Close Up (UFO)
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| "Close Up" | |
|---|---|
| UFO episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 11 |
| Directed by | Alan Perry |
| Written by | Tony Barwick |
| Editing by | Harry MacDonald |
| Production code | 13 |
| Original air date | 16 December 1970 |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Close Up" is the eleventh episode aired of the first series of UFO – a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written Tony Barwick and the director was Alan Perry. The episode was filmed between 29 September to 9 October 1969 and was first broadcast on 16 December 1970 on Associated Television. Though shown as the eleventh episode, it was actually the thirteenth to have been filmed.[1][2]
The series was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.[3]
SHADO place a B142 tracking probe (launched with NASA Rocket 712) equipped with a newly developed high resolution electron telescopic camera aboard in lunar orbit, during a spacewalk accomplished by Paul Foster and camera developer Lt. John Masters. A UFO is turned back by the SHADO Interceptors from Moonbase and the probe follows it back to its home world. The images the probe returns several months later have no information regarding range or magnification, however, rendering their intelligence value moot.[4]
Regular cast
- Ed Bishop as Commander Ed Straker
- George Sewell as Colonel Alec Freeman
- Michael Billington as Colonel Paul Foster
- Gabrielle Drake as Lieutenant Gay Ellis
- Dolores Mantez as Lieutenant Nina Barry
- Gary Myers as Captain Lew Waterman
- Keith Alexander as Lieutenant Keith Ford
- Ayshea as Lieutenant Ayshea Johnson
- Grant Taylor as General James Henderson
