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Friday, April 08, 2005

For fans of Gerry Anderson:

Subject: New Hardback Edition of "The Complete Gerry Anderson" Episode Guide Book Published in May!http://www.fanderson.org.uk/images/cgahard.jpeg Which two UFO regulars appeared in Space:1999? What do Dire Straits, A Flock of Seagulls, Wax, Fuzzbox and Renegade Soundwave have in common? What type of animal are Dash, Wag, Wearizy, Megabyte and Yoko? How many episodes of Space:1999 did Ministry Of Mayhem's Mr Lee appear in? These questions and thousands of others are answered in a newly revised and updated edition of The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide which is to be published in hardback next month by Reynolds & Hearn. Detailing all of Gerry Anderson's productions under one cover, the book includes not only popular television series such as Thunderbirds, UFO and Space:1999 but also Anderson's feature films and unscreened pilot episodes. The new hardback edition has been revised throughout and features over 50 pages of new material including guides to FireStorm and New Captain Scarlet as well as compilation features, the Eternity project and alternative versions of the Thunderbirds episodes. Written by Chris Bentley, author of The Complete Book Of Thunderbirds and The Complete Book Of UFO, and with a foreword by Gerry Anderson, the book includes story synopses, production dates, broadcast details, full cast and crew lists, script changes, missing scenes, continuity errors and miscellaneous trivia for over 600 television episodes, four feature films and five television pilot episodes. The Complete Gerry Anderson also features details of abandoned film and television projects and examines Anderson's extensive work in television commercials. In the new edition, readers will visit the alternate futures of 2053, 2086 and 2104, fly in the Tornado, the Star Car and the Hummingbird, meet the personnel of WANDER, SWAT and Storm Force, and combat the menace of the Zolions, the Zargons and the Mysteron Consciousness. In addition, the book details the contributions of Ennio Morricone, John Barry, Yoko Ono, Stevie Winwood, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Doggie Kruger and Jet Black to the Anderson oevre and for the first time reveals what Joanna Lumley's deleted role in The Protectors was actually all about. "Painstakingly thorough... superbly researched... a real wealth of facts, figures and fascinating trivia. " - TV Zone "Anderson devotees won't be able to put this down. " - Time Out "This is the one book a Supermarionation fan simply must have. " - Starburst "Comprehensive to the point of obsession." - DVD Review "Easily the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the diverse works of Gerry Anderson." - Dreamwatch Packing literally thousands of facts about the Gerry Anderson productions into 350 pages, the hardback edition of The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide will be published by Reynolds & Hearn Limited on Tuesday, May 3rd and will be available in all good bookshops (including most branches of Waterstones, WH Smith and Borders) priced at £19.99. (If in difficulty, quote the book's ISBN number 1-903111-97-8 for a shop assistant to locate it on the database.) http://www.rhbooks.com/

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