In the UK, TK MAXX stores are carrying several of the Gerry Anderson Product Enterprise die-cast models for only £9.99 (a huge discount!). So far, the only UFO model that has been sighted is the talking Gay Ellis, and this was located in one of the men's sections.

On September 23rd, Gabrielle Drake will be appearing in "Mortimer's Miscellany" at the Theatre Royal Bath in Bath England!

I'm experimenting with revamping the website using more modern web page development methods (e.g., cascading spreadsheets instead of tables), and have made a new front page for the site (may require a browser "reload" to see properly). Hopefully in the next several weeks, the rest of the site will be updated as well.

On YouTube, a 4-part Gerry Anderson documentary video has recently been added. Part 4 includes UFO clips and commentary from Ed Bishop!

The Space:1999 Catacombs website has an interesting page devoted to UFO!

Gabrielle Drake will be in California next month in connection with a film about her late brother, musician Nick Drake, titled "A Skin Too Few". On October 2nd, she will be in San Francisco at the Herbst Theater. On October 5th, she will be in Los Angeles at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.

Here is a Mike Billington interview that I don't think I've pointed out before.

The winner of the UFO casino chips from CollectablesMANIA's UFO contest is John Lawton of Michigan, USA. Congratulations, John!

On eBay, here is a rather unusual auction -- for a signpost which appeared in the UFO episode CONFETTI CHECK A-OK!

The fourth issue of the "Andersonic" fanzine features a cover photo of Gay Ellis, plus an article about the UFO episode TIMELASH. You can find this issue mentioned here, here, and here!

The stock footage company World Backgrounds has some special effects clips from UFO! Do a search on "UFO" or "4816", and you'll be able to download small Quicktime movies featuring the UFO ending sequence, SID, UFO's flying in Earth's atmosphere and space, Sky One shooting down a UFO, and a UFO attacking Straker's car in TIMELASH! Note that much (but not all) of this footage has been previously seen on the UFO DVD's and Gerry Anderson documentaries, and also note that this stock footage company is located in Borehamwood, near where UFO was filmed!

In Videos, I've added a few menu frame captures and a disc photo from the new Australian UFO DVD set!

Note that I've also heard that the Australian UFO DVD's are "region-free", meaning they will play on any PAL DVD player in any region!

Here's an update on Alan Shubrook's upcoming book, "Century 21 FX Unseen Untold" - the printer has finished printing all copies of the book, and they will be sent out to customers on or before October 1st. The book is limited to 2500 copies, and no reprint is planned. It can still be pre-ordered from www.thunderbirdsbook.com

After years of delays, the Australian UFO DVD set is now available -- I've seen reports of it in the store at JB Hi-Fi, and also reports that DeVoteD has already shipped pre-orders!

Today, Sylvia Anderson will be a guest on the BBC Radio 4 program "Woman's Hour" (10 am - 11 am). You should be able to listen to this live (or an archived recording) here.

Here is a detailed review of the upcoming Australian UFO DVD set, due to be released next week!

In Videos, I've added pictures of the DVD sleeves for the Australian UFO DVD set!

If anyone would like to win a free set of UFO casino chips, then enter CollectablesMANIA's UFO contest today! (the winner will be selected on September 3rd)

In Movie Clips, added a higher quality version of the "Alien Cheese Encounter" animation!

Check out this new animation on You Tube - UFO Alien Cheese Encounter !

In the UK, UFO is now being broadcast on ITV4 every Thursday evening at 8pm. Repeats are being shown on Sundays. These episodes are not the same high-quality versions available on DVD, and they are also edited to make room for more commercials.

CollectablesMANIA is now selling 12 UFO Casino chips!

The upcoming Australian UFO DVD box set is now available for pre-order from DeVoteD and ezydvd. Both places list a release date of September 3rd!

In Movie Clips, added 5-minutes of highlights from past ISOSHADO (Italian Section of SHADO) events!

