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Post by Jason King on May 12, 2015 19:10:56 GMT
The Secret Service 1969 - Gerry Anderson who remembers,come on ?  Moderator edit: inserted picture link and title. |
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Post by Del Boy on May 12, 2015 22:45:32 GMT
It's a new one on me Jason. Being born in the 70's meant that we could only see repeats and i dont think that all of the Gerry Anderson stuff was repeated. In the late 70's early 80's I can only remember seeing Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Fireball XL5. It doesn't mean that the others wern't on though as i didnt always look for it. I always prefered the Hanna Barbera cartoon shows of the day so would always seek them out instead of this kind of thing. I really liked Thunderbirds though.  |
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Post by Jason King on May 13, 2015 16:17:19 GMT
thankyou for the picture insert!!..
this was an odd one,,after captain scarlett,joe 90,,an idea for a series using live action and supermarionation came about,
stanley unwin plays father unwin and does the walking shots as himself leaving the puppet to be the actor,,he drives a model
t ford,,hes a secret agent posing as a priest,,he works for the B I S H O P,which stands for british intelligence security headquarters,
operation priest.
there is some lovely real action scenes involving the odd car chase,,jags ,westminsters,corsairs,and a nice viva estate pop up
at one point,,you will love this if into say,randall and hopkirk and like joe 90,it has a great feel to it i would say..
the story with the series goes that gerry anderson was showing it to lew grade for approval after the first 10 or 12 episodes
were shown,,lew grade jumped up and said ,stop,,cancel the show gerry!!!!!!!!..reason for this was
stanley unwin used his famous gobbledeegook talk,,and lew said they will never understand this in america,apparently
they were having enough trouble with our upper class british accent as it was!!..
that was that,,the show was cut and only aired in 2 regions at some odd time,,,hence hardly anyone has seen it..
watch it,,you will enjoy......................................................
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Post by Del Boy on May 13, 2015 17:22:31 GMT
Thanks Jason. I like the sound of this show. I never really liked anything other than Thunderbirds but this one interests me. Good background into why few have seen this show Jason, I don't remember it in the London region as a repeat that's for sure. Gerry Anderson's programmes were all of high quality, and i'm sure this one is too. As for uploading pictures be sure to check out our guide here. Uploading then sharing your pictures guide I will also get round to doing a guide for linking pictures direct from the net |
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Post by Tyne Tees Colour on May 31, 2015 8:32:47 GMT
the story with the series goes that gerry anderson was showing it to lew grade for approval after the first 10 or 12 episodes were shown,,lew grade jumped up and said ,stop,,cancel the show gerry!!!!!!!!..reason for this was stanley unwin used his famous gobbledeegook talk,,and lew said they will never understand this in america,apparently they were having enough trouble with our upper class british accent as it was!!.. that was that,,the show was cut and only aired in 2 regions at some odd time,,,hence hardly anyone has seen it.. Yes, I heard that as well. The story was detailed in one (or more) of Chris Bentley's books about the Anderson shows.
Therefore I have never seen it. 
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