British Invaders

UFO was a 1970 series from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson.  Aliens are attacking Earth, but we have our defences.  S.H.A.D.O. stops the aliens at every turn!

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Here is the second half of our Jekyll discussion.  Jekyll was a sequel to The Strange Case Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Jekyll was a 2007 BBC mini-series.  This sequel to The Strange Case Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was written by Steven Moffat and starred James Nesbitt.

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Eamonn Clarke is a doctor living and working in Cambridgeshire, England. He was raised on a diet of Thunderbirds and Doctor Who, and still has his membership card from the Spectrum reserve. In his spare time he tries to convince people that Captain Jack Harkness is really Captain Scarlet; and keeps watching the skies waiting for his call-up from Cloudbase.

Eamonn joined British Invaders in Episode 12.

This is the second half of our discussion of Day of the Triffids, the 1981 BBC TV serial based on the classic novel by John Wyndham.  When most of the world has gone blind, the remaining sighted people must deal with a rapidly collapsing society.  They also need to deal with deadly plants that could wipe out everyone....

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Day of the Triffids was a 1981 BBC TV serial based on the classic novel by John Wyndham.  In it, most of the world went blind.  The remaining sighted people needed to deal with collapse of society and with terrifying deadly plants....

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This is the second half of our Robin of Sherwood discussion.

This mid-1980s Robin Hood series included both fantasy and historical fiction.  It was known for the character of Herne the Hunter, who gave Robin his mission.  It was called Robin Hood for many US broadcasts.

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Robin of Sherwood was a fantasy themed version of the Robin Hood legend.  It ran for three seasons in the mid-1980s, and it had a strong sense of history.  It was known for being very original, and for influencing other Robin Hood productions that followed it.  It was called Robin Hood for many US broadcasts.

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This is the second half of our discussion about The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.  Having described the 1981 miniseries, we talk about other versions of The Guide.  We also discuss the life and work of Douglas Adams.

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We're back!  We are sorry about the long wait between episodes.  Xander isn't available for this episode, so Eamonn is standing in for him.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was a six episode BBC miniseries written by Douglas Adams.  It was filled with humour, space science fiction and really wild things.  This 1981 TV version was based on the earlier radio series.

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