The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO (revised and expanded edition) Hardcover – 25 Nov. 2016

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.

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.

Whether this series is Gerry Anderson's greatest achievement is of course a matter of opinion, but I'd say it was. The series combined believable (and very human) characters, futuristic vehicles, great special effects, and thought-provoking stories, to give a unique viewing experience. At its best (the "Mindbender" and "Timelash" epsiodes, for example), it stands up well against any other science fiction on TV.This book is the behind the scenes story of where UFO came from, how it got on to the screen, where it might have gone, and where it did go. The author has interviewed many of the principal figures from both in front of and behind the camera (sadly, many no longer with us) to produce what must be the definitive look at the series.If you enjoy the series and want to know more about its creation, this book is for you.

Received 29 November 2016, despite being informed by Amazon a few days earlier that it would not be delivered until 23 December. This is an excellent book, lavishly illustrated in full colour. It's a comprehensive guide to just about anything you could wish to know about the programme, obviously prepared with a great deal of affection and attention to detail. It really is an improvement on the earlier edition, especially with the added section on "Doppelganger" aka "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun." At this price, it is a bargain.

A must for anyone enterested in Gerry Anderson,s UFO

To start with, I noticed that one of the reviews states that the pictures inside are black and white; however, this is not the case in the one I have at least. Maybe earlier editions where but the one I have in printed on beautiful glossy paper with colour pictures. The contents of the book are as follows:Foreword by Ed BishopIntroduction by Donald James00: UNIDENTIFIED01: CLOSE UP - THE MAKING OF UFO02: IDENTIFIED - THE CAST OF UFO03: EXPOSED - THE SECRETS OF UFO04: SCREENED - A GUIDE TO THE EPISODES05: SURVUVAL - BROADCAST AND PROMOTION

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.

Great book