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Press

Press coverage of the series was mostly promotional fluff, regurgitating (and sometimes garbling) ITC publicity. This selection presents some of the more interesting pieces.

See also: Art In Print section (illustrated articles)

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1974-1990. Descriptions of clips that appeared in other TV shows
From pop videos to "Best Of British"
Barbara and Martin in rehearsal
1992-present. There were none in 1991!
From The Little Picture Show to (unfortunately) Space Cadets.
Includes transcripts of interviews with Gerry Anderson, Christopher Lee
Gerry Anderson discusses Year 2's failure in the UK
James Murray in the Daily Express, 1977
set visit by Alix Coleman
TV Times 1975
Landau-Bain profile by Sherry Romeo
Unidentified 1975 article p48-49
interview with Barbara Bain by Jerry Bauer
Woman and Home (1976) p64-65, 82
Catherine Schell profile on her US Year 2 publicity trip
Starlog 3 (Jan 1977) p40
Early profile of the series using quotes from Chris Penfold.
TV Week article by Mark Carducci p16-18 (1975)
Account of a visit to the SFX studio.
1975
Discussion of the Year 2 changes.
James B Denney in Art and Story, 1976
David Hirsch article on preproduction
Starlog - No. 10, December 1977 (Cyber Museum)
Dutch TV Guide
June 1978
Various articles
1975-8
Various articles
2003-4
French series dossier and interviews (thumbnails only)
Generation Series- No. 30 Oct/Nov/Dec 1999
UK local newspaper
Bristol Evening Post- 1979
UK local newspaper
Bristol Evening Post- Jan 2, 2000

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Thanks to Paulo Jorge Morgado for scanning many of the articles here