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Saturday Morning Press Books aims to focus on dramas forgotten, and some not so forgotten television series and serials from the long distant past.
Coming in 2025, 'A for Andromeda' (1961), a stunning seven part serial, combining the cutting edge science of its day - radio astronomy, genetic engineering, computers, orbital satellites, and fascinated a constantly growing audience. The book details the storyline and examines the ideas behind each episode. It is brimming with technology, political greed, military desperation, and a story as old as the Bible - a message from the heavens. But in who's interest was it sent? The book will also focus on the less successful 'The Andromeda Breakthrough', making the two stories one long serial.
In 2025, Saturday Morning Press will come to Substack where you can read long articles on lost series and serials such as 'Compact' (1962-5), the show audiences loved, and everyone else loathed. Ever wanted to know what happened in the two 1962 science fiction serials The Monsters and The Big Pull? You will soon. I also aim to make available research which couldn't find a home, or wasn't suitable as a book even for my discerning customers. The Escape of RD7? 199 Park Lane?
Details soon.