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THUNDERBIRDS ------------------- Cast & Credits ------------------ CHARACTER VOICES ---------------- Jeff Tracy (Peter Dyneley). Scott Tracy (Shane Rimmer). Virgil Tracy (David Holliday). Alan Tracy (Matt Zimmerman). Gordon Tracy (David Graham). John Tracy (Ray Barrett). Lady Penelope (Sylvia Anderson). Brains (David Graham). The Hood (Ray Barrett). Tin Tin/Grandma (Christine Finn). Producers: Gerry Anderson (Season One). Reg Hill (Season Two). Associate producers: Reg Hill (Season One). John Read (Season Two). Executive producers: Gerry Anderson (Season Two) Music by: Barry Gray. Script editor: Alan Patillo (Season One). Special effects director: Derek Meddings. An ITC Entertainment/APF TV Production in association with ATV. (APF not involved in Season Two) 32 colour 60-minute episodes. 30 September 1965 - 31 March 1966. 3,4 October - 26,27 December 1966. (Season Two stories screened in two parts). (USA: Syndicated 1968). Synopsis Of The Show ------------------------- The rescue operations of International Rescue (IR), five fabulous life-saving machines operated by five fabulous heroes whose brief was to undertake rescue missions of every type, in any situation. Based on a mountain-top fortress somewhere in the Pacific, the five Thunderbirds soared off to avert disaster and save the lives of people all over the world. Background Info ------------------- Without doubt, the best loved of all the Gerry Anderson 'Supermarionation' series, Thunderbirds has remained one of the most entertaining puppet series ever shown on TV. Filled with exciting and spectacular action and effects, each episode was a small-scale epic. Much of the excellent effects work was down to Derek Meddings, who later went on to do various effects for 'Superman', Star Wars' and the James Bond films. Although mainly aimed at small children, the series also gained many adult fans which still holds true today, with many conventions and fan clubs around the world which celebrate this well loved show. Even today, after many repeat runs on TV, Thunderbirds still gains new fans, young and old, and is certainly one series that has earned itself a niche in television history. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season One: 26 colour 60-minute episodes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. TRAPPED IN THE SKY. (Pilot Story) --------------------------------------- Writers: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Director: Alan Pattillo. International Rescue set out on their first mission - to save the atomic airliner Fireflash from destruction. The Hood has planted a bomb in its landing gear and the superplane's passengers will be exposed to atomic radiation unless IR can avert disaster. 2. PIT OF PERIL. ------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: Desmond Saunders. When Sidewinder, a US Army walking fortress, slips from its rails and crashes into an underground pit of fire and US Army helicopters are unable to retrieve the vechile, IR are called in to rescue the crew trapped in Sidewinder's control room. 3. THE PERILS OF PENELOPE. ------------------------------ Writer: Alan Pattillo. Directors: Alan Pattillo and Desmond Saunders. Assisting Sir Jeremy Hodge in his attempts to find the missing Professor Borender, a man who has discovered how to turn water into rocket fuel, Lady Penelope finds herself taken hostage by the evil Dr. Godber. 4. TEEROR IN NEW YORK CITY. ------------------------------ Writer: Alan Fennell. Directors: David Lane and David Elliott. When TV reporter Ned Cook decides to take secret film of the Thunderbird's team during their rescue missions, Thunderbird II is accidentally shot down, and plans to move the Empire State building end in a state of collapse, IR are soon on the scene. 5. EDGE OF IMPACT. ----------------------- Writer: Donald Robertson. Director: Desmond Saunders. Paid by General Bron to destroy the new British Red Arrow fighter-plane, the Hood is delighted when the plane crashes, but soon has cause for remorse when Red Arrow II hits a television relay tower, trapping two men in its pressurised cabin. 6. DAY OF DISASTER. ---------------------- Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: David Elliott. Lady Penelope and Brains, watching the Mars Probe rocket being taken to its launch site across the Arlington Bridge, find themselves involved in another IR rescue mission when the bridge collapses and the rocket become trapped in the river bed. 7. 