by A21 Reporter Andy Clems The World Air Force is maintaining a state of high alert after the sudden disappearance of the new prototype Hyperbolt fighter aircraft on Wednesday. The Hyperbolt, a revolutionary new design, was set to be the ultimate answer to the Eastern Alliance’s Battle Saber air superiority fighter, and it was hoped a successful test of the Hyperbolt’s prowess …

The first series of Century 21 Tech talk is now complete, but you can watch all of them right here! If you’d ever wanted to know more about some of the best-known vehicles of the 21st century, then this is the way to do it. Hosted by Brains from Thunderbirds, we find out the technical specs of some of the …

Another sad loss for the Gerry Anderson universe today, as we’ve heard that Keith Shackleton – the last remaining company director of the AP Films and Century 21 group – died on Wednesday 17th April. He was 90. Keith Shackleton (pictured left in the early 1960s) first met Gerry Anderson during their time in the Royal Air Force in 1948. …

As we saw last time (in Life after Captain Scarlet – part 1) Century 21 made good use of the Captain Scarlet regular cast in guest roles throughout Joe 90, albeit with some faces being seen more often than others. In 1969 production began on the very last Supermarionation series The Secret Service, and once again most of the Spectrum crew …

The Gerry Anderson Store is excited to announce we will be selling bricks collected from the original Century 21 Stirling Road Studios for charity for the benefit of the Alzheimer’s Society Gerry Anderson Tribute Fund! Earlier this year the demolition of the original Century 21 Studios in Slough began. Many Gerry Anderson fans were very sad to see the demise …

Following Lew Grade’s failure to sell Thunderbirds to any of the American television networks in 1966, he felt it was time for Gerry Anderson and his team to produce a whole new series, rather than more adventures from International Rescue. This move may have been unexpected and viewed by many to be more than a little rash and misjudged. However, the …

The incredibly successful Thunderbirds 1965 Kickstarter project to produce three new episodes has agreed a deal with SEGRO allowing Thunderbirds to return to Stirling Road, Slough –  its spiritual home on the Slough Trading Estate –  where the original series was produced 50 years ago. Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds was originally written, produced and filmed at SEGRO’s Slough Trading Estate between 1964 …

Bonhams auction house have recently advertised that an original studio-used Lady Penelope puppet is up for sale. Penelope is Lot 127 in an Entertainment Memorabilia being held on 24th June 2015 at 12:00pm BST Bonhams’ London, Knightsbridge saleroom. The item is listed as “an original AP Films / Century 21 productions puppet; comprising original Thunderbirds series head, the neck mechanism has …

We are very sorry to announce that Century 21 stills photographer, Doug Luke, died last night. Doug was responsible for capturing many iconic images from the various Supermarionation shows – and continued to work with Gerry Anderson on his later productions too. Doug was also responsible for the stills photography on the bizarre and little-known 60s Century 21 comic series: …