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  • 2 days ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (February 4th 2023)
  • 3 days ago Terrahawks: From Zelda With Love! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 5 days ago Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 – New Exhibition at London Cartoon Museum
  • 1 week ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (January 28th 2023)
  • 1 week ago New Captain Scarlet: Falcon’s Fury! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 2 weeks ago Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted streaming event at 6pm on Monday January 30th!
  • 2 weeks ago New Captain Scarlet: Deadly Symphony! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 3 weeks ago Maybe There – the Lost Stories from Space:1999 – now available in paperback and Kindle e-book editions!
  • 3 weeks ago UFO: Orca Has Fallen! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 4 weeks ago Thunderbirds and Stingray from Hornby in 2024!
  • 4 weeks ago “Expect the Unexpected!” 10 months of Terrahawks!
  • January 6, 2023 UFO: North Sea Showdown! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
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“Expect the Unexpected!” 10 months of Terrahawks!

By Chris Dale
4 weeks ago
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2023 sees the fortieth anniversary of the first broadcast of Terrahawks on British television in October 1983 – so from now until October, we’re celebrating the series with 10 months of Terrahawks! Every month from January through to October there’ll be a special Terrahawks-related something for fans to enjoy leading up to the 40th anniversary – beginning with this video …

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“Keep this frequency clear!” A history of Anderson on audio

By Chris Dale
December 15, 2022
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For as long as the Gerry Anderson shows have been merchandised, that merchandise has included audio releases – be they music collections or original audio dramas. From early vinyl releases of songs from The Adventures of Twizzle and Four Feather Falls, and an expanded version of the soundtrack to the Supercar episode Flight of Fancy, the audio medium has proven …

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INTERVIEW: Ben Page & Chris Dale on adapting Thunderbirds versus the Hood

By Chris Dale
September 29, 2022
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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
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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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UFO coming soon from Big Finish Productions!

By Chris Dale
April 14, 2022
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An audio drama reimagining of Gerry Anderson’s classic live-action ITV series UFO is coming to Big Finish Productions, with the first of two box sets due for release in August 2022. This sci-fi cult favourite, originally launched in 1970 but set in the then ‘futuristic’ 1980, centred on the struggle between SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) and mysterious, alien …

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Thunderbirds: Operation Asteroids

By Chris Dale
April 1, 2022
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Thunderbirds are coming in to land at Big Finish Productions with a FAB new full-cast adventure from Anderson Entertainment due for release later this month. The classic Supermarionation series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson returns to audio in Operation Asteroids – the latest in the series of enhanced audiobook adaptations based on the John Theydon novels originally published in …

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Pod 192: Stingray – Monster from the Deep

By Chris Dale
February 14, 2022
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This week the Gerry Anderson Podcast dives below the waves for an adventure with the crew of Stingray! A tourist craft is behaving suspiciously off the shores of Marineville, a villain locked away by Commander Shore is released from prison, and Surface Agent X-20 has a dastardly plan and a devious disguise. Monster from the Deep is available for pre-order …

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Five things to look forward to in 2022!

By Chris Dale
January 1, 2022
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2021 has come and gone, and a new year is upon us – but what surprises does it have in store for Anderson fans? Here are just a few of the things to look forward to in 2022! Theme days and other events We’ll once again be celebrating several notable dates throughout the year in the form of special theme …

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Pod 185: Beth Chalmers as Zeroid 35

By Chris Dale
December 27, 2021
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When she’s not slugging it out in the boxing ring or voicing legions of characters in audio dramas, cartoons, and video games, Beth Chalmers is also a producer and a writer. She co-created the teen drama Mystic and this week she reflects on filming in New Zealand, working with horses, and facing both the challenges of pandemic shutdown and the …

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

By Chris Dale
October 28, 2021
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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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BKSTS Introduce the Gerry Anderson Award for VFX

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March 12, 2013

Anderson Entertainment and the BKSTS are proud to announce the introduction of a new Award, …

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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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    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (February 4th 2023)

  • 3 days ago

    Terrahawks: From Zelda With Love! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

  • 5 days ago

    Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 – New Exhibition at London Cartoon Museum

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    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (January 28th 2023)

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    New Captain Scarlet: Falcon’s Fury! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

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