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Tell The Truth (UK TV series)

***Tell the Truth*** was a panel game show based on the US version, To Tell the Truth. It was originally aired on ITV produced by ATV from September 17, 1957 to September, 6 1961 hosted first by McDonald Hobley from 1957 to 1958, then by David Jacobs in 1959 and finally by Shaw Taylor in 1961. It was then aired on Channel 4 produced by LWT in association with Goodson-Todman Productions and Talbot Television from April 17, 1983 to November 22, 1985 hosted by Graeme Garden and then finally aired back on ITV produced by TVS in association with Mark Goodson Productions and Talbot Television from April 11, 1989 to October 26, 1990 hosted by Fred Dinenage.

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War and Peace (UK TV series)

***War and Peace*** is a television dramatisation of the Leo Tolstoy novel of War and Peace. This 20 episode series began on September 28, 1972 (November 20, 1973, in the US).

The BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezukhov, Morag Hood is Natasha Rostova, Alan Dobie is Andrei Bolkonsky and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for each of them and their families.

The twenty-part serial was produced by David Conroy and directed by John Davies. Conroy's aim was to transfer the characters and plot from Tolstoy's novel to television drama to run for a duration of 15 hours. Scripted by Jack Pulman, this version of War and Peace contained battle sequences, which were filmed in Yugoslavia. The production designer Don Homfray won a BAFTA for his work on the series.

Also in the cast were Rupert Davies, Frank Middlemass, Joanna David, Colin Baker, and Richard Hurndall.
The Late, Late Breakfast Show (UK TV series)

***The Late, Late Breakfast Show*** was a BBC television light entertainment show broadcast live on Saturday evenings from September 4, 1982 to November 8, 1986. It was presented by Noel Edmonds, initially with co-host Leni Harper (fired after just three shows) and also featured Mike Smith and John Peel.

The show was the first show Edmonds presented in the Saturday evening variety slot, who had quit his Saturday morning children's show Multi-Coloured Swap Shop earlier that year. Its theme tune was written by Gary Kemp and performed by Spandau Ballet.

Edmonds would often interview music guests live via satellite, although it became obvious in many cases, most notably the appearances of Rod Stewart and Duran Duran that he was in fact posing questions to an already recorded interview with another station and his questioning was being dubbed over the original interviewer.

The show was described as a "mag prog [magazine programme] especially for those who get up late on Saturday, featuring comedy, pop music & a few surprises". Regular features on the show included "The Hit Squad", which was a hidden camera section, pop music performances, and "The Golden Egg Awards", which featured various outtakes. During the "Give It A Whirl" feature a member of the public would call in and have the "Whirly Wheel" spun to select a stunt, in a similar setup to game show Wheel of Fortune; after spending the week training, they would perform the stunt live on the next show. Multiple serious injuries resulted from these stunts, including the death of Michael Lush in 1986. The show was cancelled in the aftermath of his death.

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Star Trek Deep Space Nine Season 6

#### November 10, 1997 (US): Episode 07 - "You are Cordially Invited" (Stardate 51247.5)

In ***"You are Cordially Invited"***, Worf's plans for a traditional Klingon wedding hinge on the demanding matriarch of the House of Martok, Sirella, accepting Dax into their family.

#### November 17, 1997 (US): Episode 08 - "Resurrection" (Stardate Unknown)

In ***"Resurrection"***, the Mirror Universe counterpart of Kira's dead love, Vedek Bareil, takes her hostage on Deep Space Nine as he is running from the evil Alliance of his universe. His real reason for being in the canon universe is to steal the Bajoran Orb of Prophecy and Change for the Intendant, the mirror Kira Nerys. However, before he can complete this mission, he has a change of conscience, convinced by Kira, leaving the Orb behind and returning to the Mirror Universe with the Intendant.
Simone Bendix

***Simone Bendix*** (born September 26, 1967) is a Danish actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Bendix played the regular role of Officer Jane Castle in Gerry Anderson's science-fiction drama Space Precinct (1994-95).

Other television appearances include:

1993: The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-93)

1993: Between the Lines (1992-94)

1994: The Tomorrow People (1992-95)

1996: The Crow Road (1996)

1997: Taggart (1983-2010)

1997: Bugs (1995-99)

1999: A Touch of Frost (1992-2010)

Bendix also featured in a 1998 TV advertisement for Nescafé Gold Blend opposite Neil Roberts (the last of the Gold Blend couple adverts).

She is married to Kasper Winding, who was previously married to Brigitte Nielsen. They have a son, Pablo, and a daughter, Polly.
Movies in 1968

* Released February 2, 1968 (UK); February 29, 1968 (US)

***The Secret War of Harry Frigg*** is a comedy film set in World War II. It was directed by Jack Smight and stars Paul Newman.

#### Plot Summary

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WW II, it is a propaganda nightmare for the Allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General (2 stars) and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess... [IMDb.com]

#### Notable Cast

* Paul Newman as Private/Major General/Sergeant/2nd Lt. Harry Frigg
* Sylva Koscina as Countess Francesca De Montefiore
* Tom Bosley as Brigadier General Roscoe Pennypacker
* Charles Gray as Brigadier Adrian Cox-Roberts
* Vito Scotti as Colonel Enrico Ferrucci
* Buck Henry as Stockade Commandant

###  Lady in Cement (1968)

* Released November 20, 1968 (US)

***Lady in Cement*** is a Neo Noir detective film starring Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Martin Gabel and Richard Conte, and is a sequel to 1967's Tony Rome.
R.U.R.

