UFO ( and SPACE 1999, not by chance another Anderson-UK production ) show that low budget, non mainstream series (hollywood-wise) can have class and guts. They supplied with good acting & good plots to budget shortcomings, poor SFX etc. The most thrilling episodes (like "Confetti", portraying Straker's private life, upto his divorce & the tragic death of his son; or the last, "Responsibility seat", where Straker is absent & Freeman discovers how tough it is to be the boss; etc ) are not strictly tied to aliens & space battles, but to the character themselves...something i can't see it done with Star Wars characters like Leila or Hanakin: would anyone watch 2h movie without frills and effects only to deal with the character? I wouldn't. Some depict as shortcomings (eg the interceptors have just one missile; if they miss UFO rendez-vous by a second the UFO gets through to Earth, etc ) what was conversely trying to be realistic. Bishop & Billington recently died. I remember a second series was foreplanned in the 90's. The screenplay was ready and some producers were looking into it. Sewell & Bishop had said they would join upon request. Sadly, that wasn't a good cash cow in the producers' mind and it all got down the drain.
