When I was a kid, I was addicted to this show like a drug. I had a lunchbox with Sky one on the front of it. When I got my first (casette) tape recorder, one of the first things I recorded was this theme right off of the TV. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!
God, I was such a lucky kid, back in the seventies with this classic show, the persuaders, Thunderbirds, to name a few. Compared to the sh!t on tv now - dont even go there
Wonder how many of you know that Benedict Cumberbatch's (Sherlock, Star Trek into darkness, etc. etc.) mum was in this series? The lovely Wanda Ventham, played Colonel Lake.
Sexy purple hair women with silver boots, secret space station on the moon, UFO interceptors launched from underwater submarines.... Ahhhh, I really missed the 80s.
Gotta be the BEST title sequence ever made for a TV show ! And yes, we could have been on the moon by 1980, or at least by 1999, if only we'd had a few Aliens to worry about.
One of the first colour TV programmes I ever saw. UFO remained a favourite throughout 1970. I loved the alien abduction angle of the first show which featured a chase scene with humans being gunned down in a pine forest. The show combined Gerry Anderson's puppetised model-making heritage with groovy innuendo and plenty of smoking and drinking. There were a few 'stinkers' but some absolute UFO gems too. ATV Classics.
Great visuals and a very cool theme tune. Like the mrjohnavery flying across at the end, nice touch. 1980 was supposed to be in the future back then...
The sound quality on this clip is fantastic! This was, in my opinion, the best theme music of any of Gerry Anderson's TV series (live-action or Supermarionation), hands down! This version does not have the teletype sound that appeared in the opening credits of the series' 26 episodes.
this was one of my favorite shows in 1970. I was about 4 or 5 living in England at that time and the show and the toys associated with the show were in great demand, and wish list for a lot of us boys...!
this was one of my favorite shows in 1970. I was about 4 or 5 living in England at that time and the show and the toys associated with the show were in great demand, and wish list for a lot of us boys...! My favorite was that APC rocket launcher and sky 1.
I want to see THIS as an XCOM mod. :) I read an article about how this show and Space 1999 were connected. Moon base Alpha was the expansion of the original S.H.A.D.O. moon base and S.I.D. had also been upgraded to be a Hawk launch point to intercept the aliens. After that point, the invasion stopped and the Hawks were scrapped, and their tech used to make the Eagles. Loved both of these shows. I still own a meter long Eagle toy (mostly destroyed). Good times. :)
cuando era chico, veia esa serie, y me parecia tan real, tan asustadora, esos aliens eran terroríficos, hoy me hace reir. Y el tema musical es genial!!!!!
La musica del señor Barry Gray de la serie de tv ufo es fabulosa no me canso de escucharla, seria posible que tengan entrevista en español con el compositor y de todo el elenco de ufo gracias, suerte.
The exterior of the film studios at the beginning was ATV's (and now the BBC's) Elstree TV Studios. Interiors (and a great backlot exterior) were filmed first at nearby MGM British but later at Pinewood.
Wonderful title sequence - I remember this from its first broadcast in 1969/70. Sorry to read this week that Gerry Anderson has Alzheimers - I saw him speak at the 2005 World SF Convention in Glasgow, and he had some great stories to tell of the production of his shows.
This got onto late junction last Thursday and then on Friday evenings Radio 3 In Concert The BBC Philharmonic played a suite from Thunderbirds. It might be the start of Barry Grey's re-valution as the great composer he undoubtledly was.
@ericdapugi Straker was played by Ed Bishop. Partly, he was cast because the Straker character was supposed to be an American Apollo-era astronaut who had retired from NASA and became head of a London film studio. Of course, then studio was a cover for SHADO!
@ericdapugi The actor is Ed Bishop. He had previously worked for Gerry & Sylvia Anderson as the voice of one of the characters in Captain Scarlet, so there was a previous connection; and they always tended to have some American-voiced characters in their Supermarionation productions (Thunderbirds being the obvious one, as it was based around an American family), so perhaps this was just a natural carry-over. A better outcome than when Lew Grade insisted on Landau & Bain for Space 1999 :-)
Who would have thought that the building that Straker drives up to is 100 yards from Albert Square. Both sites are at the Elstree studios in Borehamwood.
