Close Up (UFO)

"Close Up"
UFO episode
Episode no.Episode 11
Directed byAlan Perry
Written byTony Barwick
Editing byHarry MacDonald
Production code13
Original air date16 December 1970 (1970-12-16)
Guest appearances
  • Neil Hallett as Dr Joseph Kelly
  • James Beckett as Dr Young
  • Alan Tucker as Tracking Station Operator
  • Mark Hawkins as Lieutenant Gary North
  • Frank Mann as Launch Controller
  • Bob Sherman as First Launch Control Operative
  • Robert Howay as Second Launch Control Operative
  • Clive Endersby as Harry, Launch Control
  • John Levene as Interceptor pilot
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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 Alan Perry. 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]

  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. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2017.