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Object Z (1965)
What I remember
In the first episode (the only one still in existence), a meteor 6 miles across has been spotted and is heading for a possible head on collision with Earth in 6 weeks time. The PM breaks the news to Britain. Scientists plan to build a large rocket with a 400 megaton atomic warhead which they believe may deflect the meteor but it will need cooperation between Britain, America and Russia.
As episode followed episode, a good level of suspense was kept up about the possible destruction of the Earth and the building of the new rocket and warhead, both more powerful than anything previously built. Finally in the last episode, it was revealed that it had all been a hoax by Doctor (not Professor) Ramsay and other scientists and observatories around the world to try and end the cold war by uniting the world against a common threat. There was also a faked nuclear explosion on Earth, where false evidence was planted.
As the last episode draws to a close, it is revealed that a real meteor has been discovered on a collision course with Earth, and this one is not a hoax. In Object Z Returns, as the other meteor nears Earth, the Earth cools down and snow and ice is widespread across the world. It is revealed that this is not a meteor but something directed by an alien intelligence. Desperately scientists around the world try to contact them, to tell them about the damage they are doing to the world. They finally do so and this Object Z heads again out into deep space.
Oggy et les Cafards (1997)
Absolutely brilliant cartoons. I wish there were more.
Anyone who does not like this show must have the sense of humour of a cockroach. These cartoons are brilliant. Thanks to three positively satanic cockroaches, life is anything but simple for Oggy and his red-neck cousin Jack. In a house with endless rooms, corridors and staircases which go on and on, chaos abounds in full speed chase scenes as Oggy rushes after the cockroaches. Skates are trod on and Oggy falls down hundreds of stairs, bazooka missiles are fired, huge weights are dropped and dynamite explodes. Plots have Oggy changed into a cockroach, sent into the internet, a new Ice Age occurs when a fridge door is left open and ends when it is casually shut again, a super-bouncy material ends up bouncing their house to the Moon, a new insecticide instead of killing cockroaches makes endless copies of them, and so on. The show is packed with a helter-skelter of gags around these five likable characters who, like Tom and Jerry, are given real depth. Five volumes, each containing twelve episodes each came out on DVD in 2003 (in English).