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  • 3 days ago Terrahawks: From Zelda With Love! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (February 4th 2023)

By Chris Dale
2 days ago
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson news roundup! This week blasted off as usual with the latest episode of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, featuring a free Space Precinct audio adventure written and read by Richard James! If you missed this week’s episode you can catch it (and all other previous episodes) either through our website or via …

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FAB Facts: UFO’s Ed Bishop and his inspiration for Ed Straker

By Chris Dale
July 13, 2022
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In order to inform the cold and calculating nature seen in SHADO’s Commander Straker, Ed Bishop recalled a documentary about an American missile silo…

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FAB Facts: The Ex-Disney Artist that Sketched for Gerry Anderson Shows

By Chris Dale
July 8, 2022
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At the turn of the 1960s, before characters went to sculpting in Four Feather Falls and Supercar, they were first sketched by someone with an animation background. The identity of the exact individual is unknown, but we do know it was an ex-Disney artist…

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FAB Facts: Gerry Anderson Forgot Lieutenant 90 when he created Joe 90

By Chris Dale
June 15, 2022
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You may be wondering how the number 90 cropped up in both Fireball XL5 and Joe 90. It turns out Gerry Anderson simply forgot, but there are other names that crop up more than once too…

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FAB Facts: Terrahawks started life as an anime series?

By Chris Dale
June 9, 2022
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Following the success of various Anderson shows in Japan, at one stage Gerry was approached to pitch a show to a Japanese network – the result would one day become Terrahawks, but the initial pitch has ended up in all kinds of places…

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FAB Facts: Supermarionation voice artists in live action Anderson shows

By Chris Dale
May 25, 2022
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Many voice artists who leant their voices to the shows of Supermarionation also appeared later on down the line in the live action productions – including UFO and The Protectors…

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FAB Facts: The time the Space:1999 set caught fire!

By Chris Dale
May 18, 2022
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There are some stories of accidents or larger than expected explosions on Gerry Anderson productions, and on one episode of Space:1999 a fire went out of control during a heatwave…

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FAB Facts: Joe 90 was considered for a live action movie?

By Chris Dale
May 11, 2022
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On the heels of the popular Spy Kids movie franchise of the early 2000s, a pair of producers secured the rights to make a Joe 90 film. This week’s FAB Fact details how it panned out…

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FAB Facts: When Scott Tracy stunt doubled for a guest character

By Chris Dale
May 5, 2022
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In the Thunderbirds episode End of the Road, eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that Eddie Houseman, when jumping from the explosives truck, is briefly doubled by somebody else entirely…

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FAB Facts: Jamie Anderson’s Awkward Brush with Fame & Richard James’ Space Precinct Mishaps

By Chris Dale
April 23, 2022
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For the live celebration of the podcast, this light hearted FAB Facts reveals an embarrassing story for Jamie about his brush with a certain famous actress. Jamie retaliates with a fact from Richard’s days of shooting Space Precinct…

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BKSTS Introduce the Gerry Anderson Award for VFX

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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

  • 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

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