The Sci-Fi-London Festival is holding an Irwin Allen all-night event on Thursday 28th April 2011 at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus.  The screenings start at 11.45pm.  Tickets are free and must be reserved in advance.  Episodes being shown are:

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Pilot Eleven Days to Zero

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Original Unaired Colour Pilot

The Time Tunnel Original Unaired Pilot Rendezvous with Yesterday

The Time Tunnel 2002 Remake

Land of the Giants Pilot The Crash

Land of the Giants Original Unaired Pilot

Note that the Irwin Allen night is being held on the eve of the Royal Wedding so transport in London may be pretty busy on the Friday, so allow extra time for returning home.

Sci-Fi-London Festival Website

The 15-17 July 2011 Hollywood Show will have a Poseidon Adventure gathering with Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens and Eric Shea in attendance. Also scheduled to attend is veteran television actor Joseph Ruskin who guest starred in several Irwin Allen shows.  This will be Eric Shea’s first ever appearance at an autograph show.

Lee Meriwether is appearing in a new one-woman show called Women of Spoon River from 28th January to 13th February at the Theatre West in Los Angeles.

Visit the Theatre West Website

We’ve learned today that the upcoming UK (PAL, Region 2) DVD releases will be single-sided DVDs, which is very good news.

The first DVDs will be in stores on 28th March 2011 with the rest following in June, September and November this year.

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.

The Time Tunnel Complete Series DVD Box Set is due to be released in the UK (PAL, Region 2) on 13th June 2011.  This set can now be pre-ordered on the UK Amazon web site.

Here is the latest release schedule for the exciting new UK PAL (Region 2) DVD releases coming to stores in 2011:

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea – Series One
Release Date: 28 March 2011
Cat No: PAR61560
Barcode: 5027182615605
DP: £27.23 | RRP: £39.99
Genre: Sci-Fi
Discs: 6 | Cert: TBC

Land Of The Giants – Series One
Release Date: 28 March 2011
Cat No: PAR61565
Barcode: 5027182615650
DP: £27.23 | RRP: £39.99
Genre: Sci-Fi
Discs: 6 | Cert: TBC

13 June 2011
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Series Two /  Land Of The Giants - Series
Two /  The Time Tunnel

12 September 2011
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Series Three

07 November 2011
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - Series Four

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

David Hedison and James Darren are Classic Sci-Fi guests at the 11-13 March Monster-Mania Con in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  Information courtesy of Diane Kachmar.

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.