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The Infinity team bring you news on your favourite TV shows and movie franchises, including Arthur Askey in drag (calm down, dear) and a fond farewell to Tom O’Connor, one of our most treasured game show hosts

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IN THE NEXT OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD ISSUE OF INFINITY

ISSUE 40 LANDING 30.09.21

LIFT -OFF TO ADVENTURE!

Countdown was a phoenix from the ashes of TV21, but this early ’70s Gerry Anderson-based TV comic would soon morph into an exciting showcase for telly ‘tecs and crimebusters, as Alistair McGown reports…

MARVELS IN MINIATURE

DinkyToysweredie-castminiaturevehicles producedbyMeccanoLtdfromtheirfactory inBinnsRoadinLiverpool.JamesKerrlooks backattheDinkycompanythatbecame verybigindeedwithmodelcollectors…

MODEL BEHAVIOUR

Our resident modelling expert Andy Pearson admits he discovered plastic model aircraft as a gateway drug. Then he got into some serious glue-sniffing…

GREEN FOR DANGER!

They didn’t buzz through Gotham city like Batman and Robin, but The Green Hornet and Kato had their share of adventures. Mark Phillips looks back on why the 1966 series didn’t match the success of TV’s caped crusaders…

Savages, Space Outlaws, and Star Cops…

Richard Molesworth concludes a two-part interview with accomplished British television screenwriter, script editor and novelist Chris Boucher, who worked on such shows as Doctor Who, Blake’s 7, Shoestring, Bergerac, The Bill and Star Cops…

“There used to be a real me, but I had it surgically removed!”

Robert Ross celebrates the comedy genius of Peter Sellers, a complex man famed for his astonishing range of characters…

INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE HOOKER!

Pat Jankiewicz interviews Suzanne Charny, the vampire lady who put the bite on Kolchak: The Night Stalker!

FILMING NEMO PART ONE

Prepare for vintage underwater thrills as Gregory Kulon looks back at the many screen versions of Jules Verne’s fantasy classics 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, plus a bunch of waterlogged competitors!

THE SQUARE, POTTY WORLD OF MICHAEL BENTINE

A founding member of The Goon Show on BBC radio, Michael Bentine’s offbeat, surreal humour entertained children of all ages, as M.J. Simpson recalls…