The Women of UFO | Documentary Featuring Gabrielle Drake, Wanda Ventham and Sylvia Anderson

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The women behind many of UFO's beloved characters discuss their time on the show - from the purple wigs and string vests to on set anecdotes of pranks and laughter.
Featuring Gabrielle Drake, Sylvia Anderson, Wanda Ventham and many more of the female cast.
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@richardhodges3593 9 месяцев назад

As a ten year old, I was captivated by this series. Loved Gabriele Drake and her purple hair, which I thought was a direct consequence of her living on the moon!

@zorglubmagnus455 2 месяца назад

Wow that is such a smart comment. I would buy that.

@tomsenior7405 Год назад

This is bloody-lovely. I was surprised by the sudden flood of nostalgia to wash over me while watching this. An excellent job guys.

@johannesfeigl5309 Год назад

Gabrielle Drake what a godess!!!!

@therealpbristow 8 месяцев назад

@@johannesfeigl5309 My first ever crush! (I was six.) =:o}

@Nooziterp1 День назад

Nostalgia wasn't the only thing to wash over me when I saw Gabrielle Drake.

@Nooziterp1 День назад

@@johannesfeigl5309 Oh yeah she was gorgeous.

@mikesaunders4694 Год назад

Grew up with this show in the early 70’s and absolutely loved it, wish they’d made more of it. It had really strong female characters that weren’t overplayed as “strong female characters”. Great stuff.

@davidhoward4715 Год назад

What the hell does _overplayed as “strong female characters"_ mean? Is this an incel thing?

@mikesaunders4694 Год назад

@@davidhoward4715 mmmm I had to look up what “incel” actually meant and if you read what I actually wrote you’d see I’m hardly a young man. What it means is that a strongly written character is just that….doesn’t need to be gender specific…..or written in a way to make some point that often is out of keeping with the story. Does that answer your question?

@brealistic3542 Год назад

Wish they made more too.😔

@Yandarval Год назад

Blame Lew Grade of every Jerry Anderson programme only having, at most, two series. I believe Space:1999 was in a large part based off the script for season two of UFO.

@andybrown4284 Год назад

Actual strong characters in their own right rather than being given strength by a committee of writers making everyone else patheticly useless

@Puzzoozoo Год назад

I'm now 66, but oh Gabrielle Drake when she was younger. 😍

@aliservan7188 Год назад

UFO is responsible for giving me a lifelong love of women with brightly coloured hair. I'm not even joking.... Gabrielle Drake... need I say more?

@dominicliner1609 Год назад

The Moonbase girls are sexy and hot. ❤🌕

@paulpaintshop103 Год назад

Back then blue hair didn't mean scary leftard.

@aliservan7188 Год назад

@@paulpaintshop103 Awww didums! You scared of the widdle left? Bless your teeny heart

@markyoungman148 Год назад

@@aliservan7188 Not scared of the widdle left - just worried that they have a vote, and are allowed to breed.

@alfredrodriguez7106 Год назад

Amen to that..but this is an Era where women were women.... And you valued them for it.... Shame shows like this don't exist anymore.......

@scofair5551 Год назад

Considering it was produced nearly 55 years ago, those women look like they've been in a time warp. They still have all their beauty. Well arranged video, Jamie Anderson 😃

@kurtsnyder4752 Год назад

Jamie, son or daughter of G & S Anderson?

@scofair5551 Год назад

@@kurtsnyder4752 Son of Gerry and Mary.

@iandeeley9033 Год назад

Hooray For The Women Of UFO! Happy International Women's Day!

@NegdoshaManido Год назад

So in the UK, the actor's American accent played a role in the popularity of Star Trek. When I was a kid, the English accent of the actors in U.F.O. made it stand out to me as something different and very cool. Of course, I loved the whole look and feel of the show as well. This documentary sure brought back fond memories of a great show and the wonderful and lovely ladies that were in it! : )

@1maico1 11 месяцев назад

Well, William Shatner and James Doohan who played Scotty are Canadian!

