Spode Portmeirion Group's factory in Stoke-on-Trent. Spode's "Christmas Tree" is a popular pattern of Christmas china collected by people around the world. Though Spode began making china in the late 1700s, it wasn't until the 1930s that the Christmas pattern was created. The collection started with only a plate, but now includes place settings, serving dishes and even flatware. Spode Spode is an English brand of pottery and homewares produced by the company of the same name, which is based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Spode was founded by Josiah Spode (1733–1797) in 1770, and was responsible for perfecting two extremely important techniques
The Name of the Game (TV series) writing credits on the series, and served as story editor for the third-season Robert Stack episodes. Segment Producers / Executive Producers included David Victor ("The Man From U.N.C.L.E." etc.), Dean Hargrove ("U.N.C.L.E.," "Perry Mason Returns," "Diagnosis Murder" etc.), Gene L. Coon ("Star Trek" etc.), and Leslie Stevens ("The Outer Limits," "Mystery Movies" etc.) The Universal Studios headquarters building was used for the exterior shots of the "Howard Publications" building. The show's opening graphic used each actor's name, zoomed out to form a line drawing of the face of each of the primary stars in turn, with the face each time