UK, 16 September 1970
47m
35mm film, colour, 4:3
mono, English
Series: UFO (1970-1973) – series 1, episode 1
A British science fiction television episode directed by Gerry Anderson.
Premise
In 1980, the top-secret SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) is fully operational and ready to defend the Earth against mysterious alien invaders who have been abducting people for many years. On its first mission, it manages to retrieve one of the aliens and makes a discovery that hits close to home for one of their number.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Gerry Anderson
© Century 21 Pictures Limited MCMLXIX [1969]
A Gerry Anderson Century 21 Television production. An ITC world wide distribution
Format: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill
Executive Producer: Gerry Anderson
Produced by: Reg Hill
Production Supervisor: Norman Foster
Unit Manager: Roger Connolly
Teleplay: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson with Tony Barwick
Script Editor: Tony Barwick
Assistant Director: Leo Eaton
Continuity: Doreen Sloan
Lighting Cameraman: Brendan Stafford
Camera Operator: Derek Black
Editor: Alan Killick
Music Composed and Directed by: Barry Gray
Music Editor: George Randall
Sound Recordists: Ken Rawkins, J.B. Smith
Sound Editors: John Peverill, Jim Hopkins
Century 21 Fashions: Sylvia Anderson
Wardrobe: Kim Martin/Iris Richens
Make Up: Cliff Sharp [real name: Cliff Sharpe]
Hairdressing: Alice Holmes
Visual Effects Supervisor: Derek Meddings
Visual Effects
Director: Bill Camp
Production Manager: Frank Hollands
Lighting Cameraman: Harry Oakes
Camera Operator: Mike Rainer
Assistant to Supervisor: Jim Elliott
Designer: Mike Trim
Art Director: Bob Bell
Assistant Art Director: Keith Wilson
Instrumentation: Don Fagan, Century 21 Film Props
Construction Manager: Fred Gunning
Buyer: Harry Solomans
Assistant to Producer: Des Saunders
Stunt Arranger: Jack Silk
Casting Director: Rose Tobias Shaw
Made at MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, England and Century 21 Studios, Slough, England and on location [Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; Burnham Beeches, Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK; Handley Page Ltd., Radlett Aerodrome, Frogmore, Hertfordshire, England, UK; Neptune House, BBC Elstree Studios, Eldon Avenue, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK]
Cast
Edward Bishop (Cmdr. Straker)
George Sewell (Col. Freeman)
Peter Gordeno (Capt. Carlin)
Gabrielle Drake (Lt. Ellis)
Grant Taylor (General Henderson)
Basil Dignam (cabinet minister)
Shane Rimmer (Seagull X-Ray co-pilot)
Antonia Ellis (Joan Harrington)
Gary Myers (Lew Waterman)
Michael Mundell (Ken Matthews)
Harry Baird (Mark Bradley)
Keith Alexander (Shado radio operator)
Jon Kelly (Skydiver engineer)
Georgina Moon (Skydiver operative)
Dolores Mantez (Nina Barry)
Jeremy Wilkin (Skydiver navigator)
Paul Gillard (Kurt Mahler)
Wanda Ventham (Virginia Lake)
Gary Files (Phil Wade)
Matthew Roberton (real name: Matthew Robertson) (Dr Harris)
Maxwell Shaw (Dr Schroeder)
Annette Kerr (nurse)
Norma Roland [Miss Ealand] *
Vladek Sheybal [Dr Doug Jackson] *
Ayshea Brough [Shado operative] *
Mel Oxley [voice of SID] *
Edwina Carroll [Leila Carlin] *
Gito Santana [alien] *
Stanley Bray [alien in woods] *
Louisa Rabaiotti [Shado operative] *
Penny Spencer [Janis] *
Dennis Plenty [Lt David Worth] *
Jack Silk [motorcyclist] *
Ayshea [Shado operative] *
Links
Extracts included in
Invasion: UFO (1980)
Ufo… Annientate Shado Uccidete Straker… Stop (1974)
