The latest news on the 15-17 July 2011 Hollywood Show is that the show will have a Poseidon Adventure gathering with Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea and Ernie Orsatti (Saturday only) in attendance. Also scheduled to attend is veteran television actor Joseph Ruskin who guest starred in several Irwin Allen shows, Stefan Arngrim (Land of the Giants), Julie Adams (star of Code Red), Leif Garrett who starred in the TVM Flood, Peter Mark Richman (Land of the Giantsand Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea), and Land of the Giants guest stars Richard Anderson (Six Hours to Live) and Bruce Dern (Wild Journey).   This will be Eric Shea’s first ever appearance at an autograph show.  Note that no celebrities will be there on Friday 15th.

The time has finally arrived.  The Time Tunnel is now available as a complete DVD box set and to celebrate, here is the promo video from Revelation Films.

Thursday 28th April (eve of the Royal Wedding) is Irwin Allen Night in London!  Sci-Fi-London are holding a free all night Irwin Allen screening event as part of their Sci-Fi-London Festival.  You can register for free by visiting the following web page:

Sci-Fi-London Irwin Allen All-night Registration

Just register your details and give your name on arrival (take a copy of the registration email if you can).  We have sent a box of goodies over to Sci-Fi-London at the Apollo Cinema for attendees to read and share.

Sci-Fi-London tell us that there will be free tea and coffee at the Apollo cinema and you will also be able to purchase snacks.  There will be 15 minute breaks between screenings and the all-nighter will end around 8am on Friday morning.  Smokers will be able to get outside during the breaks.  Remember that London transport may be very busy on Friday morning due to visitors arriving for the Royal Wedding.

A new addition this week is the Jeff Summers showcase gallery.  Jeff has created some inspirational art using MarkM Models builds.  In addition, he has also sent us some excellent Time Tunnel concept art.

Jeff Summers Showcase

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.