Spode Under the name 'Spode Ltd' the same factories and business was continued after 1970. In 2006, the business merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered administration on 6 November 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group on 23 April 2009. On 23 April 2009, Portmeirion Pottery purchased their rival Royal Worcester and Spode brands, together with some of the stock, after they had been placed into administration the previous November. The purchase did not include Royal Worcester or Spode manufacturing facilities. Many items in Spode's Blue Italian and Woodland ranges are now made at
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) On March 26, 2012, they released "Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Complete Collection", a 31-disc set featuring all 110 episodes of the series as well as bonus features. In Region 4, Madman Entertainment released the first two seasons on DVD in Australia on August 20, 2014. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is an American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the movie's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, and sometimes footage,