A fan-maintained homepage for the 1970 British science fiction television series UFO, created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and starring Ed Bishop as Commander Straker, offering episode guides, photos, sounds, scripts, merchandise information, and fan community resources.
Television's Jane Austen adaptations dominate, but five other 18th-century writers deserve screen attention. Works like Eliza Haywood's Fantomina, Samuel Richardson's Pamela, and Charlotte Lennox's The Female Quixote contain contemporary themes of reinvention, consent, and fandom that resonate with modern audiences.
AGC CEO Stuart Ford argues that the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery antitrust complaint fails to address threats to independent film and international television production, sectors that face eroding Pay-1 license fees and reduced negotiating leverage with streamers as the number of major buyers shrinks from five to four.
A writer reflects on HBO's new Harry Potter TV series as creatively redundant, comparing it to Borges' story about Pierre Menard rewriting Don Quixote identically. The piece explores themes of artistic repetition, reimagining, and whether society can move beyond recreating the past.
South Park Season 29 premieres with new episodes airing Wednesdays on Comedy Central and Paramount+, beginning September 30. The Emmy Award-winning animated series continues its legacy with episodes including 'South American Biker Gangs,' featuring the return of characters Cartman, Kenny, Stan, and Kyle.
James Marriott's book 'The New Dark Ages' argues that screens are making society post-literate, causing cognitive decline, cultural degradation, and threatening democracy. The reviewer finds the argument frustratingly unfocused, presenting eight separate claims without adequate evidence—particularly questioning whether cognitive decline is actually caused by screens rather than other environmental factors.
Doctor Who's 1979 episode 'Shada', written by Douglas Adams and set in Cambridge, was left unfinished due to BBC strike action that halted studio recording. The lost story, featuring Tom Baker as the fourth Doctor, eventually had its fragments incorporated into the show's 20th anniversary special in 1983, with the cast finally completing it 36 years later.