Space 1999 ‘War Games’
The show at its best as Alpha is almost completely destroyed with half its crew lost, in a remarkable fusion of special effects mayhem (including a giant battleship sliding over the top of the camera a good three years before Star Wars did the same thing) and metaphysical ideas about man’s right simply to exist in … Read the rest
Category: TV
The Sweeney (UK, 1975-8)
The Sweeney is not that well known outside the UK but on the list of great British TV series it’s up there alongside I, Claudius, Fawlty Towers and The Avengers. Mention The Sweeney to almost anyone in Britain and you will probably be greeted by a reply of ‘Shut it!’ or ‘Get yer trousers on, you’re nicked!’ Both … Read the rest
