Close Up (UFO)

"**Close Up**"
"Close Up"
UFO episode
Episode no.	Season 1; Episode 11
Directed by
Written by	Tony Barwick
Production code	29 September to 9 October 1969
Original air date	16 December 1970 (ATV Midlands)
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"Close Up" is the eleventh episode aired of the first series of UFO - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written Tony Barwick and the director was . The episode was filmed between 29 September to 9 October 1969 and aired on the ATV Midlands on 16 December 1970. Though shown as the eleventh episode, it was actually the thirteenth to have been filmed.^[1]^[2]

The series was created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.^[3]

Story[]

SHADO place a B142 tracking probe (launched with NASA Rocket 712) equipped with a newly developed high resolution electron telescopic camera aboard in lunar orbit, during a spacewalk accomplished by Paul Foster and camera developer Lt. John Masters. A UFO is turned back by the from Moonbase and the probe follows it back to its home world. The images the probe returns several months later have no information regarding range or magnification, however, rendering their intelligence value moot.^[4]

Cast[]

Starring[]

Ed Bishop — Commander Edward Straker
George Sewell — Col. Alec E. Freeman
Michael Billington — Col. Paul Foster
Gabrielle Drake — Lt. Gay Ellis
Dolores Mantez — Lt. Nina Barry
Gary Myers— Capt. Lew Waterman
Keith Alexander— Lt. Keith Ford
Ayshea — Lt. Ayshea Johnson

Also starring[]

Grant Taylor — Gen. James L. Henderson

Featuring[]

Neil Hallett — Dr. Joseph Kelly
— Dr. Young
Alan Tucker — Tracking Station Operator
Mark Hawkins — Lt. Gary North
Frank Mann — Launch Controller
Bob Sherman — First Launch Control Operative
Robert Howay — Second Launch Control Operative
Clive Endersby — Harry, Launch Control
John Levene — Interceptor pilot

Production notes[]

Locations used for the filming included Neptune House, BBC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood and , London.

References[]

^ "UFO Episode Guide - Close Up". Fanderson. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "UFO Characters - Close Up". SHADO Library. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ "Underappreciated TV: UFO". Den of Geek. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
^ Bentley, Chris (10 January 2003). The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO. 978-1903111659. p. 74. ISBN 978-1903111659.

External links[]

[1] "UFO Episode Guide - Close Up". Fanderson. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[2] "UFO Characters - Close Up". SHADO Library. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[3] "Underappreciated TV: UFO". Den of Geek. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[4] Bentley, Chris (10 January 2003). The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO. 978-1903111659. p. 74. ISBN 978-1903111659.

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Episodes	"Identified" "Exposed" "The Cat with Ten Lives" "Conflict" "A Question of Priorities" "E.S.P." "Kill Straker!" "Sub-Smash" "Destruction" "The Square Triangle" "Close Up" "The Psychobombs" "Survival" "Mindbender" "Flight Path" "The Man Who Came Back" "The Dalotek Affair" "Timelash" "Ordeal"
Vehicles	SHADO Interceptor Skydiver
Related	Ed Straker Doppelgänger
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