@FandersonUfo Год назад

it was marvelous for women in sci fi to be portrayed as strong and capable members of the team at that time

@Design_no Год назад

But why wouldn't they? Since ww2 women weren't portrayed that way, they actually WERE that way.

@FandersonUfo Год назад

@@Design_no - indeed - as they always have been - not always portrayed as such on screen though - 🛸✨

@garypautard1069 Год назад

These are all beautiful women and they certainly made us fellas look twice.

@notreallydavid Год назад

with lots of wiggly ass shots too

@npc3po301 11 месяцев назад

God forbid a woman be portrayed as feminine and vulnerable

@lallancashire2201 Год назад

Great to celebrate the cast of this wonderful show 👍

@woofgbruk5947 Год назад

Always loved the theme tune for U.F.O, it`s really catchy!

@davidhollingdale5408 Год назад

I consider UFO to be the best thing the Anderson's made. Especially "A Question of Priorities" (with all due respect to the late Fd Bishop). For it's time,realistic and included some seriously adult themes. And it never felt the need to brow beat the viewers with the societal changes it portrayed. This is a superb look back at the show. 😁👍👏❤

@goodoldbubba6620 Год назад

Gabby Drake was my first TV crush. This must have been 1971 or so. I was 5. Thus, I will always love her. I'm happy to have seen her (entirely) in Au Pair Girls many of decades later. I was not disappointed. 😋

@mikes5637 Год назад

I must seek that out for, err.... research purposes.

@jamespaton6047 Год назад

@@mikes5637 lol

@goodoldbubba6620 Год назад

@@mikes5637 A very easy google search of her name with that movie title will get you links to what you seek. It was actually made about the same time as her UFO role. Exactly why it was not disappointing. 😆 😋

@markdowse3572 Год назад

UFO was programme making that was WAY ahead of its time. Brilliant! 💎 And the women were wonderful... 😍 Goes without saying, really - but it has to be said! 🤗 Of course not forgetting the best THEME ever written! 🎶👍 M 🦘🏏😎

@pauldoree3967 Год назад

The Theme is also right up there for me. I have the complete series on my media server, haven't dipped in for a couple of years. I now need a complete re watch.

@malicedownunder Год назад

What a wonderful series of interviews. Well done to the whole cast and documentarians. Beautifully produced and certainly appreciated by fans. And all the ladies look fantastic to this day! I'm always amazed at how complicated and beautifully made the Anderson shows were.

@jeffskillman9275 Год назад

What a great piece of nostalgia. I remember watching UFO as a young boy having received the Dinky Shado Mobile and Interceptor toys, thinking wow is this what 1980 would look like as the year flashed up in the titles. Still can’t believe it’s 2023 as these were the futuristic years. The ladies still look great. Wanda probably had most young boy’s attention on screen! Always wondered what Alec Freeman actually did as he always seemed to stroll round with just chatting with Ed Straker. Great show well ahead of its time.

@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 Год назад

He was there to remind us that ugly people hadn't been eliminated by some kind of eugenics program.

@stephenchappell7512 Год назад

Alec got ditched because the Yank's didn't like him

@ronwhite8503 Год назад

Wanda always seemed a bit "blousey" to me. But Gabrielle Drake.........oh, my word! As a ten year old I thought she was amazing; as a sixty three year old I still think so.

@santorini8423 Год назад

@@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 he was busy trying to kill Jack Carter😂

@teeteringonthebrink.305 Год назад

Have you never worked with anyone who seemed to have plenty of time on their hands? I know I have.

@Heavy-Metal-Spike Год назад

Oh my goodness - could this have *_BEEN_* any better !?!?!??! My sincere thanks to all involved in producing this - but *_ESPECIALLY_* the talented ladies who are as charming, sexy, endearing & beautiful as they were when the series was originally transmitted. Now if I can only work out how to get a copy of that UFO manual shipped to Canada without doubling the price via couriers, I'll be a happy wee badger 😇

@marklotinga Год назад

That was nothing less than bloody brilliant. What fabulous women with equally fabulous stories to tell!

