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  • 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
  • 2 weeks ago Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted streaming event at 6pm on Monday January 30th!
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  • 3 weeks ago Maybe There – the Lost Stories from Space:1999 – now available in paperback and Kindle e-book editions!
  • 3 weeks ago UFO: Orca Has Fallen! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 4 weeks ago Thunderbirds and Stingray from Hornby in 2024!
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  • January 6, 2023 UFO: North Sea Showdown! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
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Thunderbirds and Stingray from Hornby in 2024!

By Chris Dale
4 weeks ago
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2023 has only just started, but Hornby already have an eye on making Anderson fans happy in 2024 – with two exciting announcements this week! Now available for pre-order (for 2024 release) is a 1:32 scale replica of Lady Penelope’s famous pink Rolls Royce FAB 1 from Thunderbirds, for their Scalextric slot-car racing range. This release will feature working lights, …

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Stingray: Snow Business! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
December 23, 2022
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It was Christmas Eve and the weather control satellite governing the Pacific Seaboard of the United States had been out of action for several days due to serious technical malfunction. That was all the time it took for an uncontrolled weather system to form and blanket much of the area with a thick layer of snow and hazardous ice. And …

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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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“Keep this frequency clear!” A history of Anderson on audio

By Chris Dale
December 15, 2022
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For as long as the Gerry Anderson shows have been merchandised, that merchandise has included audio releases – be they music collections or original audio dramas. From early vinyl releases of songs from The Adventures of Twizzle and Four Feather Falls, and an expanded version of the soundtrack to the Supercar episode Flight of Fancy, the audio medium has proven …

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VIDEO: Top 5 Gerry Anderson Christmas episodes

By Chris Dale
December 14, 2022
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It’s that time of year again! Christmas is upon us once more, and along with all the food and drink and pressies there’s also the age-old argument to be had among fans – which is the best Gerry Anderson Christmas episode? Since there are only five its relatively easy to compile a top five list – but will you agree …

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Stingray: A Sinking Feeling! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
November 11, 2022
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The shattering crack of the explosion rocked the World Navy carrier to its keel and by the time the crew knew what had happened, the Mechanical Fish was already sinking beneath the waves. The sneak attack had been entirely successful and the Aquaphibians controlling the grotesque undersea craft knew it was only a matter of time before the WASP sent …

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

By Chris Dale
October 17, 2022
in :  Interview, Merchandise, News
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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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Halloween Anderson costume ideas

By Chris Dale
October 1, 2022
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October is here, which means Halloween is approaching fast! Sure, you could dress up as a Tracy brother, Spectrum Captain or Moonbase Alpha operative for the big Halloween party, but if you’re looking for more unconventional Anderson-themed inspiration for your Halloween costume ideas this year then you might want to consider this collection of spooks, freaks and weirdos that are …

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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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