You know that most ppl who DO end up here are just into enjoying the production values, design, theme's, etc... What i'm trying to say is that it's refreshing to come to a person who's dedicated some time to produce an interest of theirs and there is no negativity. There's only one thing I wish was different and it's not of this page, it's that my Ed Bishop signed postcard was to me and not someone else. Still LOVE it though. Mr J, thanks.
I always wanted to see a X-files/UFO crossover. Scully and Mulder spend 55 minutes of the show uncovering the immienent invasion of Earth by aliens. When all looks helpless, Ed Bishop strolls on the set and says, "Great work, kids. Now get out of the way and let the grown ups handle this.... :-)
And do you notice how Gerry Anderson kept with similar themes and continuity.....the outfits for much of the space staff uniforms were similar if not the same for Space 1999.....
@Roadracer987654321 Barrt Gray died 26 April, 1984. You are thinking of John Barry, who did pass away recently, and also did the film score for Disney's "The Black Hole", arguably the best part of the movie.
GROOVY BABY! Yeah!! 1980 isn't a very far off prediction of the future when it's 1973. Or was it one thousand nine hundred and eighty years later and not just 7 when everyone is wearing polyester jump suits? Well maybe just suits. But they missed on the big hair - purple yes for some but not big enough. Did you dance around the family rec room to this show when you were a kid? How bout just now? Awesome stuff.
Again a fantastic theme sound track ...There was no movie cause the money people back then didnt think Gerry and Sylvia Anderson could pull it off and Hollywood didnt get it ...fools ...i think there is some interest now though in usa.
how cool is it that so many of us have watched this[thanks for posting by the way]so recently?i remember sid saying....we have a ufo massive attack[q big explosions etc]
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When I was a kid, I was addicted to this show like a drug. I had a lunchbox with Sky one on the front of it. When I got my first (casette) tape recorder, one of the first things I recorded was this theme right off of the TV. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!
The days when you would stop everything to be sitting in front of the tv to watch a programme. UFO, Land Of The Giants, Space 1999- all classics.
God, I was such a lucky kid, back in the seventies with this classic show, the persuaders, Thunderbirds, to name a few. Compared to the sh!t on tv now - dont even go there
Wonder how many of you know that Benedict Cumberbatch's (Sherlock, Star Trek into darkness, etc. etc.) mum was in this series? The lovely Wanda Ventham, played Colonel Lake.
Sexy purple hair women with silver boots, secret space station on the moon, UFO interceptors launched from underwater submarines.... Ahhhh, I really missed the 80s.
RIP Gerry, you made us believe anything was possible in the future.
R.I.P Gerry, thanks for all the wonderful shows.
One of my favorite tv series when I was still a kid.
I certainly remember watching UFO in the 1970s. Great stuff on tv then even though I was just a teenager.
Rest on peace, Gerry and thanks for the good moments.
Gotta be the BEST title sequence ever made for a TV show !
And yes, we could have been on the moon by 1980, or at least by 1999, if only we'd had a few Aliens to worry about.
RIP Gerry Anderson, you'll be missed.
The Original X-COM UFO Defense.
One of the first colour TV programmes I ever saw. UFO remained a favourite throughout 1970. I loved the alien abduction angle of the first show which featured a chase scene with humans being gunned down in a pine forest. The show combined Gerry Anderson's puppetised model-making heritage with groovy innuendo and plenty of smoking and drinking. There were a few 'stinkers' but some absolute UFO gems too. ATV Classics.
Great visuals and a very cool theme tune. Like the mrjohnavery flying across at the end, nice touch. 1980 was supposed to be in the future back then...
My earliest memories is the intro to UFO and Hawaii Five O. No wonder I do a double take still if I see a girl with purple hair.
My fave sci-fi series ever, pure gold and class !!!!!!
The sound quality on this clip is fantastic!
This was, in my opinion, the best theme music of any of Gerry Anderson's TV series (live-action or Supermarionation), hands down!
This version does not have the teletype sound that appeared in the opening credits of the series' 26 episodes.
