thank you bingley and Paul, as i said at the start, even though i was vaguely familiar with the movies, (i have seen one, and well it just didn't send me) it was from long ago and at first i didn't even recognize the "centrilians" and know what was being talked about on the tv show.

i didn't realize they were post WWII movies.. the seemed very dated (perhaps set in earlier times?)when i saw them.

my ex was a true anglophile, and this was something he wanted to watch -- (i watched too, but with less interest at the time)