UK: Dolores Mantez in Rainbow City on BBC Four
UFO star Dolores Mantez can be seen in one of her earlier roles as a schoolteacher in Rainbow City, to be re-broadcast on BBC Four on Wednesday, 22nd June at 22:00. Rainbow City is a groundbreaking BBC drama series from 1967 about the experience of the West Indian community living in and around Birmingham, featuring Errol […]
RIP Ralph Titterton
Fanderson members will join together in mourning the passing of Ralph Titterton, who died on Wednesday. Though not one of the club’s founding members, Ralph was incredibly important during its formative years, creating Fanderson News, being the club’s liaison with Gerry Anderson and ITC and masterminding much of our early merchandise. More recently, Ralph’s focus […]
UK: Farewell, Forces TV
On 30th June 2022 we’ll say goodbye to Forces TV, which in recent years has become the home to much classic British television, including UFO and Space:1999. Forces TV was originally a military-themed factual channel but in time its primetime schedule has become the home of such comedy classics as Bless This House, Sorry! and […]
Win a Zavvi exclusive vinyl singles boxset!
Silva Screen Records and Zavvi have announced a newly remastered limited edition Anderson 7” singles box set, featuring music from the extensive Barry Gray soundtrack catalogue. Gray’s partnership with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson was one of the most successful of its kind in TV history, forever linking the iconic Supermarionation imagery with the composer’s distinctive […]
USA: New postage rates
Club members in the USA will notice that we are introducing a new price band for our products and services especially for them. For many years the postage cost differences between the USA and other destinations outside Europe has been negligible, so we have had a ‘rest of the world’ price band that includes them […]
We’ve popped FAB 100 in the post (and no renewals needed!)
It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve reached a momentous milestone as the 100th issue of our club magazine, FAB, has been mailed to all members worldwide. As members will read in the magazine, we’ve got big plans to make some important changes so no memberships expire with this special celebratory issue – despite […]
35% off Network Blu-ray Discs
Network are offering 35% off a selection of their high definition titles on Blu-ray Disc in their HD35 promotion. The selection includes loads of classic British TV and film, and for Anderson fans the titles of most interest are likely to be Fireball XL5 A Day In The Life Of A Space General, Captain Scarlet And […]
AUS: 20% off at Imprint
Imprint, the boutique, independent, Australian based DVD label which recently released the excellent Space: 1999 The Complete Series Ultimate Edition, are celebrating their first two years by offering customers 20% off their Imprint catalogue*, until Friday 3 June. Just enter code ‘TWOYEARS’ at checkout, at imprintfilms.com.au. *This offer excludes all pre-orders and also excludes April […]
UK: UFO on Horror Channel
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s UFO is showing on Horror Channel in the UK from 7th June. You can see UFO on Horror: weekdays at 08:00 Horror Channel (+1) is available in the UK on Freeview 68, Freesat 138 (139), Sky 317 (318) andVirgin Media 149 (202).
UK: Space:1999 on Horror Channel
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s second live action sci-fi series, Space:1999, returns to the UK’s Horror Channel from Monday 30th May. Space:1999 will be shown each weeknight at 19:00, with a repeat screening at 09:00 the following morning. Horror Channel (+1) is available in the UK on Freeview 68, Freesat 138 (139), Sky 317 (318) or […]