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Space: 1999

1975–1977ITVSci-Fi

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The most confident opening Gerry Anderson ever made: a burst of brass, then a rapid-fire montage of clips from the episode you are about to watch, so no two broadcasts were identical.

Space: 1999 rebuilt its titles: two distinct opening sequences are catalogued here across seasons 1–2, running between 58 and 68 seconds.

It arrived on ITV in 1975, when The Sooty Show, The Big Match and Rainbow were also on the network.

Only 139 of the 2,618 shows catalogued here changed their titles at all; Space: 1999 did so once.

2 sequences38th most looked up of 151 in the 1970sIMDb ↗
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All 2 opening title sequences

Season 1

68s

The first series' titles, from Gerry Anderson's own channel. The middle section was re-cut for every episode, so this is one instance of a sequence that never repeated exactly.

Season 2

58s

Year Two, rebuilt with a new theme and a faster edit after the production was retooled.

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