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  • 6 days ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 25th 2023)
  • 1 week ago Fireball XL5: Space S.O.S. – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 1 week ago Stand by for Action – Gerry Anderson Day 2023 incoming!
  • 2 weeks ago “Gee, mom!” Mothers of the Anderson universe
  • 2 weeks ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 18th 2023)
  • 2 weeks ago Thunderbirds: The Falling Star – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 2 weeks ago UFO, Fireball XL5 and Stingray blast off with Big Finish!
  • 3 weeks ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 11th 2023)
  • 3 weeks ago Supercar: Mission Redacted – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
  • 4 weeks ago This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 4th 2023)
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  • February 25, 2023 Supercar: Sunken Secret! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 25th 2023)

By Chris Dale
6 days ago
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It’s been another bumper week of excitement in our corner of the Anderson universe – here’s all the things you need to know! Last Sunday was Mother’s Day in the UK – hope you remembered! We took a look back at the mother figures seen across the Anderson universe in a new article – did we miss out any of …

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“Gee, mom!” Mothers of the Anderson universe

By Chris Dale
2 weeks ago
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Although the Anderson shows are well known for featuring organisations headed by single fathers working alongside their grown-up children, not all of the mothers were (conveniently) dead! Many of the shows also featured notable female characters who were mothers – and here are a few of our favourites! Eleanor Zero Wife of Space City Commander Wilbur Zero (and mother of …

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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 18th 2023)

By Chris Dale
2 weeks ago
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It’s been another bumper week of excitement in our corner of the Anderson universe – here’s all the things you need to know! This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Monday with the first part of an interview with author Andrew E.C. Gaska regarding Space:1999, and his upcoming graphic novel  based on the series To Everything That …

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UFO, Fireball XL5 and Stingray blast off with Big Finish!

By Chris Dale
2 weeks ago
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Big Finish Productions have a bumper crop of upcoming productions based on classic Anderson productions, including another chance to grab two rare and out of print audio adventures! The SHADO team battle personal demons, menacing aliens and time itself in a brand new UFO box set of outer space full–cast audio adventures, released this week by Big Finish Productions. Originally …

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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 11th 2023)

By Chris Dale
3 weeks ago
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It’s been another action-packed seven days in our corner of the Anderson universe – here’s all the things you need to know! This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast included as its special feature the second half of an adventure from the pages of Stellar Patrol, a short story anthology now available from the Official Gerry Anderson Store written …

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UFO: Orca Has Fallen! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
January 14, 2023
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Continued From Previous Report The barrage of alien weapon fire continued. One of the airborne UFOs dived towards a sturdy support leg under the platform and let loose another salvo. “They’ve taken out one of the main supports – we’re listing!” Ford called as the room began to tilt to one side. Freeman hauled himself to the radio console, “Now …

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UFO: North Sea Showdown! – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
January 6, 2023
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Continued From Previous Report The tranquil scene of the dilapidated oil platform standing silently in the middle of a unusually flat-calm sea was suddenly shattered. Sky 1 burst from the depths and soared into the air with a roar from its rocket motors. “Orca from Sky 1, airborne!” Captain Waterman reported. In Orca’s control room, Colonel Freeman was studying the …

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UFO: Strike From The Sea – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

By Andrew Clements
December 30, 2022
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To the casual observer, the tall, steel structure sticking out of the waters of the North Sea might have been an abandoned oil platform. It had been one for several years, that part was true. Then one day it quietly ceased operation. Since then, every attempt had been made to maintain the outward appearance of a disused structure – from …

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“It’s a disaster!” – ten Anderson bloopers you may have missed!

By Chris Dale
December 16, 2022
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The shows produced by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson were consistently a showcase for some of the greatest artists and technicians to ever have worked in the British film industry, but every so often little mistakes slipped through here and there – and for fans, the fun comes in spotting them! Here’s a collection of ten of our favourite mistakes, accidents …

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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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Fireball XL5: Space S.O.S. – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

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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

  • 6 days ago

    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 25th 2023)

  • 1 week ago

    Fireball XL5: Space S.O.S. – A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story

  • 1 week ago

    Stand by for Action – Gerry Anderson Day 2023 incoming!

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    “Gee, mom!” Mothers of the Anderson universe

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    This week in Gerry Anderson news! (March 18th 2023)

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