Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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. It lists both the TV episodes and the 1960s audio plays by Century 21 Records, along with their adaptations.
Gerry Anderson, series co-creator. Thunderbirds was the fifth series to be co-created by Gerry Anderson and filmed by his production company APF, whose studios were located on the Slough Trading Estate. Pitched in 1963, the series was commissioned by Lew Grade of ITC, APF's parent company, following the commercial success of Stingray. [19] [23]
Region 1 DVDs were released by North American distributor A&E Home Video in 2001, with a "Complete Series" box set following in 2002; it was re-released in slimmer packaging in 2008. The same year, Thunderbirds was released, both in instalments and as a box set, on Blu-ray Disc in the UK. [34]
"Sun Probe" was the fourth episode of Thunderbirds to enter production. [1] The story was devised by Gerry Anderson as a means of introducing Thunderbird 3, which had not been featured in any of the early scripts for the series. [3] "Sun Probe" marks the first vocal contributions of Matt Zimmerman (the voice of Alan Tracy) to the series. [4]
Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation which uses technologically‑advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The lead characters are ex‑astronaut Jeff Tracy , founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary vehicles: the Thunderbird ...
The launch sequence was not the stock footage used in earlier episodes, but a newer version recycled from the feature film Thunderbirds Are Go, which was released the same month "Give or Take a Million" first aired. [1] Nicky's toys were actual Thunderbirds merchandise produced by company J. Rosenthal (Toys) Ltd. [2]
Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation that uses technologically-advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The lead characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary vehicles: the Thunderbird machines.
In 1982, the New York branch of ITC paired the episode with the Series Two instalment "Atlantic Inferno" (also written by Fennell) to create the Thunderbirds compilation film Countdown To Disaster. The episode was subsequently serialised by Fennell and Keith Page in issues nine to eleven of Fleetway's Thunderbirds: The Comic, published in 1992.