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  1. I’ve been rewatching the original Star Trek, and there’s one thing I noticed that really strikes me. They use way more extreme close ups than I feel like any other show.

    I know part of it is watching it on a much larger screen than anyone owned in 1966, but the times they would linger on Kirk’s face with soft lighting is unprecedented.

    I watch a lot of older TV, and I don’t feel like this was that common.

    Anyone know the behind the scenes on early Star Trek production?

    #StarTrek #60sTV

  2. I’ve been rewatching the original Star Trek, and there’s one thing I noticed that really strikes me. They use way more extreme close ups than I feel like any other show.

    I know part of it is watching it on a much larger screen than anyone owned in 1966, but the times they would linger on Kirk’s face with soft lighting is unprecedented.

    I watch a lot of older TV, and I don’t feel like this was that common.

    Anyone know the behind the scenes on early Star Trek production?

    #StarTrek #60sTV

  3. #Batman #60sTV Via Michael Warburton @TheMonologist · Nov 26 Who wants this for Christmas? I do! BATMAN (1967)

  4. #60sTV

    Via Morris Bright MBE @MorrisBrightMBE
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    Sad to hear actor and writer #KennethCope has died, aged 93. A long and varied both big and small screen career. Here hanging about during takes while filming #RandallAndHopkirkDeceased @ElstreeStudios in 1969.

  5. #60sTV

    Via Morris Bright MBE @MorrisBrightMBE
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    Sad to hear actor and writer #KennethCope has died, aged 93. A long and varied both big and small screen career. Here hanging about during takes while filming #RandallAndHopkirkDeceased @ElstreeStudios in 1969.

  6. #TW3 #ThatWasTheWeekThatWas #60sTV

    Via archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71
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    Kenneth Cope with the rest of the TW3 team.

  7. #TW3 #ThatWasTheWeekThatWas #60sTV

    Via archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71
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    Kenneth Cope with the rest of the TW3 team.

  8. #60sTV

    Via Neville F Chamberlain @NevilleFChambe1
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    Happy 84th Birthday to #JillStJohn seen here in the back to back episodes "Hi Diddle Riddle" and
    "Smack In The Middle" from the TV series #BATMAN (1966)

    📺 🦇

  9. #60sTV

    Via Neville F Chamberlain @NevilleFChambe1
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    Happy 84th Birthday to #JillStJohn seen here in the back to back episodes "Hi Diddle Riddle" and
    "Smack In The Middle" from the TV series #BATMAN (1966)

    📺 🦇

  10. #60sTV

    Via @RodneyMarshall1

    1966. #RogerMoore signs an autograph at Elstree Studios, his "fun factory" for most of the decade. Every member of #TheSaint crew insisted that his sense of humour, professionalism and kindness made it a very happy place to work, throughout the 118-episode run.

  11. #60sTV

    Via @RodneyMarshall1

    1966. #RogerMoore signs an autograph at Elstree Studios, his "fun factory" for most of the decade. Every member of #TheSaint crew insisted that his sense of humour, professionalism and kindness made it a very happy place to work, throughout the 118-episode run.

  12. #Olympics #Paris2024 @olympicschat #Swimming #Trumpton #60sTV

    You need to be a Brit Child of the 60s to remember this TV show ...

    Via Phil Norman @MrPhilNorman
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    New Trumpton fire brigade just dropped.

  13. #Olympics #Paris2024 @olympicschat #Swimming #Trumpton #60sTV

    You need to be a Brit Child of the 60s to remember this TV show ...

    Via Phil Norman @MrPhilNorman
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    21h
    New Trumpton fire brigade just dropped.

  14. #60sTV

    Via Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957
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    PHOTO OF THE DAY. #CoronationStreet star, Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), looking out over Manchester (1968)📷 John Madden.

  15. #60sTV

    Via Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957
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    PHOTO OF THE DAY. #CoronationStreet star, Ena Sharples (Violet Carson), looking out over Manchester (1968)📷 John Madden.

