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Land of the Giants 1968 - 2008

Land of the Giants celebrates its 40th Anniversary on 22nd September 2008, exactly 40 years since the series first appeared on US television. Why not commemorate the day watching some of your favourite episodes!

For News on Giants related events and signings, please visit the Giants Convention Page.

SCOUTCON 2008

The Land of the Giants cast recently attended a fabulous new event called ScoutCon which was held on Saturday 24th May 2008 in Tampa, Florida. Attendees included: Gary Conway, Don Marshall, Deanna Lund, Don Matheson, Heather Young, as well as Don and Deanna's daughter Michele Matheson, Mark Goddard from Lost in Space, Malachi Throne (guest in several Irwin Allen productions), Barbara Luna (Five Weeks in a Balloon), Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea (stars of 2001: A Space Odyssey), Gil Gerard and Erin Grey (Buck Rogers), and Grace Lee Whitney and Sean Kenny (Star Trek).

Click here for the ScoutCon Convention Reports plus more pictures

LAND OF THE GIANTS DVD RELEASE

The special limited edition, complete 2 season box set of LAND OF THE GIANTS has arrived!

The box set is available from Amazon and marketplace sellers (see link below).

LAND OF THE GIANTS - Digital Download

US residents can now download LAND OF THE GIANTS digitally for personal viewing via Amazon.com:

Irwin Allen Night on the BBC, 3 January 2008

BBC Four (Freeview, BSkyB and Cable) is hosting an Irwin Allen Night on Thursday 3rd January 2008:

19:30 The Time Tunnel (Pilot episode)
20:15 Lost in Space
21:00 The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
22:30 Land of the Giants
23:15 Film: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
03:00 The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen

The Christmas Radio Times features a column discussing the evening (on page 212). Sadly, no pictures!

YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW STEFAN ARNGRIM

You are cordially invited to participate in an interview with Stefan. Details are on his Interview page.

LAND OF THE GIANTS VAULT
The Irwin Allen News Network and the Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive are proud to bring you the Irwin Allen Photo Vaults including a vault featuring rare Land of the Giants Photos from the MPTV archive.

DEANNA LUND'S MISSION

On learning of the devastation of the Katrina Hurricane, Deanna Lund and close friend Connie Stevens went on a mission to help those affected.

You can read Deanna's report here. Deanna has also included several photographs from her trip in her Katrina Effort Album.

IANN/GIANTS LOG FREE OFFER

The Irwin Allen News Network and Giants Log have been collecting Irwin Allen memorabilia, magazines, books for 35 years as well as producing fanzines, journals, information sheets, and much else over the years.

We are having a good clearout of spare items so that we have space to work on future projects, and are giving away many free items along with free memberships. Click here for details of this special offer and how to send return postage.

Chat with Fans

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KEVIN HAGEN (1928-2005)

Kevin Hagen passed away on Saturday 9th July 2005 from cancer. Kevin was best known in the Irwin Allen worlds as Inspector Kobick of the S.I.D. in Land of the Giants. He also guest starred in the other television shows.

For further information, the Fox news site has a tribute and biography. IANN and Giants Log will be paying tribute to Kevin. If you would like your tributes to be included, please them to us for inclusion.

IANN NEWS SITES

Irwin Allen News
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Lost in Space
The Time Tunnel
Land of the Giants

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