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Two great video interviews of Ian Wingrove

Details: Category: Production Staff; Last Updated: Saturday, 24 August 2013 01:48; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 3446

A site run by Dennis Lowe has posted 2 very interesting video interviews on Ian Wingrove who worked on such shows as Thunderbirds in the speciall effects workshop.

As I cannot provide a direct link, I will provide the main site link which shows the main interview. You can look at the 6th and 7th articles which feature Ian Wingrove. I believe the main interview (45 mins) is conducted by David Sisson, well known model maker.

The second video is a summary of his work and includes mention of Thunderbirds and Stingray.

Dennis' site also has a lot of other very interesting videos, especially a series from ALIEN and ALIENS, including rare photos. Definitely worth a visit!

Official Barry Gray website launched

Details: Category: Barry Gray; Last Updated: Friday, 16 August 2013 02:41; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 4302

Contributor to TV Century 21 and the man behind many Barry Gray releases and events, Ralph Titterton, has collaborated on the new, official Barry Gray website. It is now live at www.barrygray.co.uk.

The site includes lots of information about the prolific composer who produced music for the very first Gerry Anderson show "The Adventures of Twizzle" all the way to the first series of Space:1999. Many of this compositions are now available in CD form, largely in part due to the tireless work of Ralph over the years.

Read more to see the full release and images.

Interview with Ralph Titterton and Tim Mallett - Barry Gray Music Restoration

Details: Category: Barry Gray; Last Updated: Friday, 16 August 2013 02:42; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 9650

When the Joe 90 CD was released in 2006, I conducted an interview with Ralph Titterton and Tim Mallet, the men behind the release of this Barry Gray CD and all the earlier official Barry Gray CDs.

Ralph has in his possession the entire Barry Gray music library on analog tapes. Tim Mallett is the audio technician who worked with Ralph to clean up the tapes, re-mix them and create new audio masters suitable for production of the CDs.

This exclusive interview provides a great deal of information about the music source and level of effort that went into the production of the CDs.

Full interview after the jump.

Barry Gray Centenary Concert tickets available

Details: Category: Barry Gray; Last Updated: Friday, 16 August 2013 02:42; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 7484

Tickets for the much anticipated Barry Gray Centenary Concert are now available. The event will be held in London at the Royal Festival Hall on Saturday, 8th November 2008. Guest of honour will be Gerry Anderson, ably assisted by the ever low-key Brian Blessed who will compere the event. Full details are in the complete press release, after the jump.

John Read - The quiet man of film 1920 - 2006

Details: Category: Production Staff; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Darryl Worbey, Mary Turner; Hits: 6798

After the recent passing of John Read (see related news item), we received an obituary on his work. This has been created by long time collaborator Mary Turner and recent collaborator Darryl Worbey.

Century 21 Convention - an attendee's report

Details: Category: Fanderson Convention 2000; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 5599

In October 2000, Fanderson held their largest convention for Gerry Anderson fans. It was also my first ever Gerry Anderson convention. What an experience it was. To commemorate the event, I wrote a detailed report on the convention and present it here for the readers of TV Century 21. For those who were there, it is an opportunity to relive the weekend. For those who were not, you can live vicariously through me.

Motivation and Expectation

Details: Category: Fanderson Convention 2000; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 4398

I have been a fan of Gerry Anderson shows for as long as I remember. Prior to this event I had never been to a Gerry Anderson fan event of any kind with the exception of the opening of Forbidden Planet 2 in London in 1981 where I got my tv21 1967 annual signed by the man himself.

Checking out the New Merchandise

Details: Category: Fanderson Convention 2000; Last Updated: Monday, 05 August 2013 17:17; Written by Simon Wickes; Hits: 5425

First thing I did once I got off the plane was to run into town to check out all the new Thunderbirds toys. Geez how sad is that?

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