  16. RIP William Russell. So glad we got to see him back in Doctor Who one more time as Ian Chesterton, in Jodie Whittaker’s final episode. theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun #DoctorWho #WilliamRussell #1960sTV #60sTV #RIP

  17. RIP William Russell. So glad we got to see him back in Doctor Who one more time as Ian Chesterton, in Jodie Whittaker’s final episode. theguardian.com/stage/2024/jun #DoctorWho #WilliamRussell #1960sTV #60sTV #RIP

  18. The 1967-68 UK TV series Man in a Suitcase takes the basic ITC action-adventure formula and adds a hardboiled flavour, real toughness, grittiness, plus seedy downmarket glamour. And more than a hint of film noir. The best of all the ITC series.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #ITC #spytv #spies #RichardBradford #BritishTV #Britishtelevision

  19. The 1967-68 UK TV series Man in a Suitcase takes the basic ITC action-adventure formula and adds a hardboiled flavour, real toughness, grittiness, plus seedy downmarket glamour. And more than a hint of film noir. The best of all the ITC series.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #ITC #spytv #spies #RichardBradford #BritishTV #Britishtelevision

  20. #60sTV #Thunderbirds

    Via Archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71
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    Filming Thunderbirds.

  21. #60sTV #Thunderbirds

    Via Archivetvmusings @archivetvmus71
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    Filming Thunderbirds.

  22. Peter Leslie’s The Cornish Pixie Affair, from 1967, the fifth original novel based on the TV spy series The Girl from UNCLE starts with a murder in a circus (a setting that is used extremely well). Statuettes of pixies play a role. Enjoyable.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #Lexx #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #GirlfromUNCLE #spytv #spies #PeterLeslie

  23. Peter Leslie’s The Cornish Pixie Affair, from 1967, the fifth original novel based on the TV spy series The Girl from UNCLE starts with a murder in a circus (a setting that is used extremely well). Statuettes of pixies play a role. Enjoyable.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #Lexx #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #GirlfromUNCLE #spytv #spies #PeterLeslie

  24. The Sixth Finger, a 1963 episode of The Outer Limits. A scientist tries to speed up human evolution. He creates a super-intelligent man, who sadly has a few issues. A bold and interesting episode.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #OuterLimits #DavidMcCallum #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #anthologyseries

  25. The Sixth Finger, a 1963 episode of The Outer Limits. A scientist tries to speed up human evolution. He creates a super-intelligent man, who sadly has a few issues. A bold and interesting episode.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #OuterLimits #DavidMcCallum #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #anthologyseries

  26. Three 1964 episodes of my favourite US anthology series, The Outer Limits. The Invisible Enemy has sand sharks on Mars. It's OK. Wolf 359 is excellent -scientists create a miniature world. I, Robot is quite good - a robot is tried for murder.

    My reviews: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #60stelevision #OuterLimits

  27. Three 1964 episodes of my favourite US anthology series, The Outer Limits. The Invisible Enemy has sand sharks on Mars. It's OK. Wolf 359 is excellent -scientists create a miniature world. I, Robot is quite good - a robot is tried for murder.

    My reviews: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #60stelevision #OuterLimits

  28. Rod Serling's The After Hours, still my all-time favourite episode of The Twilight Zone. Has that wonderful subtle sense of slowly increasing unease. Great performance by Anne Francis. I've seen it many times and I like it more each time.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #80stelevision #RodSerling #TwilightZone #AnneFrancis

  29. Rod Serling's The After Hours, still my all-time favourite episode of The Twilight Zone. Has that wonderful subtle sense of slowly increasing unease. Great performance by Anne Francis. I've seen it many times and I like it more each time.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #80stelevision #RodSerling #TwilightZone #AnneFrancis

  30. Stay Tuned is a Tara King episode of The Avengers, and it's a corker. Steed has a Groundhog Day experience (24 years before that film came out). Clever twisted story, with a fine fight scene between Linda Thorson and Kate O’Mara. TV bliss.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classic television #theavengers #LindaThorson #TaraKing #vintagetv #vintagetelevision

  31. Stay Tuned is a Tara King episode of The Avengers, and it's a corker. Steed has a Groundhog Day experience (24 years before that film came out). Clever twisted story, with a fine fight scene between Linda Thorson and Kate O’Mara. TV bliss.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classic television #theavengers #LindaThorson #TaraKing #vintagetv #vintagetelevision

  32. The Green Hornet (1966-67) is a TV series which I personally much prefer to its contemporary Batman. Closer in feel to the original 40s serials. Hardboiled crime stories with some gadgets to add spice and just a touch of outrageous adventure.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #vintageTV #vintagetelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #60stelevision #1960stv #1960stelevision #greenhornet

  33. The Green Hornet (1966-67) is a TV series which I personally much prefer to its contemporary Batman. Closer in feel to the original 40s serials. Hardboiled crime stories with some gadgets to add spice and just a touch of outrageous adventure.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #retrotelevision #vintageTV #vintagetelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #60stelevision #1960stv #1960stelevision #greenhornet