This TV series was 50 years ahead of its time ! Just look at the haircuts, music, etc ... !!!
this was one of my favorite shows in 1970. I was about 4 or 5 living in England at that time and the show and the toys associated with the show were in great demand, and wish list for a lot of us boys...!
Gerry Anderson, Rip we will miss you and your imagination.
LOVED EVERYTHING GERRY DID! STILL A HUGE FAN.
I used to watch this every week. 1980 seemed so far in the future then.
tight scripts, quality production values, believable sets and costuming,
I wish 1980 had REALLY been this cool. :-)
Mesh shirts were also a popular fashion choice in Space 1999. String vests with atttitude.
this was one of my favorite shows in 1970. I was about 4 or 5 living in England at that time and the show and the toys associated with the show were in great demand, and wish list for a lot of us boys...! My favorite was that APC rocket launcher and sky 1.
Gerry Anderson's first series with human actors instead of puppets . . . what more needs to be said?
I love the show! Lucky enough to get the box set on DVD fairly cheap last Christmas!!!!
I want to see THIS as an XCOM mod. :) I read an article about how this show and Space 1999 were connected. Moon base Alpha was the expansion of the original S.H.A.D.O. moon base and S.I.D. had also been upgraded to be a Hawk launch point to intercept the aliens. After that point, the invasion stopped and the Hawks were scrapped, and their tech used to make the Eagles. Loved both of these shows. I still own a meter long Eagle toy (mostly destroyed). Good times. :)
God the 60's were so groovy.
Oh God, I'd forgotten those string vests!
cuando era chico, veia esa serie, y me parecia tan real, tan asustadora, esos aliens eran terroríficos, hoy me hace reir. Y el tema musical es genial!!!!!
Maravilhosa a série UFO. Obrigado por me trazer lembranças de um tempo bom, bem diferente da mediocridade existencial dos tempos atuais.
I loved this show. Saw re-runs as a kid during the 80s. But I just realized that it lacked enough jumpsuits. GOD BLESS JUMPSUITS...
First TV memories in '71 aged 3.
When I was a kid this was where TV was at!
It's a shame today's kids are fed a diet of crap, compared to the excitement we used to watch.
What the hell is that? "XCOM : the TV show"?
Sounds neat.
La musica del señor Barry Gray de la serie de tv ufo es fabulosa no me canso de escucharla, seria posible que tengan entrevista en español con el compositor y de todo el elenco de ufo gracias, suerte.
This brings back memories!!
RIP Mr Anderson
Mate, I was around when UFO came out... imagine how disappointed I feel!!!
The exterior of the film studios at the beginning was ATV's (and now the BBC's) Elstree TV Studios. Interiors (and a great backlot exterior) were filmed first at nearby MGM British but later at Pinewood.
Wonderful title sequence - I remember this from its first broadcast in 1969/70. Sorry to read this week that Gerry Anderson has Alzheimers - I saw him speak at the 2005 World SF Convention in Glasgow, and he had some great stories to tell of the production of his shows.
Love this music!!!
gran serie.! casi olvidada en estos tiempos. grande el que la subio.
This got onto late junction last Thursday and then on Friday evenings Radio 3 In Concert The BBC Philharmonic played a suite from Thunderbirds. It might be the start of Barry Grey's re-valution as the great composer he undoubtledly was.
Haha I loved this show..actually I loved nearly everything Gerry Anderson and co worked on. All great memories.
Oh, I loved that show!
Que gran serie de los 70!!!!!!!!
AWESOME! One of my all time favourite shows when I was a little kid. Why the future didn't become that! It would've been so cool.
There is little that can't be fixed by the judicious application of Gerry Anderson, Mesh shirts and Gabrielle Drake.
@ericdapugi Straker was played by Ed Bishop.
Partly, he was cast because the Straker character was supposed to be an American Apollo-era astronaut who had retired from NASA and became head of a London film studio.
Of course, then studio was a cover for SHADO!
just can't get this tune out of my head now........
Gerry at his absolute best.
@ericdapugi The actor is Ed Bishop. He had previously worked for Gerry & Sylvia Anderson as the voice of one of the characters in Captain Scarlet, so there was a previous connection; and they always tended to have some American-voiced characters in their Supermarionation productions (Thunderbirds being the obvious one, as it was based around an American family), so perhaps this was just a natural carry-over. A better outcome than when Lew Grade insisted on Landau & Bain for Space 1999 :-)
Who would have thought that the building that Straker drives up to is 100 yards from Albert Square. Both sites are at the Elstree studios in Borehamwood.
