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UFO, Fireball XL5 and Stingray blast off with Big Finish!

By Chris Dale
5 days ago
in :  Audio, Merchandise, News
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Big Finish Productions have a bumper crop of upcoming productions based on classic Anderson productions, including another chance to grab two rare and out of print audio adventures! The SHADO team battle personal demons, menacing aliens and time itself in a brand new UFO box set of outer space full–cast audio adventures, released this week by Big Finish Productions. Originally …

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Fireball XL5 – 60th Anniversary Celebration Roundup!

By Chris Dale
October 27, 2022
in :  Anniversary, Article, Audio, Events, Feature, Merchandise, News
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To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fireball XL5 on Friday October 28th 2022 there’s a real boss collection of video events lined up throughout the day – and new merchandise ready on the launching rail! The second series to carry the Filmed in Supermarionation banner, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Fireball XL5 first aired in the UK in 1962 and ran …

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INTERVIEW: Thunderbirds versus the Hood – Meet the cast!

By Chris Dale
September 23, 2022
in :  Interview, Merchandise, News
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Thunderbirds versus the Hood is a brand new full-cast audio drama release coming soon on CD and download, featuring adaptations of two classic Thunderbirds comic stories; the Lady Penelope adventure The Vanishing Ray (from issues 44 to 51 of TV Century 21) and the Thunderbirds epic Brains is Dead (from issues 162 to 169 of TV21). The same creative cast …

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New Thunderbirds audio dramas: Thunderbirds Versus the Hood!

By Chris Dale
September 8, 2022
in :  Audio, Merchandise, News
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TV classic Thunderbirds is being revived for two new full-cast audio dramas! Created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, the original television series – filmed using a form of puppetry dubbed Supermarionation – aired 32 episodes between 1965 and 1966, charting the adventures of the life-saving organisation International Rescue. The team used a range of high-tech equipment to carry out their …

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Thunderbirds face Peril in Peru – pre-order on CD or download!

By Chris Dale
October 28, 2021
in :  Merchandise, News
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There are no strings attached in this latest Thunderbirds audio from Anderson Entertainment and Big Finish Productions, due for release in November 2021. Written by John Theydon and originally published under the title Calling Thunderbirds in 1966, the second Thunderbirds novel is now available to pre-order as a brand new, full cast audio adaptation! In Peril in Peru, Thunderbirds are go as International Rescue, Lady Penelope and Parker combat the Hood, …

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Thunderbirds: Peril in Peru – hardback novel and CD now available to pre-order!

By Chris Dale
September 30, 2021
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Written by John Theydon and originally published under the title Calling Thunderbirds in 1966, the second Thunderbirds novel is now available to pre-order in the Gerry Anderson Store as a hardback reprint and brand new full cast audio adaptation! In Peril in Peru, Thunderbirds are go as International Rescue, Lady Penelope and Parker combat the Hood, in a deadly quest …

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Stingray audio drama Operation Icecap now available to pre-order!

By Chris Dale
July 9, 2021
in :  Lost Worlds, Merchandise, News
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Anderson Entertainment are releasing two new audiobooks which will be distributed digitally by Big Finish. The first story, due at the end of July 2021, is Five Star Five: John Lovell and the Zargon Threat, adapted by Richard James from an unmade 1978 film script. Read by Robbie Stevens (New Captain Scarlet, Bernice Summerfield), this epic audiobook adventure takes place on the planet Kestra, where peace …

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The Century 21 mini albums range

By Chris Dale
April 24, 2021
in :  Feature, Merchandise, Music
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In 1965, the merchandising arm of AP Films entered into a partnership with Pye Records to establish a children’s audio label named Century 21 Records. Launching in October 1965, the label was one way fans could continue to enjoy Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet during that long week between new episodes (or, once the show went off the air, to fill …

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Thunderbirds – Terror from the Stars audiobook is GO!

By Chris Dale
April 11, 2021
in :  Feature, Merchandise, News
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It’s the news Thunderbirds fans of all ages have been waiting for. Parker and Lady Penelope, two of the best-loved characters from the hit 60s show, are back! Yes, Parker and Lady Penelope, along with the Tracy brothers, Jeff Tracy, the evil Hood and the brilliant Brains, can be heard again very soon in the first of an exciting new series of …

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Space:1999 volume one lifts off at Big Finish!

By Chris Dale
March 5, 2021
in :  Merchandise, News
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Space: 1999 – Volume 1 is now available as a collector’s edition box set (on CD at £19.99) and as a digital download (at £16.99), exclusively from www.bigfinish.com. The Moon has been sucked through a wormhole in space and has arrived countless miles away from its proper place. The crew of Moonbase Alpha can only guess at the resultant devastation …

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Gerry Anderson was born on 14 April 1929, and through a combination of skill and an incredible level of determination earned his first credit as a producer when he was still in his 20s. Years before the word ‘brand’ was popularly applied to television, Gerry’s name came to represent an inimitable style of entertainment that proved hugely successful around the world. From Fireball XL5 to Space: 1999, Captain Scarlet to Space Precinct, Supercar to Thunderbirds - he has become the UK's equivalent of Walt Disney. During the 1960s Gerry used puppetry to realise epic science fiction scenarios that would have been impossible to achieve in anything other than miniature scale. The names of the shows he produced during this era are familiar to millions, and continue to entertain audiences today. An incredible feat unsurpassed by any other British TV and film producer. As the optimism of the 1960s faded, Gerry Anderson created darker scenarios for the new decade. Live-action series UFO and Space: 1999 anticipated the accomplishments of Star Wars and are still regarded by many as his finest work. He was never content to stand still, and his programmes became increasingly diverse in the 1980s. He made a welcome return to puppetry for Terrahawks and brought the animated private detective Dick Spanner to the screen, while developing a parallel career as an award-winning director of sophisticated television commercials. In the 1990s he created and produced the lavish live-action series Space Precinct, before returning to children’s entertainment with the enchanting Lavender Castle. In 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to the British film industry. The astonishing New Captain Scarlet premièred in 2005, by which time Gerry (then 76) was long past the age when most people consider retiring. His enthusiasm for the next project, and his fascination for the latest technology, remained undimmed through much of his final illness. He passed away on 26 December 2012. Despite being relatively shy, and never really spending much time looking back and reminiscing over his achievements Gerry Anderson came to appreciate that for many people his shows represented a special time in their lives. And he was proud that the ingenuity and optimism of his characters galvanised some viewers who went on to distinguished careers within film, television and other fields. Thunderbirds has inspired movies, stage shows and a vast array of merchandise, all reflecting its phenomenal impact on our popular culture, and together with his other shows is cherished by many generations of viewers.

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Timeline

  • 3 days ago

    “Gee, mom!” Mothers of the Anderson universe

  • 4 days ago

    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 18th 2023)

  • 5 days ago

    Thunderbirds: The Falling Star – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

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    UFO, Fireball XL5 and Stingray blast off with Big Finish!

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    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 11th 2023)

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