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Sky (TV Serial)
''Sky'' is a mystically oriented children's science fantasy television serial made for ITV by HTV and broadcast in seven parts from 7 April to 19 May 1975. A mysterious alien boy with strange solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky (Marc Harrison), finds himself on Earth in the wrong period of time. He uses his psychic powers to achieve his goal of finding a way to his correct temporal destination, which is after "The Chaos". Sky is confronted by the world soul of Earth in the form of Nature, which tries to reject him much as an immune system might an infection. In his quest to reach the time he was intended for, Sky is assisted by three human children. The serial was written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, also known for their scripts for the BBC cult sci-fi series, ''Doctor Who'' and the HTV West cult children's fantasy drama series, '' Into the Labyrinth''. Although the series was kept on 2" videotape into the 1990s, during a transfer to film stock episodes 3 and 7 were damage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the technological singularity, singularity. Science fiction List of existing technologies predicted in science fiction, predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many #Subgenres, sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meredith Edwards (actor)
Gwilym Meredith Edwards (10 June 1917 – 8 February 1999) was a Welsh character actor and writer. He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of a collier, and attended Ruabon Boys' Grammar School. He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse. He was a Christian conscientious objector in the Second World War, serving in the Non-Combatant Corps, before being seconded to the National Fire Service in Liverpool and London. His film appearances include '' A Run for Your Money'' (1949), ''The Blue Lamp'' (1950), ''The Magnet'' (1950), ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' (1951), '' The Cruel Sea'' (1953), ''The Great Game'' (1953), '' The Long Arm'' (1956), ''Dunkirk'' (1958) and ''Tiger Bay'' (1959). He appeared as the murderous butler in the cult television series ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' in 1969, and as Tom in the cult children's science fiction serial '' Sky'' in 1975. He also played Thomas Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Supernatural Television Shows
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV Children's Television Shows
ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: **ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands ** ITV1, a brand name used by ITV plc for twelve franchises of the ITV television network covering England, Southern Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands ** ITV Digital, a defunct UK digital terrestrial television broadcaster, which opened in 1998 as ONdigital and closed in 2002 **ITV plc, the British parent company which owns thirteen of the fifteen ITV television network franchises ** ITV Studios, a television production company owned by ITV plc ** itv.com, the main website of ITV plc * ITV Parapentes, a defunct French aircraft manufacturer *ITV Independent Television Tanzania, a Tanzanian television station and member of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) * CITV-DT, a television station in Edmonton, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s British Children's Television Series
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1975 British Television Series Endings
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Leonard White (producer)
Leonard White (5 November 1916 – 2 January 2016) was a British actor and television producer. In the latter role he was responsible for '' The Avengers'' and ''Armchair Theatre''. Early life White was born in Newhaven, East Sussex. His father was a bookmaker and racehorse owner, and his mother ran a wholesale newsagents business. He was introduced to acting by the headmaster of his school, who ran a boys' Shakespearean acting troupe. Career After leaving school, White pursued a career as a stage actor in London. Initially, he supported himself with a clerical job while performing with the Tavistock Repertory Company (now the Tower Theatre Company). During World War II, he served in the British Army in Signals; following the end of World War II in Europe, he did the remainder of his service acting in plays produced by the Army Bureau of Current Affairs. On being demobilised in 1946, he made the transition to full-time professional acting. In 1951 he was one of the original l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jackson (British Actor)
David Jackson (15 July 1934 – 25 July 2005) was an English actor best known for his role as Olag Gan in the first two seasons of ''Blake's 7'' and as Detective Constable Braithwaite in ''Z-Cars'' from 1972 to 1978. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire (now Merseyside). His other TV credits include '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Sweeney'', ''Lord Peter Wimsey'' (''The Nine Tailors''), '' Space: 1999'', ''Only Fools and Horses'', '' Wyatt's Watchdogs,'' ''Edge of Darkness'', ''Coronation Street'' and ''Lovejoy''. Jackson made two appearances in '' Minder.'' His first appearance was in 1979 as Big Stan in the episode '' The Smaller They Are''. This was followed by a further appearance in 1985, in the episode '' Give Us This Day Arthur Daley's Bread,'' in which he played an ex-con named Marion. His film credits include roles in ''10 Rillington Place'' (1971), '' Unman, Wittering and Zigo'' (1971), ''Blood from the Mummy's Tomb'' (1971), ''Night Watch'' (1973), ''The Big ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunella Ransome
Prunella Jane Ransome (18 January 1943 – 4 March 2002) was an English actress, primarily active on television and films. Early life Ransome was born in Croydon, Surrey. She later lived in Fareham, England where her father, Jimmy Ransome, was headmaster of West Hill Park School from 1952 to 1958.''Gryphon'' (magazine of West Park School), Autumn 2002 Ransome studied at Elmhurst School for Dance and began her performing career as a teenager. Career Ransome made her West End debut in a 1959 musical production of '' Jane Eyre'' with further West End appearances in '' Do Re Mi'' and ''Oliver!''. She later spent five months singing at a cabaret in Athens and upon returning to the UK worked delivering cars for a London automobile dealership prior to being cast in 1965 in the musical stage play ''The Match Girls''. Following that play's 1966 West End transfer, Ransome's performance drew the attention of a producer of the 1967 film ''Far from the Madding Crowd'', with a screen test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Copley
Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Biography Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and in 1932 started out as a stage actor. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946 he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London. TV credits include: '' Thorndyke'', ''Danger Man'', '' The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Forsyte Saga'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''The Champions'', '' Department S'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Fall of Eagles'', '' Survivors'', '' Bless Me, Father'' (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), ''Father Brown'' (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), '' Doctor Who'' (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), ''Sutherland's Law'', '' Tales of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