That car!
You know that most ppl who DO end up here are just into enjoying the production values, design, theme's, etc... What i'm trying to say is that it's refreshing to come to a person who's dedicated some time to produce an interest of theirs and there is no negativity. There's only one thing I wish was different and it's not of this page, it's that my Ed Bishop signed postcard was to me and not someone else. Still LOVE it though. Mr J, thanks.
Loved this in the 70s always wanted a real life size working Shadow Mobil to trek across Salisbury plane in How cool would that be
Great theme tune
I always wanted to see a X-files/UFO crossover. Scully and Mulder spend 55 minutes of the show uncovering the immienent invasion of Earth by aliens. When all looks helpless, Ed Bishop strolls on the set and says, "Great work, kids. Now get out of the way and let the grown ups handle this.... :-)
Even as a kid i did wonder why since moonbase alpha only had 3 intercepters why they did send 4 UFO's at a time...
thanks for posting
R.I.P Gerry
How do we cope these days without those sequential address memory tapes? Glad to think we could compute fast enough using them to save the planet :-)
the best part of this show is everybody smokes on the job weather they are underground on a sub or in space
Great fashions, love the purple hair (seriously) and there's a lot of thought put onto the vehicles, cool!
WOW!
THX 4 Upload.
I loved U.F.O. and the Theme rocks^^
@MsAussielass Man! No truer words have ever been spoken!!
WOW So neat and clear...
And do you notice how Gerry Anderson kept with similar themes and continuity.....the outfits for much of the space staff uniforms were similar if not the same for Space 1999.....
now thats music
@Roadracer987654321
Barrt Gray died 26 April, 1984. You are thinking of John Barry, who did pass away recently, and also did the film score for Disney's "The Black Hole", arguably the best part of the movie.
Thank you it is just as i remember it when it first came on in the 70's when I was youger them today.
My new ringtone. Awesome music!
seeing this reminds me of the awesome childhood i had
Einfach kultig! In dieser Qualität hab' ich's noch nie gesehen.
Ayesha Brough from a kids programme called Lift Off used to look georgeous in this.
gahhhhh cant wait to see what the movie will be like!
Ayshea Brough - wow!!!!
GROOVY BABY! Yeah!! 1980 isn't a very far off prediction of the future when it's 1973. Or was it one thousand nine hundred and eighty years later and not just 7 when everyone is wearing polyester jump suits? Well maybe just suits. But they missed on the big hair - purple yes for some but not big enough. Did you dance around the family rec room to this show when you were a kid? How bout just now? Awesome stuff.
Gracias, recuerdo la pésima puntería de los alienígenas.
BIG-O! ACTION!
The future promised to me was one of never ending cigars and endless drinks as white men discuss fighting aliens...WHY DID THIS NEVER UNFOLD?!
Again a fantastic theme sound track ...There was no movie cause the money people back then didnt think Gerry and Sylvia Anderson could pull it off and Hollywood didnt get it ...fools ...i think there is some interest now though in usa.
Memories from being a kid on Saturday afternoons. Funny how silly and campy it looks now!
Very cool! I remember this show and Space: 1999 rather fondly, watched them both as a boy. Thanks for posting this!
thanks for sharing, brings back some memories for sure
Swingin' chicks with purple hair on a 1980 Moonbase. Does it GET any better than that? I think not.
Now this is what I call a border protection policy !
Thanks for uploading this in HD! ^_^
Can't wait until 1980 to be driving a car like that.
Supreme quality visual, thank you!!
THANK YOU for this video I remember when this first aired on T.V some time ago thank you.
I'ts almost 2012 and we still don't have that kind of neat-o technology!
how cool is it that so many of us have watched this[thanks for posting by the way]so recently?i remember sid saying....we have a ufo massive attack[q big explosions etc]
set in the far future..the 80's
Needs to be remade - with modern special effects, but set it back in 1980
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cool show, Great intro. Thanks