Paul Maxwell

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Series of single made-for-television dramas.

1980年、人類は謎の円盤UFOによる異星人の地球侵略に対し、秘密裏に地球防衛組織「SHADO(Supream Headquarter Alien Difence Organization)」を結成。SHADOの司令部はイギリスにある映画会社の地下深くに建設され、ストレイカー司令の下、月面に建造されたムーンベースと、核弾頭を搭載したインターセプター。衛星軌道上に配置された早期警戒コンピュータ衛星S.I.D。世界で最も進んだ潜水艦で、前部に超音速戦闘機スカイ1を搭載した潜水艇スカイダイバーなどの数々の防衛兵器で日夜謎の円盤UFOによる地球侵略に対抗していた。

クルーゾーに振り回されっぱなしで精神に異常をきたしていた上司のドレフュスが病院を脱走、世界的物理学者を誘拐して物質消滅兵器を開発した。国連ビルが消滅するのを目の当たりにした各国首脳はドレフュスの要求を受け、クルーゾー暗殺のために殺し屋を派遣する。そんな騒ぎを知ってか知らずか、のん気にドイツのビール祭にやってきたクルーゾーだが、殺し屋たちは勝手に全滅。ドレフュスの秘密基地に甲冑姿で忍び込んだクルーゾーは見事にドレフュスを“消滅"させ、ロシアの美人スパイ・オルガと一緒にゴージャスなベッドに飛び込んだ……。

冷凍睡眠のまま宇宙を漂流していたリプリーは奇跡的に宇宙船に救出される。地球に戻った彼女は貨物船で起こったエイリアンによる恐ろしい出来事を語る。リプリーが漂流していた間にエイリアンを発見した小惑星は地球の殖民惑星となっていた事を知りエイリアン殲滅を訴える。しかしエイリアンを兵器として利用したい企業に拒まれてしまう。その時小惑星より連絡が途絶えたことからアメリカ海兵隊が住民救出に向かうが同乗したリプリーの話をまともに聞かなかった兵士達だが、凶悪生命体エイリアンを目の当たりにし一気に追い詰められてゆく。