***R.U.R.*** is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. R.U.R. stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum’s Universal Robots). It premiered on January 25, 1921 and introduced the word "robot" to the English language and to science fiction as a whole.

R.U.R. quickly became famous and was influential early in the history of its publication. By 1923, it had been translated into thirty languages.

The play begins in a factory that makes artificial people, called roboti (robots), from synthetic organic matter. They are not exactly robots by the current definition of the term: they are living flesh and blood creatures rather than machinery and are closer to the modern idea of clones or replicants. They may be mistaken for humans and can think for themselves. They seem happy to work for humans at first, but a robot rebellion leads to the extinction of the human race. Čapek later took a different approach to the same theme in War with the Newts, in which non-humans become a servant class in human society.

R.U.R. is dark but not without hope, and was successful in its day in both Europe and North America.
Tony Barwick

Anthony Clive ***"Tony" Barwick*** (10 July 1934 – 18 August 1993) was a British television scriptwriter who worked extensively on series created and produced by Gerry Anderson. Barwick scripted episodes for Anderson's Supermarionation series Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90 and The Secret Service, as well as his live-action series UFO, The Protectors and Space: 1999.

He also contributed scripts to Anderson and Christopher Burr's Supermacromation series Terrahawks, writing under various pseudonyms for all but one episode. All of these pseudonyms ended with the suffix "-stein" in imitation of the name of the leading character, Dr Tiger Ninestein. With the completion of Terrahawks, Barwick went on to script the whole of Anderson's two-part stop-motion series Dick Spanner, P.I. (for which he was credited as "Harry Bolt").

Other writing credits include The Persuaders!, The Pathfinders, The Professionals and Shadowchaser. His scriptwriting is known for its humour. He often set the events of a particular episode on the date of his birthday.

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People in Doctor Who

***Deborah Watling*** played Victoria Waterfield, a companion of the Second Doctor.

* First appeared May 24, 1967, in Season 4, Episode 2 of "The Evil of the Daleks"
* Appeared in all episodes of Season 5 from September, 1967 to April, 1968
* Appeared in part 2 of the Children in Need charity special "Dimensions in Time" on November 27, 1993
* Appeared in direct-to-video spin-off "Downtime" with Nicholas Courtney and Elisabeth Sladen, released September 2, 1995
Silver Dream Racer (1980)

## "For every man who loves excitement. For every woman who loves a winner."

***Silver Dream Racer*** (1980) is a motor-racing film starring British pop star David Essex and Beau Bridges. The film was produced, written and directed by David Wickes. It would become the last film to be made by the Rank Organisation.

Nick Freeman (Essex) is an aspiring motorcycle racer. But after Nick's brother dies before he is able to test and race the new experimental motorcycle he's developed, Nick inherits the responsibility to prove his brother's design. In spite of a series of tough setbacks, including the loss of his girlfriend, Nick goes into the big race at the British Grand Prix with all his energy and concentration bent on winning. But underhanded American racer (Bridges) is also among the competitors and he is determined to ruin Nick's chances. Numerous incidents happen before Nick crosses the finish line in first place.

Other stars in the film include Harry H Corbett (in his last feature film), Diane Keen, Ed Bishop, T P McKenna, and Elisabeth Sladen.

[Wikipedia]

Released April 11, 1980 (UK); September, 1983 (US)
O.S.S. (UK TV series)

***O.S.S.*** was a Buckeye Productions and Associated Television co-produced wartime television drama series.

It ran for 26 half-hour monochrome episodes between September 11, 1957 – March 9, 1958 and was distributed by ITC Entertainment and networked in the United States by ABC.

The series followed the adventures of Frank Hawthorne, played by Ron Randell, an agent with the American Office of Strategic Services, who operated behind Nazi lines in occupied France. Guest stars included Lois Maxwell, Christopher Lee and Doctor Who villain Roger Delgado.

As each episode opened the theme tune played and a voiceover was heard as the figure of a parachutist fell from a plane:

*“This is an agent of the OSS, en-route to a mission behind enemy lines.*

*One of the nameless, faceless army, who fought the lonely war - the silent war.*

*To this day, stories untold of heroes unknown.*

*This is a mission from the annals of the Office of Strategic Services -The OSS.”*

Find more information at ctva.biz and turnipnet.com.
Neil Peart

***Neil Peart***, born September 12, 1952, is a Canadian-American musician and author, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist for the rock band Rush. Peart has received numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1983, making him the youngest person ever so honored. He is known for his technical proficiency and stamina.

Peart grew up in Port Dalhousie, Ontario (now part of St. Catharines). During adolescence, he floated between regional bands in pursuit of a career as a full-time drummer. After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music, Peart returned home, where he joined a local Toronto band, Rush, in the summer of 1974.

