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Anderson Entertainment at the London Comic Con Winter 2022

By Chris Dale
November 5, 2022
in :  Article, Events, Merchandise, News
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Anderson Entertainment will be in attendance at the upcoming London Comic Con at the Olympia, over the weekend of November 19th and 20th 2022! We’ll have a booth in the retail area across both days carrying various merchandise from the last few years, and among those you’ll find there will be Jamie Anderson, Lee Sullivan, Chris Thompson and Chris Dale, …

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Anderson Entertainment Comes To MCM London

By Chris Dale
May 26, 2022
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After the success of the recent Stand By For Action! Gerry Anderson in Concert at Symphony Hall, Birmingham and the launch of the new documentary, Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted released on Britbox last month, Anderson Entertainment is coming to MCM London Comic Con with a range of products and activities to delight old and new fans alike! On Saturday May 28, Jamie, writer/producer …

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Pod 178: Destination Moonbase Alpha

By Chris Dale
November 8, 2021
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Space:1999 fans, rejoice! The latest episode of the Gerry Anderson Podcast features clips recorded during the Destination Moonbase Alpha convention held online in September, courtesy of the convention organisers. Convention guests represented here include Suzannne Peterson (Barbara Bain stand-in), Christopher Penfold (writer and story consultant), Gianni Garko (Tony Cellini in Dragon’s Domain), Sam Dastor (Dr. Ed Spencer), Martin Bower (model …

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STAND BY FOR ACTION! Gerry Anderson in Concert

By Chris Dale
September 30, 2021
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Anderson Entertainment presents a unique celebration of the life and TV productions of Gerry Anderson MBE in this world premiere event at the Birmingham Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK on 16th April 2022.  Featuring special guests, it is the first time this career-spanning collection of music has been performed live in concert.  This sensational show will transport fans through over 60 …

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SHADOcon 2 Event Report – UFO guests, displays and more

By Jamie Anderson
July 6, 2018
in :  Events, News, Photos
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SHADOcon 2

SHADOcon 2 – a fan celebration of Gerry Anderson’s UFO as well as his film Doppelganger – took place at QUAD in Derby on Saturday 30 June 2018. The day started at around 8am when the organisers were allowed access to the building and had around an hour to set everything up. Models were carefully unpacked and ferried into the …

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Special Assignment: A Mission Report!

By Andrew Clements
October 14, 2017
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Special Assignment: A Mission Report! On the 50th anniversary weekend of Captain Scarlet, Fanderson undertook a Special Assignment in honour of the Captain’s birthday. We took a look to see what celebrations were in store for Anderson fans. There was a full takeover of the event in Maidenhead for the 50th anniversary, with a Spectrum vehicle parked right outside to …

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S.H.A.D.O. CON Comes to Derby!

By Andrew Clements
May 20, 2017
in :  Events, News
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Fans of retro-TV are set for a field day at the QUAD Cinema in Derby. If sci-fi fans – and their parents – fondly recall a moonbase run by svelte purple-wigged women, and a blond, ice-cool Commander Straker heading Earth’s defences against an Alien race in eerie spinning craft, they might want to check out SHADO Con. This is a …

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Cosplayers Are Go!

By Andrew Clements
April 1, 2017
in :  Fun, Photos, Prizes
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Young fans of Gerry Anderson’s creations have been dressing up as their favourite characters for more than 50 years, but in the 21st century, it’s not just the young fans who get to become their childhood heroes, because now the grown ups are joining in as the world of cosplayers continues to grow! Spectrum Cosplayers at Birmingham MCM Comic Con …

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2015 Gerry Anderson Convention tickets on sale now!

By Jamie Anderson
February 9, 2015
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Tickets are now on sale for the 2015 Gerry Anderson convention: Andercon. Andercon is the annual convention for fans of Gerry Anderson, MBE and his award-winning cult hits such as Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, UFO and Space: 1999. The convention will take place 13-14 June 2015, with a launch event taking place on the evening of 12 June, at the Athena …

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Are you going to Alpha 2014?

By Jamie Anderson
July 29, 2014
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Today Andy Starks, organiser of the upcoming Alpha 2014 convention shares some of his thoughts about what made Space: 1999 so great, and what the Alpha 2014 is all about! Forty years ago, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson created Space:1999, a live action series that, in my opinion, changed the standards of television. From Friday 12th to Sunday 14th September 2014 …

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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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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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