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

For the live celebration of the podcast, this light hearted FAB Facts reveals an embarrassing story for Jamie about his brush with a...

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FAB Facts: The Secret Service & The Origin of Unwinese

The bizarre 1960s Supermarionation show The Secret Service features Stanley Unwin and his renowned gibberish language ‘Unwinese’. In the Fab Facts section from...

Captain ScarletPodcast

FAB Facts: Meet Captain Purple, Spectrum’s Latest Operative!

During the peak of TV21, Captain Scarlet’s Spectrum Shades club was so popular that the country had to be divided into regions, each...

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FAB Facts: The Locations International Rescue Visited On & Off Screen

International Rescue went to a range of places in the original series; this range has since been expanded further in comics and novels,...

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FAB Facts: The Aerial Mishaps Whilst Filming for Supercar

During the production of Supercar, Gerry Anderson himself took to the skies with cinematographer John Read to capture shots of the sky required...

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FAB Facts: The Investigator Dinky Toys

The Investigator was a planned Supermarionation/live action hybrid that never got past a single pilot episode. Despite this, Dinky Toys were so enthusiastic...

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FAB Facts: The alternative casting choice for Space:1999’s Maya

Season Two of Space:1999 introduced Catherine Schell as the lovable Maya, but in this FAB Fact we uncover another prominent actor of the...

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FAB Facts: Doctor Who guest stars who were extras on Space:1999

There are various stories of famous actors auditioning for Anderson roles, to be rejected and then finding fame elsewhere. In some episodes of...

Captain ScarletPodcast

FAB Facts: The Musical Cameo Barry Gray Made in Captain Scarlet

Gerry Anderson was known to have voiced Robert the Robot in Fireball XL5, but as discussed on this week’s edition of the Gerry...

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FAB Facts: The origins of the rockets used in Thunderbirds & Century 21 shows

The origins of the rockets used in Thunderbirds and various Century 21 Productions are themselves steeped in a history of rescue. Find out...

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UFO: The Complete Comic Collection