Early in his career, Peart's performance style was deeply rooted in hard rock. He drew most of his inspiration from drummers such as Keith Moon and John Bonham, players who were at the forefront of the British hard rock scene. As time passed, he began to emulate jazz and big band musicians Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich. In 1994, Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber. It was during this time that Peart decided to revamp his playing style by incorporating jazz and swing components. Gruber was also responsible for introducing him to the products of Drum Workshop, the company whose products Peart currently endorses.

In addition to being a musician, Peart has published several memoirs about his travels. Peart is also Rush's primary lyricist. In writing lyrics for Rush, Peart addresses universal themes and diverse subject matter including science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy, as well as secular, humanitarian and libertarian themes. All five of his books are travel-based non-fiction, though they diverge into his life and these subjects as well.

Peart is noted for his distinctive in-concert drum solos, characterized by exotic percussion instruments and long, intricate passages in odd time signatures. His complex arrangements sometimes result in complete separation of upper- and lower-limb patterns; an ostinato dubbed "The Waltz" is a typical example. His solos have been featured on every live album released by the band. On the early live albums (All the World's a Stage & Exit...Stage Left), the drum solo was included as part of a song. On all subsequent live albums, the drum solo has been included as a separate track.

Find out more at neilpeart.net.
Loving You (Elvis Presley album)

***Loving You*** is the third studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, issued on RCA Victor Records in mono, LPM 1515, on July 1, 1957. It spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart and was certified Gold on April 9, 1968 by the Recording Industry Association of America. In the UK, the album entered the charts on August 31, 1957 and went to No 1 twice: first for two weeks on September 7, 1957, and then for a further week on November 9, 1957. It re-entered the chart for one week on February 8, 1958.

The soundtrack includes seven songs composed expressly for the movie Loving You from writers contracted to Elvis Presley Music and Gladys Music, the publishing companies owned by Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker. An eighth song intended for but not appearing in the movie, "Don't Leave Me Now", was included on the album, and a new recording would appear on the soundtrack for his next film, Jailhouse Rock.

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Love Kills (Freddie Mercury song)

***"Love Kills"*** is a song by Freddie Mercury, and his first song recorded as a solo artist. It was originally used in Giorgio Moroder's 1984 restoration and edit of the 1927 silent film Metropolis, as part of the film's new soundtrack, featuring Moroder, Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Cycle V, Loverboy, Billy Squier, and Mercury. In 1985, the film was nominated at the 5th Golden Raspberry Awards for Worst Musical Score, and the song itself was nominated for Worst Original Song. Nevertheless, the single reached number ten on the UK Singles Chart.

"Love Kills" was also used for the closing credits of the 1993 film Loaded Weapon 1. In 2014, Brian May and Roger Taylor reworked a previously unreleased ballad version of the song for inclusion on their new compilation Queen Forever, an album which focuses on Queen's love songs and ballads.

Released as a single on September 10, 1984 (the same day as the release of the Queen single "Hammer To Fall"), it entered the UK Singles Chart on September 22, 1984 for a run of eight weeks, peaking at No 10. officialcharts.com
The Mutants (Doctor Who story)

***The Mutants*** was the fourth story of season 9 of Doctor Who. Its narrative inspiration was very similar to that of Colony in Space. Whereas Malcolm Hulke had based the earlier story on the struggle of Native Americans against European settlers, here Bob Baker and Dave Martin explicitly based their story on South Africa and the segregationist policy of Apartheid, which had also inspired Ian Stuart Black's The Savages. By the recording, however, director Christopher Barry had de-emphasised the political allegory in favour of the story's science fictional elements. One such element came from an unused 1966 Barry Letts story submission, itself entitled The Mutant. Forming the main plot of the later episodes, this Letts-inspired subplot focused on a species maturing in radically different physiologic phases, like a butterfly.

#### Synopsis

*The Time Lords send the Doctor and Jo on a mission to deliver a sealed message pod to an unknown party aboard a Skybase orbiting the planet Solos in the 30th century. They are caught quickly in a power struggle between the cruel Marshal of Solos and the young Solonian Ky over the future of Solos — a future that hinges on the contents of the message.*

#### Episodes

* April 8, 1972 09.063.01: The Mutants - Episode One
* April 15, 1972 09.063.02: The Mutants - Episode Two
* April 22, 1972 09.063.03: The Mutants - Episode Three
* April 29, 1972 09.063.04: The Mutants - Episode Four
* May 6, 1972 09.063.05: The Mutants - Episode Five
* May 13, 1972 09.063.06: The Mutants - Episode Six

#### Novelisation

***Doctor Who and the Mutants*** was a novelisation based on the 1972 television serial The Mutants, written by Terrance Dicks, and published by Target Books on September 29, 1977.
That'll Be The Day (1973)

***That'll Be the Day*** is a 1973 British drama film starring David Essex, Rosemary Leach and Ringo Starr, written by Ray Connolly and directed by Claude Whatham. It is set in the late 1950s/early 1960s and was partially filmed on the Isle of Wight.

Jim MacLaine (Essex) was abandoned by his father when he was young. Later, as a suburban school dropout, Jim leaves home and drifts through a succession of dead-end jobs until he finds an outlet for his frustration in rock 'n' roll. Tossing away the chance of a university education much to the consternation of his mother, alienated MacLaine becomes a lowly deckchair attendant before streetwise friend Mike (Starr) gets him a job firstly as a barman and then with the fun fair. The initially shy MacLaine quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake. Eventually MacLaine returns home to run the family store and marry his girlfriend, but despite the birth of a son, restless Jim feels the lure of rock ’n’ roll again.

