Production Order

Yes its a really good book. It starts off with how the pilot came about and a brief biog of Ben and Pete and then goes into each episode giving a brief precis along with filming dates, director, guest stars etc. After the precis it gives additional info about the filmimg of that episode including changes to storylines etc. It has a chapter devoted to the events surrounding Pete's death and a biog of Roger. It concludes with details of the cancellation and updates on what Ben and Roger have been upto since. It's a very good read.I have referred to it frequently especially after watching particular episodes to check something that I have wondered about.

I have always loved this series since I first watched it as an 11year old in 1971, have the novels based on the series, the annuals, theme tune on 45 etc. I was so excited and pleased when the season 1 DVD was released and then bought the region 1 seasons 2&3 when it became apparent that they would not be available as region 2. I love that a book like this avialable and that people are still interested in this series. With all the junk that is constantly repeated again and again here in the UK I don't know an excellent shiow like this hasn't been shown more recently. Incidentally, the book says that AS&J was at the time and still remains the BBCs most successful import.