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On 10 Sep 2025 01:27:36 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
<mic2g8F96nqU2@mid.individual.net>:

> On Tue, 9 Sep 2025 22:44:49 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Didn’t you? Never watched any shows by this guy
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Anderson> as a kid?
> 
> Never heard of him.  British TV series had about 0% penetration in the
> US market when I was a kid. PBS probably got a steep discount on Brit
> sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers' and flogs them regularly.
> 
> Perhaps it's something you have to be exposed to when you're young but
> I've never gotten most British humour except for Pratchett.

The Andersons, iirc, produced the series _UFO_, then
later, _Space:1999_.

The latter show aired in the U.S.  I loved _Space:1999_ growing up,
but man, was it hokie.

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