@HampshireVideo Год назад

So many lovely ladies that we grew up with in this show. Could you imagine sitting down to dinner with them all, it would be a riot. Much love to them all and thank you for such golden memories. ❤️

@oldtatshow Год назад

An excellent production. All of the ladies look as lovely as ever and it is great that they have such vivid and fond memories of the show.

@thefurrybastard1964 Год назад

I had such a crush on Ayeshea Brough back in the early 70s.

@thomascollins4325 9 месяцев назад

Me too!!!

@Nooziterp1 День назад

My crush was definitely Gabrielle Drake. Ayesha Brough was a close second though.

@thefurrybastard1964 День назад

@@Nooziterp1 Oh hell, I had a thing for all the Moonbase women!

@james5460 Год назад

All those old scifi shows had the sexiest girls on TV for some reason, but Gabrielle Drake was my personal fave, she was the main reason to watch that show.

@lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003 Год назад

This was my show back in the day. Nothing came close!… Excellent throwback documentary. Ayesha is so funny, what a wonderful personality.

@simonleib1992 Год назад

Col Lake was my first crush. And yes... that purple blouse and scarf look Wanda!

@susanscott8653 Год назад

She looked amazing!

@toxicq2677 Год назад

Thank you so much for a wonderful trip down memory lane.

@hubertvancalenbergh9022 Год назад

I was fourteen going on fifteen and loved every bit of the series. Those sixties hairdos and miniskirts didn't go unnoticed in our all-boys school, I assure you. 🤪

@Outpost36 Год назад

Lovely documentary that has prompted me to re-watch this utterly lush series. Beautiful colours, people, costumes and sets... not to mention great music and stories. I wish TV could still be like this today.

@kevinjohnson-en9yz Год назад

This was my favorite show of all time. Thank all the beautiful women for their contribution to a fictional world of beautiful intellegent supportive women. Simply put, it worked. it was too good. It was going in a dirrection that the evil powers that be didn't want. I was crushed when it ended. Simply devastated. I was 7 years old. I don't believe I will ever get over that childhood trama when they cancelled my show. All the women were gorgeous. Who could ask for more? There will never be another UFO. Love to all the cast.

@Reaper4367 Год назад

Thank you to all Producers, Cast and Crew that brought this gem (and others) into our collective living rooms so many decades ago.

@louissivo9660 Год назад

Loved this show when it came here to the US. I was a young boy falling in love with science fiction and UFO just had the perfect blend of the exotic and mystery of a different sort of alien invasion. I barely remember any details, except it was one of those that seemed a cut above the usual silliness on TV around this subject. This documentary brought back a lot of memories and scenes that I really don't remember. Thank you for the memories and even more for making the show originally.

@the-trustees Год назад

I remember a scene from UFO that still sticks with me a quarter century later. Straker needed one of his crew, a woman, maybe black, but I can't be sure, to exit the sub through a torpedo tube. Straker told her how the water rushing in when they opened the tube's door would "feel like a sledgehammer" and I felt real empathy for an actress not in any danger at all, as she waited, pulse pounding, for it.

@Alway213 Год назад

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! I’m so lucky to have seen the whole series as a young boy growing up in the 60’s and 70’s. Loved it!

@stephenkay4008 Год назад

Loved this! I remember pretty much halting a school friend’s birthday party to badger his Mum into turning on the tv to watch an episode - how precocious I was then! All the stars interviewed enjoyed themselves making the original show and clearly Ayshea is the Marina Sirtis of UFO! Anyone who’s seen convention footage of Marina will know what I mean.

@Man_from_UNCLE 8 месяцев назад

And I do believe I read somewhere years ago that she was actually English. Maybe of Greek descent or something, but British

@Ruddigore Год назад

A fantastic series and I loved many of the characters. I absolutely adored Wanda Ventham and nearly fell of my chair in amazement years later to find out she she is in fact Benedicct Cumberbatch's mum.

