Six Gerry Anderson Shows Finally Get Their TVTimes Covers!

I've been doing a bit of design prep for SHADOcon - a convention dedicated to Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's UFO During the process of putting together stuff for the day, it occurred to me that none of their series actually made the cover of the TVTimes. A shocking omission by anyone's standards. 

It was left to their eternal rvival the Radio Times to give Thunderbirds cover status in the 90s during one of the BBC's re-runs of the show. 

Never mind, I said. Let's put things right with the aid of Photoshop...

A Selection of Sweet Cigarettes...

There was a time when very TV series had a packet of sweet cigarettes named after them. 

And just like real cigarettes, you had to keep buying further packets. In their case, it was to complete your collection of FREE PICTURES CARDS - usually about 50 to collect. 

You can still buy them today only they are called candy sticks and no longer contain free cards. So sad.

Here's some of the rarer examples. 

"Terrahawks! Stay on this Channel. ZD21 is Go!!!"

Here's something I was asked to do by a strange elderly woman who turned up at my house one day last week. 

She had an infectious laugh as well as a rather eye-catching skin condition. She said she would pay me in "untold riches" if I took on the commission but I settled for a few coppers to pay for a Greggs sausage roll and coffee. 

Not heard back from her but she seemed pleased with the results... She tweetered them to help sell some of her Blu-ray discs. Bless. 

Always nice to help out the elderly. We owe them so much. 

Terrahawks vol.1 is available to buy on Blu-ray and DVD from NetworkDVD.

With thanks to Jamie Anderson for asking.