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Friday, October 17, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: The Mark of Archanon.
Released October 17, 1976.
Directed by Charles Crichton.
Written by Lew Schwartz.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, John Standing, Michael Gallagher, Veronica Lang, John Alkin, John Hug, Anthony Forrest, Raul Newey, Yasuko Nagazumi, Quentin Pierre, Terry Walsh.

Friday, October 10, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: New Adam New Eve.
Released October 10, 1976.
Directed by Charles Crichton.
Written by Terence Feely.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Guy Rolfe, Bernard Kay, Albin Pahernik, Annie Lambert, Barbara Wise, Yasuko Nagazumi, Glenda Allen, Robert Reeves, Terry Yorke.

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

On this day in movie history - Marathon Man (1976):


Marathon Man

directed by John Schlesinger,
written by William Goldman,
based on the novel by William Goldman,
was released in the United States on October 8, 1976.
Music by Michael Small.


Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller, Fritz Weaver, Richard Bright, Marc Lawrence, Allen Joseph, Tito Goya, Ben Dova, Lou Gilbert, Jacques Marin, James Wing Woo, Nicole Deslauriers, Lotte Palfi Andor, Lionel Pina, Church Ortiz, Tricoche, Jamie Tirelli, Wilfredo Hernández, Harry Goz, Michael Vale, Fred Stuthman, Lee Steele, William Martel, Glenn Robards, Ric Carrott, Alma Beltran, Daniel Nunez, Anthony Pena, Chuy Franco, Billy Kearns, Sally Wilson, Tom Ellis, Bryant Fraser, Igor Dega, Gene Bori, Annette Claudier, Roger Etienne, Raymond Serra, John Garson, Charlott Thyssen, Estelle Omens, Madge Kennedy, Jeff Palladini, Scott Price, Abebe Bikila, S.C. Dacy, Bobra Harris, Robert Hitchcock, Shawn McAllister, Irving Metzman, Monty O'Grady, N.J. Osrag, Harrison Ressler, Louis Tanno, Mark L. Taylor, Treat Williams.

Friday, October 3, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: The Taybor.
Released October 3, 1976.
Directed by Bob Brooks.
Written by Thom Keyes.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Willoughby Goddard, Jeffery Kissoon, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Laraine Humphrys, Rita Webb, Mel Taylor, Glenda Allen, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Clare, Micky Clarke, Chai Lee, Vicki Michelle.

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

On this day in music history - Crystal Ball, by Styx (1976):


Crystal Ball

Album by Styx,
released October 1, 1976.

Track list:

Put Me on; Mademoiselle; Jennifer; Crystal Ball; Shooz; This Old Man; Clair de Lune/Ballerina.

On this day in movie history - Diary of the Dead (1976):


Diary of the Dead

directed by Arvin Brown,
written by I.C. Rapoport and Robert L. Fish,
based on the novel One Across, Two Down by Ruth Rendell,
was released in the United States in October 1976.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Jacques Urbont.

Cast:

Hector Elizondo, Edward Binns, Joyce Ebert, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Salome Jens, Laurie Kennedy, Joseph Maher, James Naughton, Austin Pendleton, George Spalding, Richard Venture, Lee Wallace, Kate Wilkinson.

Friday, September 26, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Journey to Where.
Released September 26, 1976.
Directed by Tom Clegg.
Written by Donald James.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Freddie Jones, Isla Blair, Jeffery Kissoon, Yasuko Nagazumi, Roger Bizley, Laurence Harrington, Norwich Duff, Peggy Paige, Peter Brayham, Sarah Bullen, Tim Condren, Jenny Cresswell, Doug Robinson, Eddie Stacey, Terry Walsh.

Friday, September 19, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: The Exiles.
Released September 19, 1976.
Directed by Ray Austin.
Written by Donald James.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Peter Duncan, Stacy Dorning, Margaret Inglis, Anthony Blackett, Peggy Ledger, Anton Phillips, Glenda Allen, Vic Armstrong, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Cresswell, Andy Cummings, Roy Everson, Frank Maher, Quentin Pierre, Peter Porteous, Charlie Price, Robert Reeves, Pam Rose, Bill Westley.

Friday, September 12, 2025

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: The Metamorph.
Released September 12, 1976.
Directed by Charles Crichton.
Written by Johnny Byrne.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Brian Blessed, Anouska Hempel, John Hug, Gerard Paquis, Peter Porteous, Nick Brimble, Anton Phillips, Sarah Bullen, George Lane Cooper, Jenny Cresswell, John Dixon, Alf Joint, Reuben Martin, Neil McCaul, Nina Mitchen, Geoffrey Moon, Robert Reeves, Pam Rose, Roy Stewart.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Recommended reading - The Making of Space 1999 & Breakaway:


The Making of Space 1999

By Tim Heald.

Published by Ballantine Books.
First Edition.
Published 1976.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 0345252659
ISBN-13: 978-0345252654

Description:

Now for the first time, the complete story behind Space: 1999! A backstage look at the creation and production of a TV series! Lots of photos -- many available for the first time anywhere. Candid pictures of the technical crew at work and spectacular shots of those incredible special effects, showing how they work! Schematic diagrams of the stages and the sets -- plus a detailed layout of Moonbase Alpha! Interviews with Martin Landau (Commander Koenig) and Barbara Bain (Dr. Helena Russell) -- and ALL the stars of the show. Candid conversations with all the technical personnel -- the people who make Space: 1999 work! Designers' drawings of sets and costumes -- side by side with photos of the actual sets and costumes as they appear on TV! Detailed plot synopses with casts of characters of the episodes! Frank evaluations of Space: 1999 and its critics by the producer and director of the series! Sample shooting schedules, storyboards, special effects grids, and controversial "eyes-only" memos!


