
> > this show at all, but from what I have to find on the net gives me
the idea
> > that this is one of show's that was parodied in the film "Team
America -  
> > World Police" Am I even close?
>
> Hmmmm, I don't know... I think I've only seen one episode of THE
PROTECTORS...
> the one with Ed Bishop... :-)
>
> Marc
>

Just wanted to thank you all for giving me some insight into this program.
I'm not sure if this series made it to the USA or not, as I was all of 12 at
the time it was on the air in the UK. And even at that age, it was Star Trek,
UFO and whatever Dad wanted to watch. I'm sure I don't have to remind any of
you about the days of 13 channels (In New York City we had 7) and one or two
that would come through on UHF.



We also walked 11 miles to school in the snow with no shoe's on, uphill -
both ways. And we were grateful! (quote from Bill Crosby)

Wendy





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Cosby

There were only three stations in my area.... But even
worse than that, practically every Saturday, we were
either on the road driving home from my grandparents
house (2 hour trip), or out on some Saturday foray while UFO was being broadcast. It was TREMENDOUSLY frustrating for me!!!... : (

Dave H.


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Just wanted to thank you all for giving me some insight into this program.
I'm not sure if this series made it to the USA or not, as I was all of 12 at
the time it was on the air in the UK. And even at that age, it was Star Trek,
UFO and whatever Dad wanted to watch. I'm sure I don't have to remind any of
you about the days of 13 channels (In New York City we had 7) and one or two
that would come through on UHF.



We also walked 11 miles to school in the snow with no shoe's on, uphill -
both ways. And we were grateful! (quote from Bill Crosby)

Wendy



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In a message dated 9/19/2007 9:43:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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Cosby



Sorry Davrecon, my spell checker got the best of me on that one!

With only two stations, I think it was pure luck that the series was even
on. And now we have a whole generation who has grown up with at least 75
channels. I have 220 now, and only watch 11 on a regular basis. Old habits die hard.

Wendy



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