Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV by Richard Lewis The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV by Richard Lewis. ST.GEORGE'S DAY-ENGLISHNESS 23 April 2005 Presented by Sandi Toksvig. Sandi Toksvig is joined by writers, James Fergusson and Richard Lewis , architectural historian, Gillian Darley and historian Simon Young , who all have a particular affinity for England rooted in contrasting experiences. James Fergusson - Writer James has written as a freelance journalist for many magazines and newspapers, covering current affairs in Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and elsewhere. In 1998-2000 he was spokesman in Bosnia for the civilian peace-keeping force. Just out in paperback is his book " Kandahar Cockney: A Tale of Two Worlds " published by Perennial, ISBN 0007156979, which tells of a friendship between the author and his Pashtun interpreter. Gillian Darley, Architectural Historian Gillian is speaking about the BT Tower, one of London's iconograpic structures. She is the author of many books, including " John Soane: An Accidental Romantic " published by Yale University Press ISBN: 0300086954 and " Factory (Objekt) " published by Reaktion Books Ltd, ISBN: 1861891555. She appears regularly on television and contributes to the Financial Times and The Times Literary Supplement. Richard Lewis - Writer Richard was a business journalist at The Bookseller magazine. He has previously published the bestselling " The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV " published by Allison & Busby, ISBN 0749005297 and articles in numerous magazines. As a musician he has written for film, theatre, dance and poetry. " The Magic Spring: My Year Learning to Be English " published by Atlantic Books, ISBN 1843543079, seeks to dispel myths about English traditions and tell the story of their creation. Simon Young - Historian Simon is the author of many academic articles. He has also written about the Dark Ages for History Today , The Spectator , and The Guardian . He combines a commitment to serious history, especially that of the medieval Celts, with a desire to communicate Dark Age history to the general public. Next week : The Himalayas. The BBC cannot be held responsible for the content of external sites. The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV by Richard Lewis. Last updated 9 April 2009. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF CAPTAIN SCARLET by Chris Bentley © Carlton Books Limited 2001 Published by Carlton Books Limited. Superb book by former Fanderson chairman Chris Bentley - a sequel to his earlier work "The Complete Book Of Thunderbirds ". Continuing the story of the Supermarionation series, this book chronicles the production of the predecessor to Joe 90 . Four pages on Joe 90 , including some very nice behind the scenes shots. GERRY ANDERSON'S SUPERMARIONATION CROSS-SECTIONS by Graham Bleathman Additional writing by Sam Denham (a.k.a. Sam Mitchell) © Carlton Books Limited 2001 Published by Carlton Books Limited. The sequel to Graham's book "Thunderbirds FAB Cross-Sections", this large format hardback covers Fireball XL5 to Joe 90 , with plenty of cutaway drawings of both vehicles and locations. It also includes Thunderbirds 1 to 5, lifted in their entirety from "Thunderbirds FAB Cross- Sections" - a bit of a rip-off considering the asking price. Six pages on Joe 90 , including cutaways of Mac's Car and the cottage (but not Sam Loover's car). Sadly, a small picture of Sam is wrongly captioned as Professor Ian McClaine, but we all make mistakes. Printed in Italy, 48 pages, £14.99. THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF CULT CHILDREN'S TV by Richard Lewis © Richard Lewis 2001 Published by Allison & Busby Limited. Deep joy. A book on cult TV written by someone with a sense of humour. Richard Lewis gives us the lowdown on a vast swathe of cult programmes, characters and much more. Generally covers shows from 1960 to 1988, and has its tongue firmly in its cheek from start to finish. Joe 90 gets a pretty complimentary write-up, and I'll forgive Richard for misspelling McClaine , because the rest of the book is such fun. Genuine laugh-out-loud stuff. Buy it! 354 pages, £9.99 (hardback) £7.99 (paperback) WHAT MADE THUNDERBIRDS GO! THE AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF GERRY ANDERSON by Simon Archer & Marcus Hearn © Marcus Hearn and the estate of Simon Archer 2002 Published by BBC