This week in Gerry Anderson news!

Following last week's sad news about the passing of Space: 1999 actor Prentis Hancock, this week brought equally sad news about one of his co-stars; as announced on Facebook by his friend (and extra/stand-in on the series) Suzanne Heimer via Anton Phillips, actor Clifton Jones (who played Moonbase Alpha's computer specialist David Kano in 23 episodes of the show's first season) passed away in hospital on June 4th at the age of 87. Clifton's other screen appearances included roles in episodes of The Professionals, Softly Softly, The Persuaders!, 1990, Emergency Ward 10 and Star Trek The Next Generation to name a few. Our thoughts go out to all who knew him and we have a tribute article in the works.

We've had three archive interviews posted on the new Gerry Anderson Randomiser channel this week! This is your choice to enjoy both parts of a guest interview in one video, beginning with TV presenter Dallas Campbell!

Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe, Mr Morris Productions and Warner Bros. Animation are partnering with Anderson Entertainment to develop a new animated series based on an idea by Gerry Anderson himself! Hit Squad, an unseen Gerry Anderson concept originally devised in the 1980s, is being developed by Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe as an adult animated series, blending practical and digital effects to revitalise an authentic Gerry Anderson concept for the 21st century. You can read more about it in a new article here!

This week's archive episode of the Randomiser was UFO's The Dalotek Affair!

This week's free episode of Terrahawks on our YouTube channel was Thunder Path!

The second of this week's three archive Podcast interviewees to receive their own solo video was 1980s Doctor Who companion Nicola Bryant!

Continuing our new series of articles looking at the artists who contributed to the legendary TV Century 21 comic, this week it was the turn of Ron Embleton!

As the release of our Super Space Theatre Space: 1999 Blu-ray set approaches, we've begun uploading the movie trailers to our YouTube channel - starting with the trailer for Alien Attack!

Our third and final archive Podcast interview for this week was UFO actress Ayshea Brough!

After several delays, we're delighted that people are now receiving their copies of the Stingray technical operations manual and the Corgi Thunderbirds models! Unfortunately manufacturing problems have delayed the Thunderbirds Super Space Theatre Blu-ray collection by a fortnight, but the set is still on course to be in your hands by the end of the month!

This week's free episode of Space Precinct on our YouTube channel is Takeover, which goes live at 6pm UK time this evening!

Celebrating a June 11th birthday this week was Space Precinct's Sergeant Fredo David Quilter, while June 11th also marked the 95th anniversary of the 1935 birth of Captain Scarlet and UFO star Ed Bishop. June 10th was the 107th anniversary of the 1918 birth of Space:1999 star Barry Morse, while popular Anderson episodes to receive their UK television premieres this week in years past include Four Feather Falls' Gunplay (June 9th 1960), Fireball XL5's The Day The Earth Froze (June 9th 1963), Supercar's Trapped in the Depths (June 10th 1961), Space Precinct's Takeover (June 10th 1995), Stingray's Hostages of the Deep (June 13th 1965), and Terrahawks' Jolly Roger One (June 14th 1986).