@teeteringonthebrink.305 Год назад

I believe she was also Rodney Trotter's Mother in Law in Only Fools And Horses.

@brentstantonfun Год назад

So glad you got these people together to interview about the show. It’s been a favorite since I was young. Today, my career for the last 30 years has been working as an assistant director on film and tv shoots. Thanks for deepening what is at the foundation of my own career.

@juliocesarpereira4325 9 месяцев назад

I remember going crazy about this series even before it premiered because of the channel ads.This documentary shows a very important side of UFO we tend not to take into consideration and one more time it shows Gerry and Sylvia Anderson were ahead of their time. I love Star Trek but to thing that UFO was moved to a later time because of it breaks my heart. Thanks for such wonderful documentary and to allow those wonderful actresses have their say.

@johnpitt6480 Год назад

Enjoyed that! All my heartthrobs there! ❤️

@danmichaud580 Год назад

This was absolutely fabulous. I remember wanting to watch all the episodes. Living in Canada, I am sure there was one or two I've missed. The ladies have aged fabulously, still pretty as ever.

@stephenchappell7512 Год назад

I can imagine your fellow Canadian James Cameron stole plenty of ideas off Gerry Anderson's shows

@paulbennett4548 Год назад

Excellent production lads, lovely to see them all again.

@richardburke8566 Год назад

Every time I see a doc about an aspect of UFO it just remindes me what a brilliant show it was

@moggridge1 Год назад

This was very good. Nice to hear from these ladies and their memories! 😊👍

@quillerpen Год назад

Great job! Lovely to hear from some of the cast who don't normally get to share their recollections and insights on the show

@johnclay7644 Год назад

Nice concept of a documentary, some classic episode sequences. informative 30mins+ Well done.

@Korea4Me Год назад

I'm speechless. That was wonderful. Thank you.

@garybrindle6715 Год назад

Just 3 years later in 72, I had the pleasure of starting to work with the Woman of the RAF..they were in uniform ,minus the wigs but every bit as professional as the UFO crew which captures the military sprit so well. In fact recently it was re broadcast twice on the Forces TV channel.

@cerij4242 Год назад

I absolutely loved this show when it came out, and now I have found it again on Legend, It looks even better now as it was shot on film and now with HDTV it pops. The special effects still look fantastic in HDTV I was expecting to see big flaws but apart from reused interceptor scenes for cost saving the effects are still top notch.

@ricardogustavo2019 Год назад

Iconic show of my teenage age! Wonderful interview with my adorable Ladies ❤!! Eternal thanks Gerry & Sylvia Anderson for so many pleasant moments in front of the TV. Greetings from BA, Argentina.

@WilliamParmley Год назад

Very pleased that this was such a serious treatment of these fine actors and their characters, and the contributions they made to the series. All their characters were portrayed as strong, capable, and intelligent. I had forgotten that Jane Merrow was in the cast -- she has shown up in so many places over the years, including Danger Man three times and The Prisoner once. I do wish Lt. Howell had had a bigger part in SkyDiver!

@scottfw1193 Год назад

A show that had great genuine (unforced) diversity ahead of its time. And some truly surreal groundbreaking episodes!

@davidhoward4715 Год назад

"Unforced"? Really? Get a clue.

@scottfw1193 Год назад

@@davidhoward4715 you have a point. I meant unforced in current diversity context. But yes, the diversity in UFO at the time was arguably a sop to US market. But I think a lot of fans found it refreshing and it was groundbreaking for the time

@user-fr6hd1kt9b Год назад

@@davidhoward4715 American cities at the time going up in flames and Enoch Powell having just made a rather controversial speech

@dunning234 Год назад

Wanda Ventham and Gabrielle Drake I always see the ladies young and beautiful. Thanks all of them.

@stargazeronesixseven Год назад

OMG! Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's UFO of the 1970s >>> That's about 52 years ago come 2023! Brought back so many fond memories! Thank You So Much for this Tribute of the Women of UFO! 🌷🌿🌏💜🕊

@johndonaldson3619 Год назад

That was great - thank you everyone!!!