Worldwide Limited. An updating of Gerry Anderson The Authorised Biography from 1996, but much more that that. Marcus Hearn has jettisoned all of Stan Nicholls' work and gone back to Simon Archer's original manuscript, adding his own material from new interviews. It is effectively a complete rewrite, and is all the better for it. Just over six pages on Joe 90 , and one shot of Joe in the Rat Trap. And I get a nod in the author's acknowledgements, so it can't be bad! THE COMPLETE GERRY ANDERSON THE AUTHORISED EPISODE GUIDE by Chris Bentley © Chris Bentley 2003 Published by Reynold & Hearn Ltd 2003. A mammoth effort by Mr. Bentley, this behemoth covers just about everything Gerry Anderson has ever made, from the time before The Adventures Of Twizzle right up to New Captain Scarlet . The guide details every episode and feature film, with synopses, cast and crew lists, transmission details, mistakes, and plenty more. A few minor errors have crept in, but considering the scope of the book they are few and far between. Time to burn The Complete Gerry Anderson Episode Guide at last! Joe 90 gets a whole twelve pages, and there are three very nice colour photographs from the series. Excellent. Printed in England, 288 pages, £15.99. CAPTAIN SCARLET & JOE 90 + THE SECRET SERVICE Published by Asahi Sonorama 2005. From by the same people as the highly collectable "big pink book", this is very much a sibling publication - not as many pages, but a similar idea. This time just concentrating on the last three Supermarionation series, it features a multitude of images of the characters and vehicles, plus a good smattering of interesting behind-the-scenes shots. With more than forty pages on Joe 90 , this is the next best thing to having something big and pink. On your bookshelf. Printed in Japan (Japanese text), 128 pages, ¥2190. CULT TV THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITC by Robert Sellers © Robert Sellers 2006 Published by Plexus Publishing Limited. Intelligently written and fascinating look at nearly three decades of ITC Entertainment. Features interviews with almost fifty of the stars, creators and technicians involved in shows from The Adventures Of Robin Hood to Sapphire And Steel , with a foreword by Sir Roger Moore and an afterword by Gerry Anderson MBE. Every Anderson series from Supercar to Space:1999 is covered. Joe 90 gets four pages, but I must disagree with the author's criticism that "the puppets themselves are a bit of a letdown after the brilliant near-realism of Captain Scarlet ." Actually Robert, all but a handful of the puppets originally appeared in Scarlet . What happened in 1971? - UK. We look at events, new products, films, music and fashion from 1971. In the news. 20 January - Four Red Arrows pilots died after a mid-air crash at RAF Kemble. 15 February - Britain introduced decimal currency on D-Day or Decimal Day. Education Secretary, Margaret Thatcher, stopped the supply of school milk to children aged seven to eleven, earning her the title 'Thatcher Milk Snatcher'. On 25 April BOAC (the forerunner to British Airways) 747 jumbo jets flew for the first time. Industrial disputes had kept them on the ground since the beginning of the year. Violence continued to escalate in Northern Ireland. In 1971, 170 people died. The most notorious incident, known as 'Bloody Sunday', was in January of the following year. On 31 October the IRA detonated a bomb in the Post Office Tower, London. In London work began on the Fleet Underground Line. It was finally opened in 1979 as the Jubilee Line. The minimum age to ride a motorcycle in the UK was raised from sixteen to seventeen. The trial of Oz Magazine for obscenity began in 1971. Editors Richard Neville, Felix Dennis and Jim Anderson were charged with conspiracy to corrupt public morals. They were found guilty to lesser charges and sentenced to imprisonment. All three later successfully appealed. The experiment with British Standard Time - BST (British Summer Time all year round) was dropped. Britain returned to GMT and BST as we have today. Watneys launched Watneys Red. In the same year, CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale was founded. The Open University first broadcast in January 1971. Facts. 