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From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Fireball XL-5
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Date: Mon, 15-Aug-83 17:11:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 15 17:11:35 1983
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Fireball XL-5 came from the same stable as Supercar, Four-Feather Falls,
Stingray, Joe-90, Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, and, more recently, UFO
and Space 1999.  I.e., it was produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson for
Sir (now Lord) Low (oops! I mean Lew) Grade at Associated Television in
England.

XL-5 was launched on some kind of catapault and some sort of under-carriage
used to fly off the end of the catapault when it was launched.  I also
remember one of the crew was a robot with a transparent body, so you
could see all the mechanisms.

ATV and especially these programs gave rise to the expression "mid-Atlantic
productions".  That is, programs made in England but with characters with
(presumably phony) American accents so they could sell the show to the
U.S. tv market.  Which of the Anderson's programs actually made it to the
U.S.?  I noticed that Showtime was recently showing Stingray and I think
HBO once showed Thunderbirds.
-- 
	Mark Callow, Saratoga, CA.
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