I started watching UFO, the Gerry Anderson TV show from 1970. The first disc has 4 episodes and other than a brief bit of the first episode I haven't seen these for decades. Maybe since the 70s when I watched it on Canadian TV. I remember enjoying it then.
Ed Bishop is the head of SHADO Commander Ed Straker and he fights aliens. For some reason they made him the head of film studio as a cover. Not sure that I think they'd need to do that but one episode they use the studio to set up a bit for a guy they eventually recruit. Still, it seems the Commander has more than enough to be getting on with.
There's plenty of Gerry Anderson miniature work and plenty of action. I thought the episodes were a bit slowly paced but there's little I can do about that. In the commentary for episode 1 Gerry mentions that he thought it was a bit slow too. I'll see how they pan out on the other discs.
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