Other stars featured in the movie include Billy Fury, Keith Moon, Robert Lindsay, Deborah Watling, Karl Howman, and Sue Holderness.

[Wikipedia]

Released May 13, 1973 (UK); December 22, 1974 (US)
The Paradise Of Death (radio play)

*When a horrific and inexplicable death occurs at Space World, a new theme park on Hampstead Heath, UNIT is called in to investigate. The Doctor is highly suspicious. Just who controls the Parakon Corporation, the shadowy organisation behind the running of the park? What is "Experienced Reality" and what are the limits of its awesome powers?*

***The Paradise of Death*** was a BBC Radio 5 drama first broadcast on August 27, 1993. It was the second audio drama made, after Slipback in 1985, and the first audio drama to feature Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. This made him the earliest actor to portray the Doctor that also lent his voice to an audio serial. However, he would only perform one more audio story in his lifetime. Elisabeth Sladen appeared as Sarah-Jane Smith and Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier.

A novelisation by Barry Letts was published in 1994. It was the final release in the long-running Target Books novelisation series.

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Lieutenant Pigeon

***Lieutenant Pigeon*** are an English novelty musical group popular in the early 1970s, originating from Coventry.

A spin-off from an experimental music band Stavely Makepeace, the group was fronted by Rob Woodward and managed by him and drummer Nigel Fletcher. Other members included bassist Stephen Johnson. The group's sound was dominated by a heavy honky-tonk-style piano played by Woodward's mother, Hilda.

### Hits

Lieutenant Pigeon achieved two UK hits: "Mouldy Old Dough", and "Desperate Dan". Both tracks were largely instrumental, with the titles providing virtually the only lyrics. "Mouldy Old Dough" (the title being an adaptation of the 1920s jazz phrase, "vo-de-o-do") became the second biggest selling UK single of the year, behind The Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards' bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace".

Lieutenant Pigeon scored a further hit, in the autumn of 1974, when they reached number three in the Australian charts with a cover version of "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen". The band stopped gigging in 1978, although Johnson (after recording as Class 50) re-formed the band in the 1980s, touring to notable success in Scandinavia. The line-up went through a number of changes. By the late 1980s Stephen Johnson was the only original member of the live band. Fletcher joined Tasty (which also featured Johnson) and Oakie. Johnson subsequently set up a documentary video production company. Hilda Woodward died, aged 85, on February 22, 1999. She was aged 60 at the time of "Mouldy Old Dough" topping the charts, which made her one of the oldest female artists to feature on a UK number one single.

### Lieutenant Pigeon Today

The Pigeon name, and that of Stavely Makepeace, remain active with former members working together in the production of backing beds and jingles, maintaining a website and releasing occasional new material. Their 2001 release "Opus 400" is a 35-minute single composed of separate sections. For the past ten years now Woodward and Fletcher have continued to produce music which they have made available through their website (lieutenantpigeon.co.uk).

### Selected Discography

#### "Mouldy Old Dough" (1972)

* First charted in the UK at #38 on September 16, 1972 and spent 19 weeks in the chart
* Went to #1 in the UK on October 14, 1972

Recorded in the front room of Rob Woodward's Coventry semi-detached, it featured his mother Hilda on piano, in a boogie-woogie, honky-tonk, ragtime style. The only lyrics are the growled title "Mouldy Old Dough" and "Dirty Old Man" by Nigel Fletcher. When Fletcher asked what they meant, Rob said he had no idea. It is the only British number one single to feature a mother and son.

Originally released in early 1972, it flopped on its first release, but became a number one hit in Belgium. Decca, encouraged by this success, re-released it and with the backing of then BBC Radio 1 DJ Noel Edmonds, it finally became a hit in the UK, selling 790,000 copies.

#### "Desperate Dan" (1972)

* First charted in the UK at #40 on December 16, 1972 and spent 10 weeks in the chart
* Peaked at #17 in the UK on January 20, 1973
Skullduggery (1970)

#### *"The Tropi...Was It Human?...Animal?...Or The Living Descendant Of The Missing Link!"*

Skullduggery is an American science fiction film directed by Gordon Douglas, produced by Saul David, and stars Burt Reynolds, Susan Clark and Edward Fox. It was released in the US on March 6, 1970 and, in UK cinemas on September 24, 1972.

The screenplay is based on the French novel Les Animaux dénaturés (1952) (variously titled in English as You Shall Know Them, Borderline, and The Murder of the Missing Link) by Jean Bruller (writing under the pseudonym "Vercors").

On an expedition in Papua New-Guinea, Tropis, a tribe of apelike creatures, are being used as slaves by humans. When one of the Tropis is allegedly murdered, the following murder trial centres round the question: are the Tropis a form of human or animal. The question is a form of the Sorites paradox.
Nemesis (Star Trek VOY)

*"Captain's log, stardate 51082.4. After searching for more than two days, we finally located what's left of Commander Chakotay's shuttle. I can only hope the commander has fared better than his vessel."*

***"Nemesis"*** is the 72nd episode of Star Trek: Voyager, the fourth episode of the fourth season, first aired on September 24, 1997. It would debut in the UK on January 3, 1999. In this episode, Chakotay helps a race of aliens wage a war.

