FYEO recommends these World Wide Web sites
Cinema Retro – Updated daily with the latest news, fascinating photos and surprising treats for fans of classic film and television. And while on site, be sure to subscribe to Cinema Retro magazine for in-depth coverage of the great adventure movies of the 1960s and 1970s (including the U.N.C.L.E. movies in a new story each issue written by FYEO editor Craig Henderson — back issues are going fast).
The Film Music Society – Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of music written for motion pictures and television. This non-profit group includes many leading composers among its members, and its Web site features numerous contributions from noted film music expert Jon Burlingame, producer of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. soundtracks and other acclaimed albums.
The Classic TV History Blog – A joy for TV fans who have a genuine love of the programs from television’s first two decades and the people who made them, with insightful reviews, interviews and musings by writer Stephen Bowie. Look for his visit with talented actress and screenwriter Leigh Chapman, who played U.N.C.L.E. secretary Sarah Johnson and wrote for Burke’s Law, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible, It Takes a Thief and others.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Fans From U.N.C.L.E. (the site for same)
The story behind the U.N.C.L.E. Car
David McDaniel and the Ace Books U.N.C.L.E. novels
The U.N.C.L.E. Episode Guide, the longest-running of all U.N.C.L.E. sites
All about the U.N.C.L.E. Gun and how to obtain your very own functioning replica
Chevy’s Bewitching Bonanza – A rare and little-known treat for U.N.C.L.E. fans, as well as lovers of Bonanza, Bewitched and 1965 Chevrolets!
Solovision (All about Messrs. Solo and Vaughn)
David McCallum Fans Online (Ditto for McCallum and Illya)
U.N.C.L.E. Image Library (hundreds of frame grabs from all 105 episodes, taken from the DVDs)
U.N.C.L.E. Reviews (a review of every episode, collected here for those who missed their original weekly appearance on the Channel D discussion group)
James Bond 007
Some of the leading sites (there are, of course,
many more of widely varying quality)
James Bond.com a/k/a 007.com – the official studio site (and therefore nowhere near as interesting as the best
fan sites)
Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. (official site of the holders
of Ian Fleming’s copyrights)
The Ian Fleming Foundation (devoted to the preservation
of Bond and Fleming artifacts)
007 Magazine (longtime official publication of the James Bond International Fan Club, now, sad to say, on-line only)
The new James Bond International Fan Club
Commander Bond.net (constantly updated and bristling
with all the latest on Bond’s world)
The HMSS Weblog covers Bond and the many other popular spies of past and present
Dr. Shatterhand’s Botanical Garden (for the true Bond
fan who understands that reference)
Thunderball Obsessional (the title says it all)
MI6, Home of James Bond (more snappy coverage
of all things Bond)
Museums and Reference Sources
The International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
Danny Biederman’s Spy-Fi Archives
Archive of American Television interviews with series stars
and creators
Museum of Broadcast Communications entry for spy shows
Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence and Security on-line reference
Dealers
Scifispy Magazines – eBay store catering to spy fans and
others, operated by Larry Charet, owner for 30 years of
Chicago’s legendary Larry’s Books and Comics Store and
its catalogue operation
Spyguise – long-established dealers in all sorts of spy movie
and TV memorabilia
The Spy Boys – makers of fine spy-prop replicas
Real Spies
The activities, offices, personnel and very existence of some of these agencies were once Top Secret. Now they all have their own public Web sites.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Reconnaissance Office
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
MI6: British Secret Intelligence Service
FSB: Russian Security Service (only in Russian, unfortunately)
Mossad (in English!)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (available in English
and French)