Breakaway

by E.C. Tubb.

Space 1999 #1.
Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Pocket Books.
Published 1975.
ISBN 13: 9780671801847
ISBN 10: 0671801848
ASIN: 0671801848

Description:

Runaway moon!
Moonbase Alpha is Earth’s supreme achievement. Self-sufficient and fully computerized, the fantastic lunar colony is Earth’s global watchdog, silently guarding against sneak alien attack. The dark side of the moon – once so mysterious, so unattainable – now stores in its womb containers of smouldering radioactive waste, refuse from Earth.
Then, in the year of Our Lord 1999, the serence satellite is ripped apart by thermonuclear explosion. And the 311 inhabitants of Alpha whirl through space on a runaway moon – in an orbit of jarring adventure where survival is a game of chance with the life forces of the universe!

Monday, September 1, 2025

On this day in movie history - St. Ives (1976):


St. Ives

directed by J. Lee Thompson,
written by Barry Beckerman,
based on the novel by The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck,
was released in the United States on September 1, 1976.
Music by Lalo Schifrin.

Cast:

Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner, George Memmoli, Dick O’Neill, Elisha Cook Jr., Jerome Thor, Val Bisoglio, Burr DeBenning, Daniel J. Travanti, Stanley Brock, Tom Pedi, Joseph Roman, Walter Brooke, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Mark Thomas, Joe De Nicola, Bob Terhune, Don Hanmer, Norman Palmer, George Sawaya, Larry Martindale, Olan Soule, Louis H. Kelly, Rosalyn Marshall, Glenn Robards, Lynn Borden, Owen Pace, Morris Buchanan, Ben Young, John Steadman, Benjie Bancroft, Layla Bias Galloway, Jill Stone, Edward Cross, Al Beaudine, Jack Berle, Jerry Brutsche, Daniel Elam, Len Felber, Duke Fishman, Bob Harks, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, John Marlin, John Hugh McKnight, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Dar Robinson, George Tracy, Paul Van.

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Recommended reading: Eaters of the Dead, by Michael Crichton (1976):


Eaters of the Dead

Full title:
Eaters of the Dead: The Manuscript of Ibn Fadlan Relating His Experiences with the Northmen in AD 922

By Michael Crichton.

Filmed as The 13th Warrior (1999), directed by John McTiernan.

Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Harper.
First published 1976.
ISBN 13: 9780061782633
ISBN 10: 0061782637
ASIN: 0061782637

Description:

The year is A.D. 922.  A refined Arab courtier, representative of the powerful Caliph of Baghdad, encounters a party of Viking warriors who are journeying to the barbaric North. He is appalled by their Viking customs — the wanton sexuality of their pale, angular women, their disregard for cleanliness . . . their cold-blooded human sacrifices. But it is not until they reach the depths of the Northland that the courtier learns the horrifying and inescapable truth: He has been enlisted by these savage, inscrutable warriors to help combat a terror that plagues them — a monstrosity that emerges under cover of night to slaughter the Vikings and devour their flesh . . .

Monday, July 28, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Gumball Rally (1976):


The Gumball Rally

directed by Charles Bail,
written by Leon Capetanos,
based on a story by Leon Capetanos and Charles Bail,
was released in the United States on July 28, 1976.
Music by Michael Small.


Cast:

Michael Sarrazin, Nicholas Pryor, Tim McIntire, Raúl Juliá, Norman Burton, John Durren, Gary Busey, Joanne Nail, Susan Flannery, J. Pat O'Malley, Vaughn Taylor, Lazaro Perez, Tricia O'Neil, Harvey Jason, Steven Keats, Wally Taylor, Eddy Donno, Dick Karie, Alfred Shelly, Whitey Hughes, Larry Silvestri, Wes Dawn, John Morton, Stephen Blood, Linda Vaughn, Walter R. Smith, John Lawlor.

Monday, July 21, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Shootist (1976):


The Shootist

directed by Don Siegel,
written by Miles Hood Swarthout and Scott Hale,
based on the novel by Glendon Swarthout,
was released in the United States on July 21, 1976.
Music by Elmer Bernstein.


Cast:

John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brian, Bill McKinney, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Rick Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Gregg Palmer, Alfred Dennis, Dick Winslow, Melody Thomas Scott, Kathleen O'Malley, Jack Berle, Johnny Crawford, Chuck Dawson, George Dunn, Duke Fishman, Christopher George, Jonathan Goldsmith, Leo Gordon, Charles G. Martin, Jim Michael, Ernesto Molinari, Ricky Nelson, James Nolan, Nick Raymond, Henry Slate, Bob Steele, Ralph Volkie, John Zimeas.

Monday, June 30, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976):


The Outlaw Josey Wales

directed by Clint Eastwood,
written by Philip Kaufman and Sonia Chernus,
based on the novel Gone to Texas by Forest Carter,
was released in the United States on June 30, 1976.
Music by Jerry Fielding.


Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Paula Trueman, Sam Bottoms, Geraldine Keams, Woodrow Parfrey, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Royal Dano, Matt Clark, John Verros, Will Sampson, William O'Connell, John Quade, Frank Schofield, Buck Kartalian, Len Lesser, Doug McGrath, John Russell, Charles Tyner, Bruce M. Fischer, John Mitchum, John Davis Chandler, Tom Roy Lowe, Clay Tanner, Bob Hoy, Madeleine Taylor Holmes, Erik Holland, Cissy Wellman, Faye Hamblin, Danny Green, Stephen Douglas Butler, Frank Cockrell, Kyle Eastwood, Richard Farnsworth, Joseph Hernandez, John Hudkins, Ron Manning, Walter Scott.