@stephenpochly7003 Год назад

Just showa how Sylvia and Gerry had their finger on the pulse.

@andyhinds542 6 месяцев назад

"Dive! Dive! Dive!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mosespray4510 Год назад

Wonderful. All the ladies are so fun and well spoken. The show always puts a smile on my face.

@jervishorton7372 Год назад

ASHEA BROUGH IS RAW AND REAL I LOVE HER ❤❤❤

@Amaranthine1000 Год назад

One of the best sci fi series ever, loved this show, I kept looking for the purple wigs in the 80's but the only ones there were the hair metal bands. Such a great show, I wish there was a lot more. I have the DVD box set of UFO and watch it fondly from time to time

@dianepatching742 Год назад

I grew with Gerry Anderson and his wonderful creations. How marvellous to hear the UFO ladies now and how it helped them. 👍

@garryanthonystx Год назад

Loved this show growing up, and still love it. From time to time I'll watch an episode or two. And the show open is still one of the best I have every seen.

@douglachman7330 7 месяцев назад

Thank you not only Gerry but his equally amazing Sylvia Anderson, a wonderfully talented team.

@wngimageanddesign9546 Год назад

One of the best creations by the Andersons! And thank god for their vision for the female characters and roles. They were sensational, remarkably dynamic, and unforgettable. Love the fact, like Roddenberry's universe, everyone were equals.

@mrchrisd Год назад

This was fantastic!! THANK YOU!!

@cozmicpfunk Год назад

I just love UFO! we had cable TV back in the 70's and this show came through the Los Angeles channel. I was glued to the TV every Saturday Night when UFO was on. It was Amazing Sci-Fi for its time and the Women are all just Gorgeous and amazing actors! The UFO women are true leaders, each of them were main cast characters and not just supporting cast sitting on standby next to the men. We have to thank Sylvia Anderson (and Gerry) for their vision of the future and how these incredible ladies were portrayed with intelligence and strength while not minimizing their femininity- they were sexy and smart. I was too young to fully appreciate the adult relationship themes, but I do remember wow, these are all beautiful and smart ladies and they are in charge of the men lol. Yes, this show was ahead of it's time on so many levels. And have to mention the visual effects, the vehicles and the moon base. The production value was amazing! A great Documentary, thank you for sharing with us

@MichaelS-pr9qn Год назад

So Awesome! Thank you for this

@brettatton Год назад

Marvelous! I was barely and teenager during the run of the show...they were all goddesses to me me!

@Kapricorn1 Год назад

This is fantastic, Ayshea sounds like a right laugh. Loved the purple wigs for moonbase, think I've found my next hair colour 💜, brilliant video.

@thefurrybastard1964 Год назад

She was a bombshell back in the 70s.

@pfa1981 Год назад

Great documentary! I enjoyed it. Brought back many souvenirs of the show.

@UKMike2009 Месяц назад

A fantastic series and, because of my age at the time, my favourite TV actresses. What a great video - thank you for putting this up on YT.

@Calvertfilm Год назад

Not often I watch a RU-vid video all the way through without skipping parts but this was very entertaining. Made me smile a few times.

@tpwombat 8 месяцев назад

Absolutely awesome. Thank you so much for this!

@magikalight249 3 месяца назад

Thank you for these wonderful interviews ! Great work !

@lewi7275 Год назад

One of the best documentaries I’ve seen in a long time

@paulnolan1352 Год назад

Excellent!. Boy, that takes me back!. A very popular and ahead of its time show that oozed excitement. Thanks for the memories.

@bhbluebird Год назад

I loved this show as a kid. These are some great interviews.

@jamesmurray8558 Год назад

Thank you for this mature show.

@scofair5551 Год назад

I loved and still love Ayshea. So futuristic. Great seeing Ayshea.

@stendec-dd3he Год назад

One of the best, it always will be.

