Sylvia Anderson
Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
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Episode Guide
- 1. Trapped in the Sky Sep 30, 1965
- The Hood places a bomb aboard an airliner to trap the Thunderbirds.
- 2. Pit of Peril Oct 7, 1965
- A revolutionary military vehicle sinks into the ground.
- 3. Perils of Penelope Oct 14, 1965
- Lady Penelope visits Paris to meet a top British scientist, but ends up in a game of espionage.
The Thunderbirds are a team of U.S. Air Force pilots who perform for people all around the world to display the pride, precision and professionalism of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the U.S. Air Force. Learn about their team, schedule, news, history and how to join them or see a show.
Gerry Anderson on the premise Thunderbirds was the fourth Supermarionation puppet TV series to be produced by APF, which was founded by the husband-and-wife duo of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson (née Thamm) with their business partners Arthur Provis, Reg Hill, and John Read. Pitched in late 1963, the series was commissioned by Lew Grade of ITC, APF's parent company, on the back of the positive ...
- Gerry Anderson (Series Two)
- 32 (list of episodes)
- 30 September 1965 –, 25 December 1966
- ITV
Thunderbirds is a British action adventure show about a family of superheroes who use futuristic vehicles to save people in distress. IMDb provides cast and crew information, episode guide, trivia, reviews, videos and more for this cult classic series.
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- 1965-09-30
- Animation, Action, Adventure
- 50
Watch videos from the original Thunderbirds series and the new action packed series, Thunderbirds Are Go. Subscribe to the official channel and enjoy the classic moments, behind the scenes and more.
- From Half-Hour to Fifty Minutes
- Thunderbirds Format
- The Failed Big screen Attempt
- A Cultural Phenomenon
- Thunderbirds Merchandise
Originally planned as a series of half-hour episodes the Thunderbirds format was expanded to a full hour on the orders of ITC head Lew Grade, who was extremely impressed by what he saw in the opening episode, Trapped in the Sky. Right from the start the series promised and delivered action and spectacle on the scale of a feature film, and continued...
The show’s format of disasters and rescues enabled the writers to come up with more exciting and action-packed scenarios than ever before, with the special effects and model department then realising those ideas on a scale that even today still stands as some of the best work ever produced for television. Along with dynamic vocal performances from ...
Thunderbirds was now an international phenomenon, and it only made sense to transfer that success to the big screen. 1966 saw the release of the movie Thunderbirds are Go, which was expected to be a box office sensation…but things didn’t turn out that way. Alongside the film a second season of the television series was being shot, but this was to b...
Thunderbirds had come to a sudden and unexpected end, but the exploits of International Rescue were not over yet. A second feature film, Thunderbird 6, was to follow in 1968, albeit to similar public indifference as the first, yet the television series continued to endure in the memories of fans. Over the next 20 years nostalgia continued to grow a...
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A TV series of three new episodes of Thunderbirds, the classic 1960s sci-fi show, produced in 2015 to mark its 50th anniversary. Watch the adventures of International Rescue, a global organization that saves lives with their futuristic vehicles and gadgets.
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