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“Wow!” Our favourite Anderson-related Christmas gifts!

By Chris Dale
December 21, 2022
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You don’t need to have been an Anderson fan for long to start accumulating a merchandise collection, and Christmas brings the opportunity for family, friends – or even yourself – to add new and exciting items to that collection! If you’ve been an Anderson fan since childhood then your memories of favourite Anderson-related Christmas gifts are likely to be extremely …

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Seasonal strips; five winter-themed Anderson comics adventures!

By Chris Dale
December 19, 2022
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Having picked some of our favourite winter-themed episodes from the Anderson television shows, it only seems logical to cast an eye over the various comics based on those shows and pick out five strip stories that also feature snowy and icey settings. From alien worlds to behind enemy lines, there were no shortage of stories with a seasonal flavour – …

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A Winter Wonderland – five favourite winter & snow themed Anderson episodes

By Chris Dale
December 18, 2022
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Winter has well and truly arrived, and as we huddle in our homes for warmth we can at least enjoy some classic winter-themed episodes from around the Anderson universe – if only to remind ourselves that no matter how cold we might feel, some of our favourite Anderson heroes have had it worse! Here are five of our favourite winter-themed …

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Fireball XL5 – 60th Anniversary Celebration Roundup!

By Chris Dale
October 27, 2022
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To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Fireball XL5 on Friday October 28th 2022 there’s a real boss collection of video events lined up throughout the day – and new merchandise ready on the launching rail! The second series to carry the Filmed in Supermarionation banner, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Fireball XL5 first aired in the UK in 1962 and ran …

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Fireball XL5: The Big Return! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
October 21, 2022
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Continued From Previous Report Steve didn’t hesitate a moment longer. As the huge claws grasped the moon of Etos, he fired the main motors and XL5 rocketed across space towards the captured moon. “We’ve got to get alongside whatever’s powering that thing!” Steve explained. The XL craft was soon skirting past Etos and there on the other side was a …

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Fireball XL5 60th Anniversary Comic Anthology – pre-orders open tomorrow!

By Chris Dale
October 17, 2022
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As Fireball XL5’s 60th anniversary gets nearer, more details have been announced regarding the upcoming comic anthology celebrating the show’s full colour life within the pages of the TV Century 21 comic! The Fireball XL5 60th Anniversary Comic Anthology is a 336-page hardback volume collecting every Fireball XL5 comic strip story from that legendary publication in one place for the …

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Fireball XL5: Cloud of a Billion Lights on vinyl

By Chris Dale
October 11, 2022
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With the 60th anniversary of Fireball XL5 looming, Anderson Entertainment has decided to re-launch the iconic and collectable Century 21 record label originally formed in 1965! Using the same “21 minutes of adventure” concept and mirroring the original artwork which has become iconic in its own right, the series kicks off with the Fireball XL5 audio adventure Cloud of a Billion Lights, …

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Fireball XL5 – 60th Anniversary Comic Anthology coming soon!

By Chris Dale
October 8, 2022
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Hot on the heels of volumes one and two of the UFO comic anthologies, Anderson Entertainment is proud to announce the next collection of classic comic reprints – Fireball XL5! Released at the end of October 2022 in celebration of the show’s 60th anniversary, this 330-page hardback volume will collect every Fireball XL5 comic strip from the pages of TV …

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Fireball XL5: The Moonjackers! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
October 7, 2022
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It had been just six days since the first report had reached Space City that Lunos, one of the moons of the planet Vander has mysteriously disappeared. In that short space of time, no less than four other moons were reported missing throughout Sector 25. Commander Zero contacted Colonel Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5 and gave him a new assignment …

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Anything Can Happen: Anderson Annuals and Anderson Audio Annuals

By Chris Dale
September 28, 2022
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From as early as 1957’s The Adventures of Twizzle, the various television series associated with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson enjoyed a plethora of associated merchandise that only increased in scale and scope as the pair entered their creative golden period of the 1960s and early 1970s – and among the most highly prized items young fans could hope to find …

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BKSTS Introduce the Gerry Anderson Award for VFX

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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

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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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