So here I am, lighting my torch, metaphorically, and physically, for the thirty-second time, with a little reminder everyone that tonight in 1993, at 9 p.m. (but only in the USA) the first ever episode of The X Files was shown on television.

And hi to everyone "out there" who`s going to watch that episode, oddly just entitled "Pilot", all over again, tonight.

Its always worth doing, too......

#1990s #XFiles #XFilesDay #1993 #Television #CultTelevision

V is a two-part 1983 US alien invasion sci-fi TV mini-series. Flying saucers arrive on Earth. The aliens appear to be friendly. Appearances can be deceptive. The special effects have a very 80s arcade game look. Fairly entertaining.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/10/v-tv-miniseries-1983.html

#culttv #culttelevision #80stv #1980stv #80stelevision #1980stelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #scifitelevision #sciencefiction #alieninvasion #alieninvasions

Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html

#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision

The 1967-68 UK TV series Man in a Suitcase takes the basic ITC action-adventure formula and adds a hardboiled flavour, real toughness, grittiness, plus seedy downmarket glamour. And more than a hint of film noir. The best of all the ITC series.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2016/02/man-in-suitcase-1967-68.html

#retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #ITC #spytv #spies #RichardBradford #BritishTV #Britishtelevision

Peter Leslie’s The Cornish Pixie Affair, from 1967, the fifth original novel based on the TV spy series The Girl from UNCLE starts with a murder in a circus (a setting that is used extremely well). Statuettes of pixies play a role. Enjoyable.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-girl-from-uncle-cornish-pixie-affair.html

#retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #Lexx #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #GirlfromUNCLE #spytv #spies #PeterLeslie

Lexx is of course the greatest scifi TV series ever made. It takes the established conventions of TV scifi and thoroughly stomps them. Crazy, stylish, sexy, sleazy, goofy, dark, wildly inventive, with no regard for good taste.

My season 2 review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/04/lexx-season-2-1998.html

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Five Red Herrings (1975), last and best of the superb BBC TV adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries starring Ian Carmichael (the definitive screen Lord Peter). Fine writing, great performances by the whole cast. Terrific.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2016/01/lord-peter-wimsey-five-red-herrings-1975.html

#70stv #1970stv #DorothyLSayers #Lord Peter Wimsey #1970stelevision #70stelevision #IanCarmichael #retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision

Three 1964 episodes of my favourite US anthology series, The Outer Limits. The Invisible Enemy has sand sharks on Mars. It's OK. Wolf 359 is excellent -scientists create a miniature world. I, Robot is quite good - a robot is tried for murder.

My reviews: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-outer-limits-three-season-2-episodes.html

#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #60stelevision #OuterLimits

Rod Serling's The After Hours, still my all-time favourite episode of The Twilight Zone. Has that wonderful subtle sense of slowly increasing unease. Great performance by Anne Francis. I've seen it many times and I like it more each time.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-twilight-zone-after-hours.html

#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #60stv #1960stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1960stelevision #80stelevision #RodSerling #TwilightZone #AnneFrancis

Voyagers! (1982) is a kids' sci-fi time travel series that plays fast and loose with history and is nothing more than a light-hearted adventure series. But it's lively and highly enjoyable.

My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/08/voyagers-1982.html

#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #80stv #1980stv #classictv #classictelevision #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #1980stelevision #80stelevision #timetravel