Posted by James Gibbon-2 on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Re-Trying-to-find-webspace-tp1489786p1489793.html

"Rob Hemmings" wrote:
> Hi Rowland!
>
> > Rowland here, from Devon, UK. I ve been lurking for a while. I
> > watched UFO as a kid and I ve waited for it to be repeated. I love
> > this show. Forget the detail and the technical stuff, the premise
> > was excellent and Ed Bishop the top man.
>
> Couldn't have put it better myself. :)
>

Yep - Hi from me too Rowland and I agree about the premise. It's
a stunning idea and it still gives me a buzz after all these years!


> > BBC2 s re-run a year or two ago was an absolute shambles!
>
> It was a disaster, wasn't it. SF programming is always the first
> to go when it rains a bit during a tennis match etc.. :(
>

Yes - to be fair though they only ever put it on as something
'disposable' that they could cancel for the tennis without causing
too much irritation (among most of the general viewing public
anyway).

BBC2 *did* give UFO a reasonable go back in the early '90s (92 or
so?) but last year's rerun was strictly half-hearted, just used as
filler.

When you compare with the treatment Thunderbirds has had - lots of
publicity, lots of Gerry Anderson interviews, front cover of the
Radio Times, remastered and simultaneous release on DVD it seems a
bit unfair doesn't it? But Gerry Anderson will be remembered by
most for Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray, not UFO,
sadly, so I'm afraid it's to be expected.

I well remember being frustrated in the '70s by waiting for UFO to
be shown again on TV, but happily we live in an age now where we
can watch episodes at home without the assistance of the TV
broadcasters, so thankfully we don't really need to care.

Cheers
James