1971 Census showed that the population of the UK was 55,346,551. Average pay for male manual worker: £30.98. The best-selling car of 1971 was the Austin/Morris 1100/1300 Smoking: 68% of men and 44% of women smoked in the UK in 1971. The best-selling cigarette was Players No 6. Most popular foreign holiday destination was Spain. Films. The films that made the most money in the UK in 1971 were: The AristoCats (released 1970) (Disney animation) On the Buses (1971) (TV spin-off) Soldier Blue (1971) (Western) Carry on Loving (Carry on about a marriage bureau) (1970) Dad's Army (1971) (TV spin-off) Get Carter (1971) (gangster movie starring Michael Caine) There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) (Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn star) Percy (1971) (Comedy) The Railway Children (1970) Up Pompeii (TV spin-off starring Frankie Howard) When Eight Bells Toll (1971) (Thriller starring Anthony Hopkins and Jack Hawkins) Song of Norway (1970) (Musical about composer Edvard Grieg) Love Story (1970) (Romantic drama) Ryan's Daughter (1970) (Drama set in Ireland c1918) Paint Your Wagon (1969) (Musical western) Waterloo (1970) (Film about the battle) Source: 'Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas' by Peter Waymark, published in The Times 30 December 1971 page 2. In the same year Glenda Jackson won the Oscar for the Best Actress for playing Gundrun Brangwen in D H Lawrence's 'Women in Love'. The James Bond movie, 'Diamonds are Forever' was released in December 1971. It was a very successful film, but was released too late to make it onto the 1971 list. Television. In 1971 TV critics named the police drama 'Softly, Softly' as the best television drama of 1971. 'The Comedians' which featured some lesser- known stand-up acts from the working men's club circuit was named as the best comedy series. Another comedy show, 'The Two Ronnies' debuted in April 1971. The best television play was 'Edna the Inebriate Woman' by Jeremy Sandford. It told the story of an alcoholic homeless woman. The play was shown as part of the BBC's 'Play for the Day' series. The best documentary was 'The Sorrow and the Pity'. It described the collaborative Vichy French Government in World War II. The programme included interviews with Germans, French collaborators and French resistance fighters. The best current affairs series was 'World in Action'. Peter Cook's show 'Where Do I sit' was named the worst programme of the year. Source: 'Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas' by Peter Waymark, published in The Times 30 December 1971 page 2. Children's TV. Children's TV programmes starting in 1971 included: Fingerbobs Follyfoot Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch Funky Phantom Mary, Mungo and Midge Mr Benn Picturebox Play Away. Source: The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV by Richard Lewis. Music. The best-selling pop records of 1971 were: Hot Love - T Rex Maggie May - Rod Stewart Knock Three Times - Dawn Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep - Middle Of The Road My Sweet Lord - George Harrison I'm Still Waiting - Diana Ross Coz I Luv You - Slade Get It On - T Rex Hey Girl Don't Bother Me - Tams Grandad - Clive Dunn. Source: UK Top 100 Singles by Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice and Jonathan Rice, published by Guinness in 1993. World records. Chay Blyth became the first person to sail single-handedly east to west around the world. He took 293 days. His yacht was called 'British Steel'. The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles welcomed him home at Hamble, near Southampton. [1] Royal news. Prince Charles joined the Royal Navy. He had already earned his wings as a pilot at RAF Cranwell. He parachuted into the English Channel as part of his training. Emperor Hirohito of Japan visited Britain in 1971. It was a controversial visit and the first one the Emperor had made to Britain since Japan's defeat in World War II. Princess Anne rode her horse, Doublet, to victory in the European Three-Day Event Horse Trials. 