Surprisingly EAGLE has a connection to the Eurovision Song Contest through the PC 49 and Dan Dare writer, Alan Stranks, who was also an accomplished writer of song lyrics. He wrote the lyrics for Britain's first ever entry in the competition, in 1957. The song All was sung by Patricia Bredin and it finished seventh of the ten entries. The competition was held in Frankfurt. Among Alan's other songs are the lyrics to Cuckoo Waltz, Love Steals Your Heart and No Orchids for My Lady, which was recorded by Frank Sinatra. Alan's work on Dan Dare began with Prisoners of Space in 1954 and continued until his untimely death in 1959. He also wrote the strips Mark Question and Marvell of M.I.5. He is the father of Susan Stranks, who presented the popular children's TV series Magpie from its launch in 1968 until 1974.
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