30 MINUTES AFTER NOON. ----------------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: David Elliott. Another tense mission for IR. This time they have to rescue Prescott, a man with a bomb locked securely to his wrist before he and Southern, a British agent, are destroyed in an office building. 8. DESPERATE INTRUDER. -------------------------- Writer: Donald Robertson. Director: David Lane. Having joined the eccentric Professor Blakley on his mission to discover treasure in the underwater temple of Lake Anasta, Brains and Tin Tin are taken prisoner by the hood - who buries Brains in the desert sands. 9. END OF THE ROAD. ------------------------ Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: David Lane. Determined to complete the building of a mountain road before the storm season breaks, Eddie Houseman finds himself trapped when his truck-load of explosives is blown onto a cliff-ledge. Gray, boss of the construction team, calls in IR. 10. THE UNINVITED. ---------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: Desmond Saunders. Shot down over the Sahara Desert by mysterious fighter planes, Scott lands Thunderbird I and meets two archaeologists who have found the lost tomb of Khamandides. Sometime later, all three men are captured by Zombites - the creatures who shot down Thunderbird I. 11. SUN PROBE. ------------------ Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: David Lane. Informed that three solarnauts from the Sun Probe project have accidentally left their orbit and are on course for the Sun, IR launch Thunderbirds II and III to attempt to fire Sun Probe's rockets by remote control. 12. OPERATION CRASH DIVE. ------------------------------ Writer: Martin Crump. Director: Desmond Saunders. Thunderbird IV is sent to rescue two crewman trapped on board Fireflash, which has crashed into the sea. Meanwhile, suspecting sabotage, Scott tracks the next flight in Thunderbird I - and the saboteurs strike again. 13. VAULT OF DEATH. ------------------------ Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: David Elliott. A bank clerk finds himself trapped inside a new impregnable bank vault. The man will die of suffocation unless Lord Seton, the only man in England with a key to the vault, is located. Parker finds himself involved in a drama of his own making. 14. THE MIGHTY ATOM. ----------------------- Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: David Lane. The Hood plans to gain the secrets of a new atomic power station in the Sahara. To do so, he steals a robotic mouse - the Mighty Atom - and then sets fire to the plant so that IR will arrive to avert an atomic explosion. 15. CITY OF FIRE. --------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: David Elliott. When a car accident in one of its parking areas causes the Thompson Tower shopping complex to catch fire, Scott and Virgil use the Mole to burrow into the inferno to rescue some people trapped amid the flames. 16. THE IMPOSTERS. ---------------------- Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: Desmond Saunders. Someone is impersonating IR, so Jeff shuts down operations. IR agent Jeremiah Tuttle gets a lead to the imposters, but Jeff is forced to resume operations when an American astronaut is lost in space and only Thunderbird III can rescue him. 17. THE MAN FROM MI5. ------------------------ Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: David Lane. Asked by Bob Bondson of MI5 to help him retrieve plans for a secret atomic weapon which have been stolen, Lady Penelope agrees. Posing as model Gayle Williams, she is kidnapped - and left in a boathouse tied to a bomb! 18. CRY WOLF. ---------------- Writer: Dennis Spooner. Director: David Elliott. When two young Australian boys accidentally call out IR while playing a game of 'rescues' and the boys are then taken prisoner by the Hood, who plans to steal satellite photos from their father, their latest distress call convinces Jeff that it's just another hoax. 19. DANGER AT OCEAN DEEP. ---------------------------- Writer: Donald Robertson. Director: Desmond Saunders. When Ocean Pioneer I explodes after launching and Brains discovers that a cargo of liquid alsterene will explode when in contact with OD6O, a chemical liquid dumped in the same region as that being used for Pioneer II's maiden voyage, IR find their services in great demand. 