Chakotay is left stranded on a jungle planet and is captured by troops of the humanoid Vori species, led by Brone, but they appear to release him when they determine he is not of the "nemesis." Chakotay tries to find his shuttle the next day, and encounters one of these "nemesis" - known as the Kradin, who are fierce and non-human in appearance. Chakotay's shuttle is gone so he returns to the Vori. He bonds with them and immediately understands what they are up against. As he joins the Vori in the struggle against the Kradin, he sees evidence of the evil of the nemesis: they mock the Vori's religious rituals and send a peaceful Vori village to death camps.

Meanwhile, Voyager is orbiting the planet, unable to locate Chakotay. They contact the Kradin, who are amicable and agree to lend a jungle warrior team to retrieve Voyager's first officer. The Kradin explain that they are battling a relentless force called the Vori, whom they also refer to as "nemesis." Tuvok rescues Chakotay, who has actually been experiencing an elaborate training and brainwashing program to turn him into a Vori foot soldier. He has been thoroughly indoctrinated to believe the Kradin are monsters, and is disgusted by the sight of them. Back on Voyager, he is presented with evidence that the Kradin are not necessarily the hate-ridden entities he thought them to be and that it was in fact the Kradin who helped locate the commander and return him to Voyager. As they depart the planet, the Kradin ambassador makes an appearance in sickbay where Chakotay is recuperating. Due to his recent experiences in the Vori simulation, an uncomfortable Chakotay leaves sickbay and privately confers with Captain Janeway about the difficulties in putting aside his hatred for the Kradin. He wishes that it were just as easy to stop hating as it was to start.

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The 20th Century Files Wiki

## Welcome to the The 20th Century Files Wiki

An affectionate look back at the people, events and entertainment that made the 20th Century worth living in.

## Describe your topic

My name is Professor Nostalgia. I was born in 1972 and grew up watching, listening to, playing, and reading some of the most amazing entertainment. My mother once said, tongue in cheek, that you shouldn't watch anything older than you. However, when you're exposed to Cary Grant films, Buster Crabbe in Flash Gordon, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, or 60s rock music, you can't help but love the old stuff. Therefore, I discovered a passion for the 20th Century. It had its ups and downs and plenty of nonsense but it will always be the best century ever!

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The Royal Television Society

***The Royal Television Society***, or RTS, is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world. It currently has thirteen regional and national centres in the UK, as well as a branch in the Republic of Ireland.

The group was formed as The Television Society on September 7, 1927, a time when television was still very much in its experimental stage. Regular high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) broadcasts did not even begin for another nine years until the BBC began its transmissions from Alexandra Palace in 1936.

In addition to serving as a forum for scientists and engineers, the society published regular newsletters charting the development of the new medium. These documents now form important historical records of the early history of television broadcasting.

The society was granted its Royal title in 1966. The Prince of Wales became patron of the Society in November 1997.

The society regularly holds meetings and seminars, attended by members of the public and professionals from various areas of the television industry, and it also publishes the monthly magazine Television, covering a broad range of television topics. The society also holds a substantial archive of printed, photographic and audio-visual material of value to television historians and scholars.

Find out more at rts.org.uk.
The New Statesman (UK TV series)

***The New Statesman*** is a British sitcom made in the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the United Kingdom's Conservative Party Government of the period. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as a starring vehicle for, its principal actor Rik Mayall.

The show's theme tune is an arrangement by Alan Hawkshaw of part of the Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky.

The programme was made by the ITV franchise Yorkshire Television and aired between September 13, 1987 and December 26, 1992, although the BBC made two special episodes; one a skit for the first Comic Relief show on February 5, 1988, the other airing on December 30, 1994. ITV also aired a special episode, "Who Shot Alan B'Stard?" on January 14, 1990.
The Raven (Star Trek VOY)

***"The Raven"*** is episode 6 of season 4 of Star Trek: Voyager. It was directed by Star Trek: The Next Generation regular, LeVar Burton. The teleplay was by Bryan Fuller and Harry Doc Kloor, based on a story by Bryan Fuller.

> *Seven of Nine experiences flashbacks, and believes that she is being called back to the Borg Collective.*
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#### Original Airdates

* October 8, 1997 (US)
* January 24, 1999 (UK)

#### Plot Summary

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Seven of Nine, recently been liberated from the Borg collective, is starting the process of learning to be a human again. She begins having flashbacks (or hallucinations) involving Borg and, strangely, a large black bird. The Doctor diagnoses her with post-traumatic stress disorder. Later, she is struck by another vision, and a Borg implant grows from her skin. She jumps up and threatens to assimilate Neelix.

Captain Janeway is negotiating passage through space owned by the B'omar. Her duty is made harder when Seven steals a shuttle and leaves Voyager with it, trespassing into B'omar space.

