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Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment. It was filmed between 1964 and 1966 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry called "Supermarionation" combined with scale model special effects sequences.
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Originally planned as a series of half-hour episodes the Thunderbirds format was expanded to a full hour on the orders of ITC head Lew Grade, who was extremely impressed by what he saw in the opening episode, Trapped in the Sky. Right from the start the series promised and delivered action and spectacle on the scale of a feature film, and continued...
The show’s format of disasters and rescues enabled the writers to come up with more exciting and action-packed scenarios than ever before, with the special effects and model department then realising those ideas on a scale that even today still stands as some of the best work ever produced for television. Along with dynamic vocal performances from ...
Thunderbirds was now an international phenomenon, and it only made sense to transfer that success to the big screen. 1966 saw the release of the movie Thunderbirds are Go, which was expected to be a box office sensation…but things didn’t turn out that way. Alongside the film a second season of the television series was being shot, but this was to b...
Thunderbirds had come to a sudden and unexpected end, but the exploits of International Rescue were not over yet. A second feature film, Thunderbird 6, was to follow in 1968, albeit to similar public indifference as the first, yet the television series continued to endure in the memories of fans. Over the next 20 years nostalgia continued to grow a...
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This is an episode guide for Thunderbirds, a British Supermarionation television series produced by AP Films (later named Century 21 Productions) from 1964 and first broadcast on the ITV network in 1965 and 1966.
No. OverallNo. In SeriesTitleDirected By [4]112233David Elliott44Thunderbirds: Created by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson. With Sylvia Anderson, Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer. In 2065, the Tracy family, operating as International Rescue, use their advanced Thunderbirds machines to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations.
- (5.2K)
- 1965-09-30
- Action, Adventure, Family
- 50
Set in either 2026 or 2065 (Depending on who you believe), Thunderbirds tells the story of the top-secret lifesaving organization International Rescue, headed by millionaire and former astronaut Jeff Tracy and based at Tracy Island, located somewhere in the greater South Pacific.
Jun 10, 2016 · The comic prequel of the Thunderbirds story from the 1990s Thunderbirds comics - reviewed and dissected by Chris Thompson for the Gerry Anderson blog.
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Jan 10, 2024 · Start date: Sep 1965. End date: Dec 1966. Status: cancelled/ended. Network (s): ITV (UK) Run time: 60 min. Episodes: 32 eps. Genre (s): Animated, Children, Espionage. Credits: regulars: Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy. Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy. David Graham as Brains. Ray Barrett as John Tracy. Christine Finn as Tin-Tin Kyrano.
