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.
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Gerry Anderson Primer: Thunderbirds
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Seasons
As another peril threatens the world, the team leap into action. Thunderbirds are GO!
1.Trapped in the Sky
7.030-09-196550mCriminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
2.Pit of Peril
07-10-196550mOn 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
14-10-196550mProfessor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
4.Terror in New York City
21-10-196550mA TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
5.Edge of Impact
28-10-196550mA fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
6.Day of Disaster
04-11-196550mA Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
7.30 Minutes After Noon
6.711-11-196550mA British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
8.Desperate Intruder
18-11-196550mBrains 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...
9.End of the Road
25-11-196550mEddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
10.The Uninvited
02-12-196550mScott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
11.Sun Probe
09-12-196550mA space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
12.Operation Crash-Dive
16-12-196550mThunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
13.Vault of Death
23-12-196550mA 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
30-12-196550m'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
06-01-196650mA Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
16.The Imposters
13-01-196650mOperations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
17.The Man from M.I.5
20-01-196650mA British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
18.Cry Wolf
27-01-196650mThe Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
19.Danger at Ocean Deep
03-02-196650mAfter 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
10-02-196650mAfter Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
21.The Duchess Assignment
17-02-196650mLady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
22.Brink of Disaster
24-02-196650mCrooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
23.Attack of the Alligators!
10-03-196650mAn 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
17-03-196650mThe Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
25.The Cham-Cham
24-03-196650mThe villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
26.Security Hazard
31-03-196650mChip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.
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