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Thunderbirds Thursday: Stand By for Action 2 Goodie Bag
Stand by for action… 2! Later this July, Stand By for Action 2: Tunes of Danger is coming to the Symphony Hall Birmingham. This forthcoming concert will allow you to step back into the timeless worlds of Gerry Anderson TV shows and enjoy a full orchestral performance which will bring many classic TV themes and incidental music to life! Tickets are currently on general release, and VIP ticket…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (April 29th 2023)
It’s been another eventful week in the Anderson universe – so here’s a quick roundup of everything you might have missed! This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Monday, and featured the second part of an interview with marathon runner and Captain Scarlet fan Lloyd Scott! If you missed this week’s episode you can catch it (and all other previous episodes) either through our…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (April 22nd 2023)
Another week of exciting news from the Anderson universe has come and gone – but here’s all the things you might have missed! This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Monday, and featured the first part of an interview with marathon runner and Captain Scarlet fan Lloyd Scott! If you missed this week’s episode you can catch it (and all other previous episodes) either through…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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This week in Gerry Anderson news! (April 15th 2023)
It’s been a particularly exciting week of news from the Anderson universe – here’s all the things you might have missed! On Wednesday this week’s FAB Fact video went live, looking at the unfilmed Space:1999 episode Children of the Gods – which, had things turned out differently, might have served as the show’s series finale! Do you think it would have been a suitable final adventure for the…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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HD AI-upscaled Space Precinct comes to Britbox from April 13th!
Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct will soon be available to stream in HD for the first time exclusively on BritBox, via ITVX Premium! ITVX today confirmed that Space Precinct will stream for the first time in high definition on BritBox, available via ITVX Premium, from Thursday 13th April – just in time for Gerry Anderson Day! All 24 episodes of the remastered live action drama, which first aired…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Fireball XL5: Fear Factor - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
Continued from previous report The smoke was still curling from the end of the stranger’s gun as Steve and Venus slowly raised their hands. “That’s better!” the stranger snapped and stepped out of the shadows towards them. Steve peered at the stranger and recognition dawned, “Why… It’s Major Alton!” “The renowned space test pilot?” Venus asked. “Cut out the chatter!” Alton said, waving his gun…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Thunderbirds: Snot of Doom! - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
It was another peaceful day on the paradise-on-Earth that was Tracy Island. In the lounge. Jeff was studying a complex chart with Brains. Virgil busied himself with his latest canvas masterpiece, while Scott lay on the couch reading a book. Nearby, Alan and Gordon were engrossed in an exhausting game of checkers. Jeff nodded with satisfaction, “Well, Brains, this new fuel you’ve developed should…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Fireball XL5: Space S.O.S. - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
With a deep roar from its rocket motors, Fireball XL5 hurled itself off the launch rail and soared towards the velvet blackness of space. In the cockpit, Colonel Steve Zodiac addressed his artificial navigator, “Okay Robert, maintain course and speed.” The transparent automaton responded in his usual simulated voice, “Main-tain-course-and-speed.” Steve flipped the communication switch, “Any…
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Stand by for Action - Gerry Anderson Day 2023 incoming!
Fans of classic sci-fi TV shows and movies have something to look forward to this year as Gerry Anderson Day returns on April 14, 2023! This annual celebration (taking place on the anniversary of his birth on April 14th 1929) honours the life and legacy of the legendary producer behind such iconic titles as Thunderbirds, Terrahawks, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Space:1999, and Space…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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"Gee, mom!" Mothers of the Anderson universe
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 Jonathan), Eleanor Zero…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Thunderbirds: The Falling Star - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
The torrential rain continued to hammer the huge windows of Edinburgh Airport’s control tower and Chief Controller Argyll’s jaw tightened as she peered at the concrete apron outside. The visibility had worsened considerably in the last few minutes and she could no longer make out the shape of the huge green International Rescue aircraft that she knew was sitting a short distance away. Somewhere…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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UFO, Fireball XL5 and Stingray blast off with Big Finish!
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 broadcast in 1970,…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Supercar: Mission Redacted - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
Continued From Previous Report Mike opened his eyes. He was laying on the floor of an unfamiliar room in semi-darkness. He didn’t know how much time had passed since the blinding light enveloped him and the other occupants of Supercar, he just remembered the all-encompassing glow, a feeling of being surrounded and that terrible voice. The light was gone now. So was Supercar. Mike tried to sit up,…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Supercar: Rendezvous In The Deep - A Gerry Anderson A21 News Story
Continued From Previous Report More than ten hours had passed since Mike Mercury and his friends made their startling discovery in the cargo hold of the sunken vessel HMS Grade.  Supercar was now cruising silently deep beneath the waves of the mighty ocean and Mike was re-playing the event of the last half day over and over in his mind. As he pondered everything that had happened, he discreetly…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Space:1999 To Everything That Was - now available to pre-order!
We’re delighted to announce that Space:1999 To Everything That Was is now available to pre-order from the Official Gerry Anderson Store! First published in 2013 by BLAM! Ventures, To Everything That Was is a Space:1999 graphic novel collection with a difference – but if you’re looking for a complete and unedited collection of the original Space:1999 strips from Charlton and Look-in comics, this…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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INTERVIEW: Andrew E.C. Gaska on Space:1999 To Everything That Was
This Friday, Space:1999 fans will be able to pre-order a new edition of a book that has been out of print for quite some time! First published in 2013 by BLAM! Ventures, To Everything That Was is a Space:1999 graphic novel collection with a difference – but what exactly is To Everything That Was? If you’re looking for a complete and unedited collection of the original Space:1999 strips from…
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gerryandersontv · 1 year
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Unfilmed scripts & failed pilots - the lost worlds of Gerry Anderson!
Between 1957’s The Adventures of Twizzle and 2005’s New Captain Scarlet Gerry Anderson produced 18 television shows, all of which still enjoy varying degrees of popularity to this day. Along the way however he also co-wrote several unproduced feature film scripts, devised television concepts that would go unrealised, and worked on various one-off television projects; some of which made to screen,…
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