@ktmstardis6946 Год назад

Thanks for posting this & to all the lovely ladies of Shado. Fantastic series, loved every minute of it including all the characters & plots. I'm 61 years old & have a model UFO & Interceptor on my living room wall stand (dare I say also next to a Dalek & Cyberman)

@spiffer27 Год назад

Brilliant documentary. UFO is my favourite of all the Gerry Anderson shows.

@CardiffOneOne Год назад

This documentary originally featured on the UFO Blu Ray set a few years ago but nice to see it getting a RU-vid release.

@michaellord9 Год назад

amazing how this takes me back, together with all my enjoyment and love for this series

@gaius_enceladus Год назад

Awesome series! Everything from the costumes, the actors and actresses (especially them!) and the great theme music! The women *still* look great!

@THEFORBIDDENMAN-lk7of Год назад

THANKS GIRLS YOU WERE AHEAD OF YOUR TIME AND YOU GREAT TO WATCH BLESS YA ALL

@meljen8592 2 месяца назад

I remember UFO fondly,still dip into it now,it was years ahead of its time,a marvellous series.

@anthonyparkinson4517 Год назад

Gabrielle - Hot as hell AND Nick Drake's sister! Icon.

@The.Last.Guitar.Hero. Год назад

she's so posh we makes her even more of a crush

@clasicradiolover Год назад

I remember this show. The part that stood out to me as a little boy was Stryker"s car with the gul wing doors and the purple wigs

@nicholasstark182 Год назад

UFO was a fantastic show - great documentary!

@adonisnetworks Год назад

I've never seen this show , since I was born well after the air date , amazed at the digital mastering from the original film .it's such a clean transfer !!

@MartysWhiteSuit Год назад

Really enjoyed this programme. I was - and still am - a great fan of the series and agree that the women had strong roles in a very different era. Oh, and Ayesha, so candid.

@SeppukuOH Год назад

Loved this show as a kid! What a great video!! Would love to see more of this!

@annakeye Год назад

I was a little kid when this was on and I was at once both excited and often terrified by it. I've rewatched it since and it doesn't quite elicit that response in me but I still absolutely loved it. That and 'Space 1999'. Add into this Star Trek and Dr Who and I was a pre-adolescent, sci-fi fiend. I loved the characters and the imaginings of how people may dress and interact in the future. What a great channel. Subbed.

@tempest411 9 месяцев назад

I had never heard of this show until a few years ago, finding some segments here on YT. It has an unmistakable charm and is very entertaining.

@paultodd7806 Год назад

At the grand old age of 65 I watched from a young boy super car, then Fireball XL5, Stingrays, Thunderbirds, Capt Scarlet, Joe 90, Secret Service and by the time UFO came on I was a teenager. There wasn’t a female on UFO that I and my school mates didn’t have a crush on “putting it politely” I still believe that Wanda is still an overlooked and under cherished British actress. Still a fantastic show👍

@helmethead72 Год назад

We were lucky to be born when we were. Agree with every word you said.

@Man_from_UNCLE 8 месяцев назад

Can beat you by 2 years having just crocked up 67 years. Fully agree with your sentiments - loved the other two girls on the Bridge with Lt Ellis, but I forget their names now.

@jamesthecat Год назад

Brilliant fun, thank you!

@kenchapman2126 10 месяцев назад

lovely ladies ,a great cast,I was a young teenager at the time and loved everything about the series’s,wish I could go back and fall in love with it all all over again,god bless you all.

@richard63 Год назад

Thank you for posting. As a pre teen I always had a place in my heart for Virginia Lake ( Wanda ).

@remy7009 Год назад

The String Vests were an Undergarment as part of an RAF Firefighters Crash Kit whilst on Fire Duties 🔥 All Gerry Andersons series were part of my Childhood ❤

@stephenchappell7512 Год назад

Gerry Anderson himself was ex Raf

@johnsuffill6520 Год назад

Loved this show back in the day and still do. BTW Wanda Ventham (Colonel Virginia Lake) is the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch. She and her husband (Timothy Carlton) played the mother and father of Sherlock Holmes, which was of course played by their real life son.