The Doctor surmises that Seven's Borg nanoprobes have reactivated and are taking over her body and mind again. The crew cannot recover her because the B'omar won't allow Voyager into their territory, but Tuvok and Tom Paris are able to covertly cross B'omar security lines in a shuttle and go after Seven. Tuvok transports to her shuttle and she explains that she is following a Borg homing beacon. When Tuvok tells her there are no Borg ships anywhere in the vicinity, she tells him he's wrong and steers the shuttle to a moon.

On the moon's surface they find no Borg, only the wreckage of an old Federation ship. It shows signs of Borg invasion and partial assimilation. Seven feels that the ship is familiar to her. There is a bit of Borg machinery still active on board, which is what caused Seven's homing instinct to reactivate. As she looks around the ship, she remembers this is her parents' ship, the Raven. It was taken by the Borg almost twenty years ago, when Seven was a little girl named Annika Hansen. Suddenly, the B'omar attack though the crew is able to escape and Voyager disables the B'omar ships before fleeing.

Later, Janeway mentions the existence of records on Seven's parents, and Seven decides that one day she will read them.

#### Main Cast

* Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
* Robert Beltran as Chakotay
* Roxann Dawson as B'Elanna Torres
* Robert Duncan McNeill as Tom Paris
* Ethan Phillips as Neelix
* Robert Picardo as The Doctor
* Tim Russ as Tuvok
* Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
* Garrett Wang as Harry Kim

#### Guest Cast

* Richard J. Zobel, Jr. as Gaumen
* Mickey Cottrell as Dumah
* David Anthony Marshall as Father
* Nikki Tyler as Mother
* Erica Lynne Bryan as Little Girl
* Majel Barrett as Computer Voice
Pot Luck (Elvis Presley album)

***Pot Luck with Elvis*** is the fifteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on RCA Victor in mono and stereo, LPM/LSP 2523, on June 5, 1962. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top LP's chart but made it to No1 in the UK Albums Chart. First charting on July 7, 1962 it was No1 for five weeks from September 8, 1962, and then a further week on September 9, 1962.

Listen to the album on Deezer.

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Pebble Mill at One (UK TV Series)

***Pebble Mill at One*** was a British television magazine programme that was broadcast live weekdays at one o'clock on BBC1, from October 2, 1972 to May 23, 1986 and again from October 20, 1991 to May 25, 1996. It was transmitted from the Pebble Mill studios of BBC Birmingham, and uniquely, was hosted from the centre's main foyer area, rather than a conventional television studio.
Two weeks after the show began, ITV launched a brand new daytime line-up, including an ITN News bulletin at lunchtime, placing it in direct competition with Pebble Mill.

Only a handful of the programmes are known to survive. However, one episode that does survive from the early years celebrated the tenth anniversary of Doctor Who in 1973, featuring interviews with Patrick Troughton and visual effects designer Bernard Wilkie, which is included on the special features of The Three Doctors DVD.

#### Cancellation

In 1986, Bill Cotton, then Managing Director of Television at the BBC, decided that a full daytime service was required on BBC1. As part of this new service, the decision was taken by BBC1 controller Michael Grade to replace Pebble Mill at One with a new lunchtime news bulletin, the One O'Clock News. Over 30,000 viewers wrote to the BBC to complain.

#### Presenters

Presenters during the long run included Jan Leeming, Donny MacLeod, Fern Britton, Marian Foster, Debi Jones, Bob Langley, Tom Coyne, David Seymour, Magnus Magnusson, Alan Titchmarsh, Chris Baines, Josephine Buchan, Judi Spiers, and Paul Coia. Editors for the show included Terry Dobson, Jim Dumighan, and Peter Hercombe.

#### Memorable Moments

On September 20, 1979, the show was visited by a Sea Harrier aircraft flown by Lieutenant Commander Nigel "Sharkey" Ward, which landed (and later took off) vertically, on the adjacent BBC Social Club's football pitch.

The programme returned the favour on April 7, 1986 by transmitting a live programme from the newly launched aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in the English Channel. This programme attracted its highest ever audience of nearly six million viewers.

One of Pebble Mill at One's more frequently repeated scenes was in 1986 when Marian Foster introduced pop act Owen Paul who was to perform his hit "My Favourite Waste of Time". He was to mime to a backing track but could not hear the foldback loudspeaker as it had failed, so was seen standing looking into camera while the music played and his recorded voice was heard.
No Prayer for the Dying (Iron Maiden album)

***No Prayer for the Dying*** is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released October 1, 1990. It marks their first line-up change since 1982; guitarist Adrian Smith left the band during the pre-production phase, unhappy with the musical direction it was taking, and only having contributed to one song, "Hooks in You". Smith was replaced by Janick Gers, who had previously worked with singer Bruce Dickinson on his first solo-album, Tattooed Millionaire, and had also worked with Ian Gillan, former Marillion singer Fish, and new wave of British heavy metal band, White Spirit.

Although it received generally mixed to negative reviews, the album peaked at No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart and contains the band's only UK Singles Chart No. 1, "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter".

Listen to No Prayer for the Dying on Deezer.

### Personnel

* Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals
* Dave Murray – guitar
* Janick Gers – guitar
* Steve Harris – bass guitar
* Nicko McBrain – drums

Additional musicians

* Michael Kenney – keyboards

### Singles

*"Holy Smoke"*: Released as a single on September 10, 1990, it entered the UK Singles Chart on September 22, 1990 for four weeks, at a peak position of No 3.

