Continued from Part 1… 1995 Continuing with weekday morning broadcasts, Joe 90 concluded its first run on BBC 1 with The Birthday on January 4th, with the only notable anomaly being Viva Cordova’s broadcast on BBC 2 on January 1st – as for some reason the entire BBC 1 early morning children’s schedule had been moved to BBC 2 to …
Commander Shore speaking! Here at Marineville security is our number one priority…but every now and then, despite our very best efforts, the odd security breach does still occur! Curiously, many of those breaches seem to in some way involve various residents of the house on the island of Lemoy – but is that a coincidence, or is something more sinister …
Christmas is almost here, and Network have a very special festive treat lined up for Stingray fans; free online streaming access to the episode A Christmas to Remember in High Definition for five whole days, from December 22nd to 26th! In anticipation of the stream going live, here are five very special reasons to revisit this festive favourite via its streaming …
Welcome to Series 3 of Century 21 Tech Talk, hosted by the head of International Rescue – Jeff Tracy! In this briefing we’ll be learning about the mainstay of highway development projects around the globe – the Road Construction Pathfinder! Starring Jon Culshaw as Jeff Tracy.
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s much-loved Supermarionation series has been remastered in High Definition from original 35mm film elements for this special edition Blu-ray collection! The year is 2062, and World Space Patrol ship Fireball XL5 is assigned to Sector 25, where intrepid pilot Steve Zodiac, ably assisted by Doctor Venus and Professor Matthew Matic, faces such dangers as planetomic missiles, …
As discussed on this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, multiple techniques were used to show puppet scale guns firing in Supermarionation shows! Gunshots started off in Four Feather Falls mostly as paint on negative film – and later evolved into miniature charges and even lights on the end of guns by Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet!
Ahead of their expected Captain Scarlet soundtrack release Silva Screen Records are releasing a 7″ vinyl teaser disc, now available for pre-order at our online store! Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons followed the hugely successful Thunderbirds, and the popular theme tune generated a 7″ single release on the Pye label in 1967. This new 7″ single improves dramatically on the …
Although Spectrum were victorious in most of their battles with the Mysterons seen in 1967’s Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the organisation lost various vehicles and machines during these encounters. Here is a rundown of Spectrum craft lost in action against the Mysterons, although producing a definitive tally is impossible since the final fates of certain vehicles are never revealed. …
If you’ve been enjoying the recent interview with Justin and Lindsay Lee on the Gerry Anderson Podcast, their new series Miikshi has now launched! As you can see from this trailer, the series features many nods to the worlds of Supermarionation! Miikshi is the inventor of many things, including the Hay Ewe, Sneeze-Powered Skis, and a solar-powered kettle (to bring …
Between 1957’s The Adventures of Twizzle and 1969’s The Secret Service, the puppets used in the television shows and films produced by A. P. Films and Century 21 Productions were continually refined and improved, ultimately resulting in the more lifelike correctly proportioned marionettes seen in Captain Scarlet and onwards. However, in those early days of the late 1950s, the human …
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