Ken Netzel’s amazing robot collection was recently showcased on the WGRZ channel with particular attention paid to his full scale Lost in Space Robot.

Watch WGRZ segment at Ken’s Home

Not only does the Land of the Giants theme feature in the Boxing Day airing of the new Stephen Fry and Christopher Eccleston version of The Borrowers, but we’ve also spotted recent television commercials using the giant and little people concept.

Alan Carr’s New Year Spectacular for Channel 4 this year is being promoted in advance with a giant Alan Carr standing by Big Ben.

You can also see the little people theme being used in quit smoking campaign commercials.

Land of the Giants just got a mention on the BBC Breakfast Show during a discussion on the new adaptation of The Borrowers, 7.30pm on Monday 26 December on BBC1.  The 90 minute movie stars Stephen Fry and the effects look excellent and the little people proportions and ideas are very reminiscent of Land of the Giants.

The Borrowers

They have definitely “borrowed” some ideas from Land of the Giants, see picture in following article:

Daily Telegraph Review

MeTV will be airing Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea in the US on Saturdays from 1st October 2011.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea airs on Saturdays at 12am on MeTV

Lost in Space airs on Saturdays at 8pm on MeTV

Stefan Arngrim was interviewed on The Late Show with Ian Collins on UK radio channel TalkSport on the night of 23/24 June 2011. You can listen to the interview at

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/listen-again/episode/38700

Click on the 0000-0030 time range and he was on at 00:20 (ie. 12.20am).

We have just received confirmation that Stefan Arngrim will be interviewed on The Late Show with Ian Collins on UK radio channel TalkSport at approximately 12.15am UK time (4.15pm PST) tonight.  There are a number of ways you can listen to the show:

TalkSport – How to listen

Irwin Allen’s works including Lost in Space and Time Tunnel were featured in the Science Fiction episode of “Pioneers of Television” which aired on the PBS Channel in the US on 18th January 2011.

Pioneers of Television

Note, video clip no longer available.

Irwin Allen’s works including Lost in Space and Time Tunnel will be featured in the upcoming Science Fiction episode of “Pioneers of Television” airing on the PBS Channel in the US on 18th January 2011.

Pioneers of Television

There is a great new show on the Syfy Channel at the moment called Hollywood Treasure.  It is a reality show about current and future auctions at Profiles in History.  Profiles in History is a highly regarded Hollywood auction company that has sold many famous Irwin Allen props and costumes.  Profiles in History has very kindly permitted us to showcase their Irwin Allen auctions in our galleries. The upcoming Hollywood Auction #43 (17-18 December 2010) features a number of Irwin Allen items.  More to follow on this shortly.  Hollywood Treasure airs on SyFy Channel, Wednesday night 10pm.

The “Science Fiction” episode of “Pioneers of Television” will focus predominantly on the series Lost in Space and Star Trek and will include interviews with several Lost in Space cast members. The show airs on Tuesday, 18th January 2011 at 7:00pm, US central time on PBS.