  34. Melissa is a 6-episode 1964 BBC mini-series, part of the Francis Durbridge Presents series. Typical Durbridge which means it's fun. A struggling novelist suspected of murder has to question everything he thought he knew about his life.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #culttv #culttelevision #retrotv #retrotelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #FrancisDurbridge

  35. Melissa is a 6-episode 1964 BBC mini-series, part of the Francis Durbridge Presents series. Typical Durbridge which means it's fun. A struggling novelist suspected of murder has to question everything he thought he knew about his life.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #culttv #culttelevision #retrotv #retrotelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #FrancisDurbridge

  36. 3️⃣ The sci-fi highlight is definitely the moment where the youngest brother is brought forward to the present day, standing inside the Tunnel while holding a ticking bomb!

    #ClassicTV #60sTV

  37. #TheManFromUNCLE 14 (1964) - 9/10
    Delightful episode.

    1️⃣ And what a cast! #DavidMcCallum, #WilliamShatner, #LeonardNimoy, #RobertVaughn.

    2️⃣ It plays like a light-hearted episode of #MissionImpossible and it gets very clever towards the end.

    3️⃣ According to #IMDb users, this is the 2nd best episode of the series.

    📺 My 762nd #TVReview of 2023. Averaging 1h49m of TV every day.

    #ClassicTV #60sTV #espionage

  38. Today’s arrival, a Fanzine Funnies #comic by #LewStringer collecting his #ThePrisoner short strips in 1990s #fanzine Camera Obscura. Very very funny. Highly recommended. Available still from Lew at ebay.co.uk/itm/204426107364 This is the same Lew Stringer who has a regular humorous comic strip in #DoctorWhoMagazine. #comics #satire #fandom #Prisoner #BritishTV #60sTV #Scifi #DWM #DoctorWho #FanzineFunnies #Rover #No6 #Number6 #NumberSix #Television #BritishComics

  39. Venus Smith, the forgotten Avengers girl. She was Steed's partner in six 1963 episodes. Fascinatingly different from the other Avengers girls. She had zero combat skills but she was a useful agent. And quite charming.

    Reviews of the Venus Smith episodes: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #theavengers #culttelevision #spies #spytv #VenusSmith

  40. The Interrogators, a great 1969 Tara King episode of The Avengers, written by Richard Harris and Brian Clemens. Christopher Lee guest stars. Starts with a British agent being interrogated by the bad guys, then the twists begin.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #LindaThorson #ChristopherLee #culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #theavengers #culttelevision #spies #spytv

  41. TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY

    THE TODAY SHOW - 6/27/1969, NBC

    Today in 1969, the day before the Stonewall Riots began, TODAY interviewed psychiatrist / NYU professor Robert E. Gould about homosexuality. He was an early advocate of officially declassifying same-sex desire as a mental illness.

  42. Managed to nab me one last Network release I’d missed and should have got. Alan Garner’s The Owl Service (1969) remastered on Blu-ray. Barely in print due to Network going into liquidation a couple of months after release. Out of stock most places but found a marketplace seller on Amazon with new stock. I haven’t seen this in many decades. Limited edition Blu-ray box includes a thorough booklet full of info. #BritishTV #Wales #AlanGarner #Horror #Folklore #FolkHorror #Myths #Myth #60sTV #Network

  43. Lost in Space by Dave van Arnam and Ron Archer is as its name suggests a TV tie-in novel inspired by the classic TV series. It's not a bad sci-fi novel but it really doesn't have the feel of the TV series.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #sciencefiction #scifi #TVtieinnovels #LostinSpace #culttv #retrotv #60stv #1960stv #culttelevision #scifitv

  44. A few screen caps from The Avengers.
    1. I doubt that 'happy ending' had the same meaning back in the '60s;
    2. Noddy makes an appearance.
    3. Steed and Peel take a spin in an Amphicar. I knew there was a connection to my first car, a 1961 Triuimph Herald. They both had the same engine, the Standard SC. Twin SU carbs, in case you're a gearhead.

    #TV #60sTV #avengers

  45. A look at three episodes, all originally aired in 1973, from Brian Clemens’ horror anthology series Thriller, one of the finest ever TV series of its type. The Colour of Blood is excellent while Murder in Mind and A Place to Die are very good.

    My review: cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/20

    #retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #BrianClemens #horrortv #britishtv