London: 1999
A 50th Anniversary Celebration
September 11 – 17, 2024
London: 1999
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Space: 1999
We are honored to be hosting this historic event, which will include an incredible array of your favorite celebrities, writers, producers, directors, visual effects wizards, and key behind-the-scenes personnel.
We’ll have a wide variety of programming to enjoy, with recollections of working on the series from your favorite celebrities, plus autographs and photo-ops that’ll create lasting memories!
There will also be an amazing exhibit or original props, models, set-pieces and costumes in our exclusive screen-used props & museum area, world-premiere presentations, a dealers/vendor room, VIP access, charity auctions and a few other very special surprises you won’t want to miss!
We’ll also be visiting famous filming locations used throughout the series like Pinewood Studios, Black Park, SFX facility Bray Studios and others during our excursions and day-trips.
London: 1999 – A 50th Anniversary Celebration will proudly welcome fans and aficionados from around the world from September 11th to 17th, 2024 – hard to believe, but that’ll be exactly 50 years after filming the episode Death’s Other Dominion. Maybe we’ll even invite Brian Blessed!!
In following a long tradition of charitable work in the name of Space: 1999, we are proud to be raising money for the Alzheimer’s Research Centre, in memory of Gerry Anderson.
Celebrity Guests
With the incredible success of our Destination: Moonbase Alpha virtual events in 2021 & 2022, we were able to lay the groundwork for an incredible array of your favorite stars and personalities to join us in London. We hope to have one of the largest line-ups in Space: 1999 convention history, and there’s been a lot of early interest in attending.
The guests and panelists who took part in these events have already been given a ‘save-the-date’ reminder, and we’ll update this section as soon as we begin getting final confirmations…. be watching this space for announcements very soon!
***BREAKING NEWS*** Yasuko Nagazumi has graciously accepted our invitation to join our celebrations in London next September!!
News
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The darling of the base – Yasuko Nagazumi joins us in London next year!!
Ms. Nagazumi is very excited to be traveling all the way from her new (old) home in Tokyo, Japan to to spend time with the fans, but also to visit her daughter Miki, who lives in London as well! This will be Yasuko’s first visit to the UK since 2017.
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EXCLUSIVE – The Martin Landau ‘U-Matic’ Episode Archive!
Featuring early versions of many episodes which pre-date their world premieres by several months. These were Mr. Landau’s own personal copies, transferred from original film prints to this 1970’s professional grade 3/4″ cassette format. We were fortunate enough to obtain these before they were discarded, and we’re pleased to share our journey of discovery with…
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BREAKING NEWS on Breakaway Day – first guest announcement!! Mr. Gianni Garko (Tony Cellini) from Dragon’s Domain is coming to London!!
LIVE from Rome, Italy this morning! Please welcome Gianni Garko to London for our celebrations. Mr. Garko has been a featured guest on our last two virtual events, and we are over-the-moon to be hosting him. As announced last visit, work has already begun on translating author Michele Tetro’s long out of print Italian prequel…
Hotel
Join us at the beautiful Radisson RED Hotel London Heathrow
- This 4+ Star facility will be our home as we plan our weekend’s events. This location will have easy access upon landing and is a short 20-30 minute shuttle ride away.
- Take a virtual tour: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=VC1y7RyV7P7
Booking info
Destination – Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre London Heathrow
- Room Rate: £136.00
- Use promo code: DMBA23
- Includes complimentary buffet-style breakfast
Available dates: September 9th – September 19th, 2024
- Add the hotel name in the Destination section (Radisson Hotel & Conference Centre London Heathrow)
- Add your arrival and the departure date
- Select the promotional code option in selected rates. Your promotional code is DMBA23
For any questions, please contact our M&E department at +44 (0)20 82832030.
Tickets
- 3-day weekend pass – £200.00
- Friday, Saturday & Sunday day-passes – £75.00
- Weekend family pass (2-adults + children under 18) – £500.00
- Banquet ticket – £60.00
- Day-trips: £35.00 each x 4
- Day-trip bundle – £125.00
- Supporting membership: £75.00 (May be converted to a day-pass or applied to weekend pass access)
Please note: price increases will take effect January 1st, 2024. Supporting membership purchase will guarantee 2023 rates.
Important Paypal info: please specify in comments section the quantities or ticket configuration you’re purchasing, plus please include names, address and email of all parties attending. All sales final!
Schedule
We are pleased to present a programming schedule which covers all areas of interest for the most devoted Space: 1999 fan, right down to casual viewers. Details regarding panel discussions, Q&A’s, autographs and photo-ops will released closer to the event, but we do have a general overview of things including the day-trips we have planned. (See tickets) As always, Human Decision Required.
- Wednesday, September 11th: optional day-trip to The National Film And Sci-Fi Museum in Milton Keynes (£35.00 travel fee applies)
- Thursday, September 12th: optional day-trip into the greater London area to discover famous historical sites and locales (£35.00 travel fee applies)
- Friday, September 13: regular convention programming
- Saturday, September 14th: regular convention programming
- Sunday, September 15th: regular convention programming
- Monday, September 16th: optional day-trip to Pinewood Studios and Black Park (£35.00 travel fee applies)
- Tuesday, September 17th: optional day-trip to Bray Studios (£35.00 travel fee applies)
- Wednesday, September 18th – 20th: optional journey to Portmeirion in North Wales to visit The Village, home of the famous filming locations used in the classic ITC series The Prisoner. (Travel costs at participants expense)
Please note: day-trips and final locations may vary and are weather dependent.
Gallery
Team
Our Alphan Crew
Since our inception in 2019, there’s been multiple individuals who’ve contributed their time and efforts to make things a reality for all of us. If we’ve overlooked anyone, please reach out to us and we’ll gladly add you to the list!
Many thanks are due to the following fine folks – we couldn’t have gotten this far without you: Suzie Landau, David Hirsch, Catherine Bujold, Robbie Perchaluk, Robert Wood, Darrell Simmonds, Martin Willey, Jim Winch, Jeffrey Morris, Darren Peters, Heather Laird, Pam Daly, Paxton Young, Mike Daly, Andrew Frampton, Jamie Anderson, Andy Starks, Alex Stankevitch, Paul Stankevitch, Cameron Just, Hilton Fitzsimmons, Chris Potter, Rosie Badgett, Tim Urton, Josh Johnson, Catherine Reilly-Cuglietta, Katy Nichols, Nick Williams, Chris Paulsen, Tim Mallet, Mateo Latosa, Giuseppe Turdo, Robert Farrugia, Sue Cole, Claudia Combs, Darryn Holbrow, David Sisson, Simon Rhodes, Chloe Carstensen, Zachary Townsend, Steve Walker, Anthony Wynn, Charlene Scott, Mark Bergen, Guy Laird, Chris Trice, Geoffrey Mandel, Kelly Craig, Bill Altenburg, Jason Joiner, Mike & Debbie Reader, Mark Shaw, Chris Thompson, Chris Bentley, Eston Dunn, Wally & Pat Friedrich, THE CALGARY CREW and Arra.
We are thrilled to be hosting everyone next year!!
Committee Heads,
Roy Bjellquist
Warren Friedrich
See you next year for Breakaway Day, 2024!!
Commlocks & Communications
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…..there be dragons!!