By the time the modern series was being planned, the real world was well into the eponymous time period of the first book.
Those four games were the only games before the modern series began.
Most episodes in the modern series featured actors with name recognition from their previous film and TV work.
That began the modern series of regular world contests.
In women's basketball, West Virginia leads the modern series, begun in 1975, 25-18.
The Sweeney was the first really modern police-based series on British television.
The Choctaws currently lead the modern series 7-5, giving them an advantage of 31-14-6 all-time.
These characters appeared more frequently in the original series than the modern series.
The modern series began in 1988 and has been played annually except in 1995-96.
Keyano College has grown to become a modern series of buildings on many campuses.