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Explore the Anderson universe

Familiar heroes. Uncharted worlds. Discover the television, films, audio adventures and unmade ideas of Gerry Anderson and Anderson Entertainment.

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Television worlds

Supermarionation series

Thunderbirds

From a secret island base, the Tracy family and their extraordinary machines race to save lives. Meet International Rescue, discover how Thunderbirds was made, and find your next piece of the adventure.

Live-action science fiction

Space: 1999

A Moon torn from Earth. A community searching for a home. Step onto Moonbase Alpha and explore the people, Eagles and extraordinary encounters of Space: 1999.

Live-action science fiction

UFO

Beneath a film studio, a secret war is being fought. Enter SHADO’s world of moonbases, interceptors and impossible decisions as Ed Straker and his team defend Earth from an unseen enemy.

Supermarionation series

Stingray

Anything can happen in the next half hour. Join Troy Tempest, Phones and Marina beneath the waves, explore Marineville and continue the adventure with Deadly Uprising.

Supermarionation series

Fireball XL5

Ready to patrol Sector 25? Join Steve Zodiac, Venus, Professor Matic and Robert the Robot aboard Fireball XL5, where every launch opens a new corner of the galaxy.

Supermacromation series

Terrahawks

Zelda is coming—and Earth’s last line of defence is an eccentric team with extraordinary machines. Meet the Terrahawks, the Zeroids and the monsters threatening their world.

Live-action science fiction

Space Precinct

Welcome to Demeter City. Human and alien officers share the streets, the cases and the danger in Precinct 88—an off-world police drama with practical creatures, miniature vehicles and a very human heart.

Supermarionation series

Joe 90

Nine years old. The skills of the world’s greatest experts. Join Joe McClaine and the World Intelligence Network, where a remarkable invention turns an ordinary boy into an extraordinary secret agent.

Computer-animated series

New Captain Scarlet

Spectrum is back. Enter Gerry Anderson’s computer-animated reimagining of Captain Scarlet, where an indestructible agent faces the Mysterons with a new team, new machines and a new visual language.

Supermarionation series

Supercar

Land, sea, air—and a little beyond. Mike Mercury pilots the Marvel of the Age from the Black Rock laboratory, with Dr Beaker, Professor Popkiss, Jimmy and Mitch ready for adventure.

Puppetry and live-action series

The Secret Service

Father Unwin has more than parish duties to attend to. With a miniaturisation device and his assistant Matthew Harding, this unlikely intelligence team turns small-scale missions into a uniquely Anderson adventure.

Live-action adventure series

The Protectors

Harry Rule, the Contessa and Paul Buchet take on cases across Europe and beyond. Discover the international adventure series that placed Gerry Anderson’s storytelling firmly in a world of real locations and human danger.

Puppet Western

Four Feather Falls

Sheriff Tex Tucker has four magic feathers and a town to protect. Step into a musical miniature Western where talking animals, outlaws and an inventive new approach to puppetry helped shape the Anderson future.

Stop-motion and computer animation

Lavender Castle

Somewhere in the universe lies a mythical city of peace. Join the crew of the Paradox as they search for Lavender Castle before the destructive Dr. Agon can reach it.

Stop-motion comedy

Dick Spanner

A robot private eye walks into a world where almost every phrase becomes a visual joke. Meet Dick Spanner and explore Anderson Burr’s playful, handmade detour into detective comedy.

Early puppet series

Torchy the Battery Boy

In Topsy Turvy Land, toys can walk, animals can talk and cream buns grow on trees. Follow Torchy’s rocket journey into the imaginative world created by Roberta Leigh and brought to the screen by the early AP Films team.

Early puppet series

The Adventures of Twizzle

A runaway toy with extendable arms and legs finds friendship and a new home in Stray Town. Discover Roberta Leigh’s series and the first television adventures directed by Gerry Anderson’s AP Films team.

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Films & specials

Feature film · 1966

Thunderbirds Are Go

Zero-X is preparing for Mars, and International Rescue is responsible for security. Discover the original Thunderbirds feature film, its spectacular spacecraft and the move from television to the cinema screen.

Feature film · 1968

Thunderbird 6

A round-the-world flight aboard Skyship One becomes a trap for International Rescue. Explore the second Thunderbirds feature film—and the small, surprising machine that proves worthy of a famous name.

Feature film · Journey to the Far Side of the Sun

Doppelgänger

A planet hidden on the far side of the Sun. A mission that returns too soon. Explore Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s live-action feature and the unsettling mystery of a world that looks almost exactly like our own.

Television special · Into Infinity

The Day After Tomorrow

Two families leave Earth aboard the lightship Altares. When an accident sends them beyond their planned route, a scientific voyage becomes a journey into the unknown. Explore the adventure also known as Into Infinity.

Live-action feature film

Crossroads to Crime

A local café conceals a hijacking gang, and one young policeman is determined to expose it. Explore Gerry Anderson’s compact British crime thriller and an early chapter in his ambition to direct live action.

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New & rediscovered worlds

Anderson Entertainment audio drama

First Action Bureau

In 2068, a powerful intelligence service predicts crime before it happens. Agent Nero Jones begins to suspect that the greatest deception is the one inside her own mind. Enter a spy-fi world where nothing is true.

Unproduced concept · Stellar Patrol

Intergalactic Rescue 4

Two young explorers, two robots and a remarkable rescue ship. Follow Jason Stone and Anne Warran into the 22nd century, where a mission to help others conceals a mystery of its own.

Animated series & Ultramarionation pilot

Firestorm

Join Storm Force 9 in a world of secret enemies and extraordinary machines. Watch the complete Ultramarionation minisode, discover the craft behind it and explore Firestorm’s earlier animated incarnation.

Novel trilogy & audio adventures

Gemini Force One

Impossible rescues begin with people willing to try. Meet Ben Carrington and the specialist team of Gemini Force One, discover Gerry’s final adventure trilogy and find your way into the novels and audiobooks.

Unproduced film concept · novels and audio

Five Star Five

An unlikely team stands between a threatened planet and an enemy fortress. Explore the film Gerry Anderson and Tony Barwick imagined, and the adventures Richard James later brought to life in books and audio.

Television pilot

Space Police

A veteran New York officer takes command of an alien-world precinct. Meet the original Lieutenant Brogan and explore the 1986 pilot that began the long journey towards Space Precinct.

Uncommissioned television pilot

The Investigator

An alien visitor recruits John and Julie, shrinks them to miniature size and sends them on a mission in Malta. Explore the ambitious—and troubled—pilot that attempted to bring puppet heroes back into a live-action world.

Unproduced television concept

Starcruiser

A family adventure, an interstellar command and a spacecraft with a life beyond television. Open the archive of Starcruiser: an unproduced idea whose surviving script, comic strip and model kit keep its possibilities alive.

Unbroadcast animated pilot

GFI

A rescue team for the United Planets. Explore Gerry’s unfinished animated world through its characters, surviving designs and the story of its single completed pilot.

Unproduced comedy project

Off the Fat of the Land

Gerry Anderson’s imagination reached beyond spacecraft and secret agents. Explore the little-known comedy he developed with Ronnie Cass, centred on the romances, schemes and rivalries of an English country town.

The life behind the worlds

Meet Gerry Anderson

Discover the restless imagination, remarkable collaborations and personal story behind a lifetime of adventures.

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