The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO (revised and expanded edition)

Chris Bentley's Definitive Guide Book To The Classic Gerry Anderson Series UFO. everything you need To know at your fingertips as Author Bentley leaves No stone unturned on The making of a TV classic. filled with excellent colour plates Throughout showcasing Actors and vehicles used in The series To merchandise for The show ranging from books jigsaws super 8mm Home movies To bubble gum cards. Each episode for The series is broken down To give a fresh insight into The episode including Deleted scenes That never made The final cut. one chapter I found really fascinating was UFO's scheduling around The TV regions as The series was up against other TV classics of The Day such as The Champions and Jason King. of course we should not overlook The Actors Themselves Chris Bentley Delivers a wealth of information on all The actors and supporting players featured in The series and lists Their TV film credits prior To and after UFO. No Gerry Anderson series would be complete without it's famous Hardware vehicles all of The vehicles used in The series The fabulous interceptors The super sub Sky 1 The Shado Mobiles are all listed respectively To The episodes That They appeared in. And with UFO we get The fabulous Moon base Girls who could forget Lt Ellis played by Gabrielle Drake or Col Virginia Lake played by The very Talented Wanda Ventham all of The actresses featured in The series are given Their own spotlight if you love This series I simply can't praise This book enough. if you already own Networks recently remarkable Blu-ray set of The series Chris Bentleys The Complete Book Of Gerry Andersons UFO will and does believe me make an excellent companion piece To your collection. printed on High gloss paper The colour photos spread Throughout are reproduced beautifully. The whole book comes in a solid Hardback format and The front cover keeping in line with The Blu-ray release is The same in a sense you really can't have one without the other. As TV books go This is one of The best of it's kind with a wealth of information you really just can't put it down. The Definitive book on a very special underrated series for its time.

Another brilliant book by Chris Bentley, the complete book of UFO is well written and you will not be able to put it down once you start to read this. Ideally you should read this book and then watch the DVD or video's. Ed Bishop's foreward is a very good insight and informative look into UFO from the actors perspective. The book then goes into newspaper reports from 1878 to 1970 about UFO's and the Before UFO is a good look at Lew Grade and his biography which includes ATV's history and includes the Anderson's productions. The pre-production, the British MGM and Pinewood Studio's are brilliant and then we have the main cast with their biog's that is excellent and up to date at time of print. Other background information about the TV show is very informative and the photo shots are great. Then comes the Guide to the Episodes which, like other Bentley books, are brilliant but also includes the Location shoots along with the transmission premier and network premier (known as first transmission and UK National transmission on previous books), the notes and oops as well as detail to each episode, are like the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet books. It also includes the deleted scenes and actors lines and stage descriptions. The episode orders include the ITC screening along with the USA syndication and Japanese screenings order. I can say without doubt that you will enjoy this book and if you love UFO, this is a bonus. Brilliant value that you will read over time and again.

Fabulous, a work of love by Chris Bentley. The lack of colour plates didn't bother me too much, at least it has photos and lots of them. Loved seeing Ed Bishop on set, reading about the stories in some depth/alternative ideas, and learning about the locations. The insights into the characters and the actors that played them is brilliant. The book is a lot of money because its a collector's item now, you feel a bit sick when you see the original price on the reverse! But I say it's very well worth it if you are a fan! Save up, and make sure you get one that's in good nick because you're likely to treasure it for a long time.

Am I really the first person to write a review of the new 2016 hardback edition of this book? (No, I'm actually the second!) Well, despite it selling out almost as soon as it was published, and despite there still being a message on this page saying that the book is 'temporarily unavailable' - The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO landed today! What can I say? Better than expected service from Amazon and a much improved version of an already brilliant book. Everything you want and need to know about the Andersons' greatest ever TV series. And now with every page in eye-watering full colour! And there are 300 of them too!!! The perfect companion to the recently released Blu-Ray set. Whatever the price, this book is an essential addition to your collection. Buy it now.

Obligatorio para cualquiera interesado en esta antigua serie de TV de CIencia Ficción. Libro escrito en inglés con una soberbia presentación y un extenso y completo contenido: desde detalles de los estudios utilizados, descripción de los episodios, efectos especiales e, incluso, uso posterior de mobiliario y decorados en otras series de Tv británicas.

Imperdibile pubblicazione per ogni appassionato della mitica serie televisiva Ufo. Libro pieno di aneddoti e fotografie. Consigliatissimo. Ottimo come sempre il servizio di Amazon.

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Great book

A must for anyone enterested in Gerry Anderson,s UFO