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Witness History: Star Trek - The Early Years

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Star Trek - The Early Years

07/09/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Star Trek - The Early Years

In September 1966 the cult American science fiction series first went on air.

On 8 September 1966 the cult American science fiction series first went on air. It was not an immediate hit with audiences. Herb Solow, the original producer of the series, spoke to Ashley Byrne about how the first Star Trek was made.

(Photo: Left to right, William Shatner as Captain James T Kirk, DeForest Kelley as Dr Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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