20. MOVE AND YOU'RE DEAD. ---------------------------- Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: Alan Pattillo. After winning the Parola Sands motor race in Brain's new car, Alan falls foul of rival driver Victor Gomez, who traps Alan and Grandma on a bridge with an ultrasonic bomb that will detonate if they move. Enter IR to save the day. 21. THE DUCHESS ASSIGNMENT. ------------------------------- Writer: Martin Crump. Director: David Elliott. On holiday in France, Ldy Penelope observes crooks swindling a Duchess out of her wealth at a casino, but is unable to stop their getaway. She contact IR, and her friends retrieve the situation. 22. BRINK OF DISASTER. -------------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: David Lane. Approached by crooked businessman Grafton, who wants her to finance a Trans-American monorail, Lady Penelope alerts Jeff - and inadvertently places his life in danger when part of the monorail track collapses, leaving Jeff and Tin Tin in danger. 23. ATTACK OF THE ALLIGATORS! --------------------------------- Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: David Lane. When Dr. Orchard developes Thuramine, a plant extract to enlarge animals and end famine, his boatman Culp tries to steal some and flushes it into a creek, the IR team soon find themselves called out to avert the threat of giant alligators. 24. MARTIAN INVASION. ------------------------- Writer: Allan Fennell. Director: David Elliott. Posing as a film financier, the Hood traps two actors in a flooded cave while they are making a Martian invasion film. Using his hypnotic powers, he has Kyrano disable Thunderbird I's automatic camera detector so that he can film the rescue attempt. 25. THE CHAN-CHAN. --------------------- Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: Alan Pattillo. Every time that the Cass Carnaby Five do a live performance of their 'Dangerous Game' act, their fighter planes are destroyed Disguised as Wanda L'Amour, Lady Penelope travels to Paradise Peak in Switzerland to investigate. 26. SECURITY HAZARD. ------------------------ Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: Desmond Saunders. Returning from a Mission in England, Thunderbirds I and II find they have an unwanted guest on board - a young boy called Chip, who has stowed away in Pod I. While awaiting their next mission, the Tracy brothers tell Chip about some of their missions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season Two: 6 colour 60-minute episodes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27. ATLANTIC INFERNO. ----------------------- Writer: Alan Fennell. Director: Desmond Saunders. Having persuaded Jeff to take a holiday, Scott is in charge when a World Navy submarine test-missile ignites a gas pocket, which threatens a Seascape rigg and the lives of its crew. Against his father's wishes, Scott mobilises IR. 28. PATH OF DESTRUCTION. --------------------------- Writer: Donald Robertson. Director: David Elliott. When Crablogger One, an atomic tree-feller and pulp processor, goes on the rampage after its crew falls foul of food- poisoning, and the machine threatens to crush the San Martino dam atomic- reactor, IR recieve an urgent distress call. 29. ALIAS MR HACKENBACKER. ------------------------------- Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: Desmond Saunders. Brains, alias Hiram K. Hackenbacker, places a new secret saftey-device on board the Skythrust aircraft, on which Lady Penelope is holding a fashion show with designer Francois Lemaire. Skythrust is hijacked by a gang seeking Lemaire's new fabric design. 30. LORD PARKER'S 'OLIDAY. ----------------------------- Writer: Tony Barwick. Director: Brain Burgess. Parker comes into his own. When a solar-energy plant goes haywire after a storm causes its solar dish to collapse and focus the Sun's rays on the town below, 'Lord Parker' and Bruno distract the town's inhabitants by playing bingo. 31. RICHOCHET. ------------------ Writer: Tony Barwick. Director: Brian Burgess. The Telesat 4 rocket from Sentinel Base goes rogue and IR have to designate a sector for its destruction - not knowing that the place they choose is occupied by DJ Rick O'Shea, a space pirate who runs an unlicensed TV station. 32. GIVE OR TAKE A MILLION. ------------------------------- Writer: Alan Pattillo. Director: Desmond Saunders. Nicky, a child from Coralville children's hospital arrives at Tracy Island to spend Christmas with IR. The boy and the Tracys find themselves spending Christmas 2026 in a story of high adventure.