There are various glimpses of the real world sneaking into Anderson shows, but in Thunderbirds, an easily missed one can be seen in...
By Chris DaleAugust 26, 2021There was a very simple secret to the success behind Lady Penelope’s varied wardrobe in Thunderbirds. In the FAB Fact from this week’s...
By Chris DaleAugust 19, 2021Derek Wadsworth provided the score for Into Infinity, also known as The Day After Tomorrow. This was the score that got him the...
By Chris DaleAugust 15, 2021Barry Gray was the usual composer for many of the Anderson shows until the mid 1970s, but on one episode of Space:1999 the...
By Chris DaleAugust 5, 2021In the 60s, captioning episodes of TV was an expensive business. As Captain Scarlet had so many characters, a larger cast was needed...
By Chris DaleJuly 29, 2021During filming of the Space:1999 episode Space Brain, with guest star Shane Rimmer, the climax shows Moonbase Alpha flooded with antibodies in the...
By Chris DaleJuly 22, 2021In the early 1970s some former Supermarionation puppeteers, now working as Stage Three Productions, created a Thunderbirds stage show. It’s not very widely...
By Chris DaleJuly 14, 2021A special treat for #CaptainScarletDay 2021, as we delve into the mysteries of the Mysterons! What do they really want? What is their...
By Chris DaleJuly 11, 2021Barbara Bain and Martin Landau, alongside Denise Bryer and Nicholas Parsons are often the most notable married couples who worked on Anderson shows,...
By Chris DaleJuly 8, 2021Five Star Five was a Gerry Anderson feature film project that never made it into production in the 1970s, but an upcoming new...
By Chris DaleJuly 3, 2021