In Movie Clips, added a 50-minute clip of Ed Bishop and Mike Billington at the 2001 UK "Eclectic 21" convention!

Product Enterprise / Iconic Replicas has added some photos of an upcoming SHADO Mobile replica!

UFO fan John Lester has created a UFO-based short film, "From Out of Nowhere". You can view a trailer on YouTube, or download the whole 5-minute film from his website! (also make sure to check out the UFO-based special effects clips in his "Video FX" section)

In Music, added another piece of library music heard in INVASION: UFO!

Sylvia Anderson's new book, "My FAB Years", is expected to be shipping within the next week or two from FAB Gear and elsewhere, and will also be available at the upcoming San Diego Comic Con!

For the upcoming Australian UFO DVD release, here is a trade sheet!

In Movie Clips, added a 43-minute clip of Ed Bishop and Gabrielle Drake being interviewed at a 2000 Fanderson convention!

In Movie Clips, added a 3-minute clip of Sylvia Anderson discussing why the women on Moonbase wore purple wigs!

In Movie Clips, added a 50-minute convention interview with Ed Bishop from 1986!

In Movie Clips, the short excerpts of interviews with Ed Bishop and Dolores Mantez on "Late Night Late" have been replaced with the complete interviews!

Following up from yesterday, in Movie Clips, most of the remaining clips have been updated to higher quality versions.

In Movie Clips, the UFO opening sequence, UFO closing sequence, and Sci-Fi Channel commercial break clips have been updated to higher quality versions (and are now in Windows Media format instead of Quicktime)

Here's some more news on the upcoming Australian UFO DVD release from Umbrella, which is now due to be released September 1st -- here is the box art, and here is a press release! Note that even though we've seen some impressive UFO DVD releases in the past, this has an amazing list of extras, including 6 episode commentaries (including new ones from George Sewell and Deborah Grant), Fanderson's "UFO Documentary", the complete compilation movie "INVASION:UFO", Sylvia Anderson interviewed on "Tomorrow Today", a reprint of the original ITC publicity brochure, script scans, and more!

Fanderson has put up a web page for their upcoming "HD21" one-day event at Pinewood Studios, which will feature a high definition showing of UFO and a UFO-oriented tour of the studio!

Alan Shubrook's upcoming Century 21 special effects book can now be pre-ordered online! This site is also selling some behind-the-scenes photos!

Here is the front cover of Alan Shubrook's upcoming Century 21 special effects book! This book should be available for online pre-ordering within the next few weeks, and should be published by October!

Here are two more George Sewell obituaries: The Guardian | Fanderson.

An update on the repeatedly-delayed Australian UFO DVD set -- Umbrella Entertainment is now quoting a release in late September of an 8-disc set.

Some more UFO publicity photos have been added to the new photos page!

Angelo Finamore's The Art of UFO website is back online, looking better than ever!

The Italian Section of SHADO has posted a photo gallery showing George Sewell in Italy

Here are three more George Sewell obituaries: The Independent | The Herald | The Stage.

It looks like Product Enterprise is planning on releasing a larger version of the SHADO Mobile at some point in the future - see this discussion thread for information and photos.

Also, on that same site, see this discussion thread for some UFO amusement (make sure to look at all 5 pages).

Here's some sad news -- George Sewell (Col. Alec Freeman) passed away on April 1st, at age 82. Here are some obituaries: Telegraph | EI

Here's an update on the upcoming Gerry Anderson special effects book by Alan Shubrook, previously mentioned on 9-Feb-07. This book will document the time when Alan worked on Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, UFO, etc., and will include many previously unpublished photos, plus stories about how he got the job, meeting Derek Meddings for the first time, humorous stories, and various tricks of the trade. This book will appear in stores in early 2008, however it will initially be made available online in October 2007. These initial online copies will be personally numbered and signed by Alan to the recipient, and include a rare 8 x 10" photo. If you wish to be added to a mailing list for further updates about this book, please email publishing@shubrookbros.com!