*"Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"* was the second single, released on December 24, 1990, and was originally recorded and released by Bruce Dickinson for the soundtrack to A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, but Steve Harris liked it so Iron Maiden rerecorded it. It entered the UK Singles Chart at No 1 for two weeks and spend five weeks on the chart. It is the only UK No. 1 single for the band to date, in spite of the fact that it received very little airplay on the BBC.

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Peter Cushing

***Peter Cushing***, OBE (26 May 1913 – 11 August 1994) was an English actor and a BAFTA TV Award Best Actor

winner in 1956. He is mainly known for his prolific appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played strong character roles like the sinister scientist Baron Frankenstein, Sherlock Holmes and the vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing, among many other roles. He appeared frequently opposite Christopher Lee and, occasionally, Vincent Price. A familiar face on both sides of the Atlantic, Cushing is best known outside the Hammer productions for playing Dr. Who in Doctor Who and the Daleks (1965) and Daleks – Invasion Earth (1966), and for his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).

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Star Trek The Original Series Season 2

***"Metamorphosis"*** was the Star Trek debut of Zefram Cochrane (created by writer Gene L. Coon, and portrayed by Glenn Corbett), one of the key figures in the fictional history of the Star Trek 'universe'. In this episode, Cochrane is defined as the developer of the "warp drive" technology which has enabled Earth to achieve interstellar travel with faster-than-light starships, leading to Earth's first encounters with alien civilisations, and the formation of the United Federation of Planets. In the series timeline (as it had evolved by 1967) Cochrane, "of Alpha Centauri", had vanished, presumed dead, 150 years earlier. The character explains that, old and tired, he had taken his starship on a final voyage, wishing to die in deep space, but that he was rescued and given renewed youth by the alien entity he calls "The Companion" (voiced by Elizabeth Rogers). Commissioner Hedford, who embodies "the Companion", was portrayed by Elinor Donahue.

#### November 17, 1967 (US), June 22, 1970 (UK): Episode 10 - "Journey to Babel"

* Stardate 3842.3

In ***"Journey to Babel"***, the Enterprise must transport dignitaries to a peace conference, with an assassin on the loose. One of the alien dignitaries is murdered, and Spock's estranged father Sarek (Mark Lenard) is the prime suspect – but he is also deathly ill, and only Spock can save him.The episode features the first appearance of Sarek and Amanda (Jane Wyatt), parents of First Officer Spock, as well as the first appearance in the series of two other alien species, the Andorians and the Tellarites.

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#### January 12, 1968 (US); September 7, 1970 (UK): Episode 17 - "A Piece of the Action"

* Stardate 4598

Returning to a planet last visited by an Earth ship 100 years earlier, the *Enterprise* finds a planet that has based its culture on the Chicago gangsters of the 1920s.

##### Notable Guest Stars

* Anthony Caruso as Bela
* Vic Tayback as Krako

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#### Episode 18 - "The Immunity Syndrome"

* Stardate 4307.1

After Spock senses the destruction of the Vulcan-manned starship Intrepid, the Enterprise encounters an enormous single-celled organism that feeds on energy which threatens the galaxy as it prepares to reproduce.

#### Episode 19 - "A Private Little War"

* Stardate 4211.4

On a planet with a primitive civilisation, the Enterprise discovers that the Klingons are providing a Stone Age society with increasingly-advanced weaponry.

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Sophie Aldred

***Sophie Aldred*** (born August 20, 1962) is an English actress and television presenter. She portrayed the Doctor's companion Ace in the television series Doctor Who during the late 1980s.

In 1987, she was cast as Ace in Doctor Who, initially for "Dragonfire", the final story of the series' twenty-fourth season. Her tenure on the show spanned the last nine stories of the programme's original run, which ended in 1989.

In January 1992, she guested in More than a Messiah, one of the Stranger original videos starring Colin Baker, also formerly of Doctor Who.

Both before and since Doctor Who, Aldred has had a varied and busy television career, particularly in children's programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams (which ran from 1992 to 1996), the BBC series Words and Pictures (since 1992), and also CITV paranormal show It's a Mystery in 1996. Wikipedia.

Find out more at sophiealdred.net/. Follow Sophie on Twitter.
Live After Death (Iron Maiden album)

***Live After Death*** is a live album and video by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, originally released on October 14, 1985. It was recorded at Long Beach Arena, California and Hammersmith Odeon, London during the band's World Slavery Tour. The album peaked at No 2 on the UK Albums Chart and achieved Gold certification.

Iron Maiden's World Slavery Tour began in Warsaw, Poland on August 9, 1984 and lasted 331 days, during which 187 concerts were performed. To tie in with their 1984 album, Powerslave, the tour's stage show adhered to an ancient Egyptian theme, which was decorated with sarcophagi and Egyptian hieroglyphs, and mummified representations of the band's mascot, Eddie, in addition to numerous pyrotechnic effects. The theatricality of the stage show meant that it would become one of the band's most acclaimed tours, making it the perfect backdrop to their first live double album and concert video (released October 23, 1985).