'The Country Life Book of Britain in the Seventies' by Ronald Allison, published by Book Club Associates in 1980. Sport. Arsenal beat Liverpool to win the FA Cup. In 1971 Arsenal achieved the Cup and League double by also finishing top of the First Division. (There was no Premier League in 1971). Chelsea won the European Cup-Winners' Cup. Specify won the Grand National at Aintree ridden by John Cook. It was a close race and a fast finish. The owner was Fred Pontin, famous for Pontins Holiday Camps. Mill Reef, ridden by Geoff Lewis, won the Derby at Epsom. Stan Mellor became the first National Hunt (jump racing) jockey to ride one thousand winners. The British Lions Rugby Team defeated the New Zealand All Blacks in New Zealand. They were the first British team to win a series against the All Blacks in New Zealand. British Prime Minister, Ted Heath, captained Britain's yachtsmen to victory in the Admiral's Cup at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Joe Bugner defeated Henry Cooper to become British, European and Commonwealth heavyweight boxing champion. Jackie Stewart won the Formula 1 drivers' championship. Fashion news. The big fashion hit of 1971 was hot pants. They were short shorts for women. According to Sarah Drummond of the Daily Express, they made mini-skirts look prudish.[2] In the summer they were banned from the Royal Enclosure at Ascot. By October 1971 the fashion was over, according to the Daily Mirror's Felicity Green. [3] The Toy of the Year in 1971 was the Katie Kopykat writing doll. Other toys and games launched in 1971 included: Crossfire - ball-bearing firing game - code breaking game, not to be confused with the TV series Shaker Maker - mould-making kit Stay Alive - Chinese chequers game VertiBird - spinning indoor helicopter toy. Products. In 1971 around 90% of households had a television set, but only 69% had a 'fridge and 64% had a washing machine. To get an idea of what new products people were interested in I had a look at the Consumers' Association (Which?) reports for 1971. In 1971 Which? reviewed: Cassette tape recorders and cassette tapes Coffee grinders - real coffee was staging a comeback after instant dominated sales in the 1960s Continental quilts Electric coffee makers Toasters Spin dryers Washing machines Venetian blinds Cookers Electric kettles Fibre tip pens Compact stereo systems Hand-held food mixers Refrigerators Vacuum cleaners Automatic cameras Choppers, beaters, mashers and peelers Electric storage heaters Dishwashers Electric blankets. Continental quilts were new in the early 1970s. Most people in the UK used sheets and blankets. Cassette tape recorders had been around since the 1960s, but were more popular in the 1970s. New models launched for the UK market in 1971 were: Alfa-Romeo 2000 BMW 3.0 S and CS Chrysler 180 Citroen GS Fiat 127 Jenson SP Lancia Fulvia 1600 Mazda 1300 Mazda 616 Mazda RX-2 Morris Marina Toyota Carina/Celica Vauxhall Firenza. The Morris Marina was the car that was meant to save British Leyland. References. [1]'The Country Life Book of Britain in the Seventies' by Ronald Allison, published by Book Club Associates in 1980, page 42. [2]'Hot Pants!' by Sarah Drummond, published in the Daily Express 11 December 1970, page 7. [3]'Where have all the hot pants gone?' by Felicity Green, published in the Daily Mirror 13 October 1971, page 17. Children's Encyclopedia. Condition: Near Mint. Presents brief articles on a wide variety of topics from Abolition Movement and Earthquakes to Prehistoric Peoples and Zoology. heavy 720 pages. The Encyclopedia of Cult Children's TV. Richard Lewis. Published by Allison & Busby 2003 Hardback, 2003. Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand Contact seller. Used - Hardcover Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good. Have you ever lain awake at night, wondering whether the Penelope Pittstop was having an affair with Dick Dastardly? Have you ever drunk a bit too much, and started an argument about The Wonder Years or Diff'rent Strokes? Does Oscar the Grouch still haunt your nightmares? Do you find yourself drifting off during boring business meetings, trying to remember the names of the entire Scooby Doo cast? If so, this book is for you. The Encyclopaedia of Cult Children's TV will take you back to a better age. It will take you on a journey back to Toytown, high above the streets and houses, where it was all so honest and simple. Where it was perfectly ordinary for a camp man in dungarees, a big woolly bear, a fey pink hippo or a laughing, wheezing dog to dance and occasionally burst into song. 352 pages. The encyclopaedia of cult children's TV - Richard Lewis. Sign up to the musicMagpieStore to be the first to hear about the latest offers, competitions and product information! SORRY. Popular FAQs. How does Pay later in 3 work? Spread the cost of your purchase into 3 interest-free instalments. The first payment is made at point of purchase, with remaining instalments scheduled automatically every 30 days. 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