Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds are Go!
Thunderbirds is a 1960s British science-fiction television series which was produced using a mixed method of marionette puppetry and scale-model special effects termed "Supermarionation". The series is set in the 21st century and follows the exploits of International Rescue, a secret organization formed to save people in mortal danger with the help of technologically advanced land, sea, air and space vehicles and equipment, launched from a hidden base on Tracy Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
Seasons
1. Trapped in the Sky
Air Date: 1965-09-30
Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
2. Pit of Peril
Air Date: 1965-10-07
On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.
3. The Perils of Penelope
Air Date: 1965-10-14
Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
4. Terror in New York City
Air Date: 1965-10-21
A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
5. Edge of Impact
Air Date: 1965-10-28
A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
6. Day of Disaster
Air Date: 1965-11-04
A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
7. 30 Minutes After Noon
Air Date: 1965-11-11
A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
8. Desperate Intruder
Air Date: 1965-11-18
Brains and Tin-Tin set off on an expedition to retrieve sunken treasure from Lake Anasta. The Hood has also set his sights on the riches and plans to put both Brains and Tin-Tin in grave peril.
9. End of the Road
Air Date: 1965-11-25
Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
10. The Uninvited
Air Date: 1965-12-02
Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
11. Sun Probe
Air Date: 1965-12-09
A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
12. Operation Crash-Dive
Air Date: 1965-12-16
Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
13. Vault of Death
Air Date: 1965-12-23
A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.
14. The Mighty Atom
Air Date: 1965-12-30
'The Mighty Atom' is a robotic rodent programmed to take photographs. The Hood steals the machine intending to take secret pictures of the Thunderbirds' craft and operations.
15. City of Fire
Air Date: 1966-01-06
A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
16. The Imposters
Air Date: 1966-01-13
Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
17. The Man from M.I.5
Air Date: 1966-01-20
A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
18. Cry Wolf
Air Date: 1966-01-27
The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
19. Danger at Ocean Deep
Air Date: 1966-02-03
After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.
20. Move – And You're Dead
Air Date: 1966-02-10
After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
21. The Duchess Assignment
Air Date: 1966-02-17
Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
22. Brink of Disaster
Air Date: 1966-02-24
Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
23. Attack of the Alligators!
Air Date: 1966-03-10
An experimental drug that makes animals grow four times their normal size is spilled into the Amazon River by a greedy boatman attempting to steal it.
24. Martian Invasion
Air Date: 1966-03-17
The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
25. The Cham-Cham
Air Date: 1966-03-24
The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
26. Security Hazard
Air Date: 1966-03-31
Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.
1. Atlantic Inferno
Air Date: 1966-10-02
Jeff takes a holiday with Lady Penelope, leaving Scott to take charge of International Rescue. But when a fire threatens to engulf the Seascape drilling rig, he is unsure whether to intervene or not...
2. Path of Destruction
Air Date: 1966-10-09
The massive, atomic powered 'Crablogger' that cuts down and processes trees into pulp goes out of control and razes a town to the ground. Virgil and Scott risk death to shut down its reactor and empty its fuel tanks before it destroys a local dam.
3. Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Air Date: 1966-10-16
Master criminals hijack a plane with Lady Penelope on board.
4. Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Air Date: 1966-10-23
Lady Penelope and Parker holiday at the world's first solar-powered town.
5. Ricochet
Air Date: 1966-11-06
Tin-Tin picks up an SOS message from an intergalactic pirate TV station.
6. Give or Take a Million
Air Date: 1966-12-25
While Christmas preparations are underway at both Tracy Island and a local children's hospital, which is expanding to incorporate a new radiotherapy wing, a pair of criminals attempt to burgle a high-tech vault storing gold bullion.
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Rating
7.5/10
Release Date
1965-09-30
Episodes
32 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
AP Films
Century 21 Television
ITC Entertainment