The cover art was created by Derek Riggs, and pictures the band's mascot, Eddie, rising from a grave. Engraved on his tombstone is a quote from fantasy and horror fiction author H. P. Lovecraft's The Nameless City:

"That is not dead which can eternal lie

Yet with strange aeons even death may die."

Also engraved onto the headstone is what appears to be Eddie's full name, "Edward T H--", the remainder of which (his supposed surname, "Head") is obscured by a clump of sod.

The first 13 tracks (12 songs and the intro) of the audio release were recorded at Long Beach Arena in Long Beach, California from March 14-17, 1985. The last 5 songs were recorded earlier on the same tour, at the Hammersmith Odeon (now known as the Hammersmith Apollo) in London on October 8-10 & 12, 1984. On the original double LP version, the songs from Long Beach are on the first three sides, whereas the songs recorded in London ("Wrathchild", "Children of the Damned", "22 Acacia Avenue", "Die With Your Boots On" and "Phantom of the Opera") are on side four.

Listen to Live After Death on Deezer.

#### Personnel

* Bruce Dickinson – vocals, guitar on "Revelations"
* Dave Murray – guitar
* Adrian Smith – guitar, backing vocals
* Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Nicko McBrain – drums

#### Singles

On September 13, 1985, ***"Running Free (Live)"*** was released as the first single from Live After Death (the band's twelfth single), backed by live versions of "Sanctuary" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue", also recorded on the World Slavery tour. It reached No 19 in the UK Singles Chart.

On December 2, 1985, ***"Run to the Hills (Live)"*** was released as the band's thirteenth single, along with live versions of "Phantom of the Opera" and "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" as its B-sides. According to Riggs, he was asked to paint a cover illustration for both "Run to the Hills" and "Phantom of the Opera" and so the artwork depicts Eddie as the phantom in a hilly landscape.
Yvonne De Carlo

***Yvonne De Carlo*** (born Margaret Yvonne Middleton; September 1, 1922 – January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer. A beautiful brunette with blue-gray eyes, she became an internationally famous Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and later acted on television and stage.

By the early 1940s, De Carlo and her mother had moved to Hollywood, where she participated in beauty contests and worked as a dancer in nightclubs. In 1942, she signed a three-year contract with Paramount Pictures, where she was given uncredited bit parts in important films and was intended to replace Dorothy Lamour. Paramount loaned her out to Republic Pictures for her first credited role in a feature film, Wah-Tah in the independent production Deerslayer (1943).

She obtained her breakthrough role in Salome, Where She Danced (1945), a Universal-International release produced by Walter Wanger, who described her as "the most beautiful girl in the world." The film's publicity and success turned her into a star, and she signed a five-year contract with Universal. From then on, Universal starred her in B movies, usually westerns, adventures, or musicals in Technicolor. Cameramen voted her "Queen of Technicolor" three years in a row. Tired of being typecast as exotic women, her first efforts to become a serious dramatic actress came with her performances in two film noirs, Brute Force (1947) and Criss Cross (1949).

She received further recognition as an actress when she starred in the British comedies Hotel Sahara (1951) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). Her film career reached its peak when eminent producer-director Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Moses' Midianite wife, Sephora, her most prominent role, in his biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956), which was immensely successful at the box office.

As her film career went into decline, she accepted supporting roles in McLintock! (1963), with John Wayne, and A Global Affair (1964), with Bob Hope. She played Lily Munster, the wife of Herman Munster, in the CBS sitcom The Munsters (1964–1966) and reprised the role in a Technicolor feature film, Munster, Go Home!, and a television film, The Munsters' Revenge (1981).

De Carlo died of heart failure in 2007. For her contributions to motion pictures and television, she was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Silent Running (1972)

> *"Amazing companions on an incredible adventure...that journeys beyond imagination!"*
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***Silent Running*** is a 1972 environmentally-themed American post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Bruce Dern, featuring Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin and Jesse Vint. It was directed by Douglas Trumbull, who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on science fiction films, including 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain.

#### Release date(s)

* USA: March 10, 1972
* UK: September 28, 1972

#### Synopsis

Freeman Lowell looks after plants in giant space greenhouses. Back on Earth, all the trees have long vanished, so Lowell puts a lot of heart into his work. When orders from Earth are received to destroy the greenhouses, Lowell can't go through with it, and cannot persuade his three colleagues to help him save the plants, so he makes other "arrangements". [IMDb.com]

#### Novelisation

A novelization of the film was published by Scholastic Books in September 1972. It was written by Harlan Thompson, a long-time children's book author, based on the screen story and screenplay by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, and Steven Bochco.
Our Mother's House (1967)

> *"We know a secret. We won't tell. For if we tell, we'll go to hell."*
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***Our Mother's House*** is a 1967 British drama film, directed by Jack Clayton. It nominally stars Dirk Bogarde (who only appears in the film's second half) and principally features a cast of seven juvenile actors, including Pamela Franklin, Phoebe Nicholls (whose father, Anthony Nicholls, also appears) and Mark Lester, with popular British actress Yootha Joyce in a supporting role. The screenplay was written by Jeremy Brooks and Haya Harareet, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Julian Gloag.

When their deeply religious mother dies, the seven Hook children bury her in the garden and continue life as normal. Then their absent father, Charlie, reappears... [IMDb.com]