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This week Corgi announced their new models of Thunderbirds 4 & 5 to accompany their existing Thunderbirds range, and these are now available to pre-order through the Official Gerry Anderson Store in either standard packaging or limited edition AE-branded packaging! Learn more in a new article here.

Thunderbirds are go-ing back to cinemas! Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City have been restored in spectacular 4K ultra-high definition and newly mixed 5.1 surround sound, giving you the chance to experience Thunderbirds on over 180 cinemas around the UK! You can learn more in this article, where you can also find a full list of all participating cinemas!

As part of our Thunderbirds 60th anniversary celebrations, this week we launched a new documentary! Thunderbirds: Fab at 60 is now streaming on ITVX, and you can learn more about it in this new article here.

Space: 1999 fans can also enjoy a new retrospective documentary now streaming on ITVX, with 50 Years Out of Orbit! You can learn more about this in a new article here.

To celebrate 50 years since Space: 1999's first UK broadcast on September 4th 1975, we also have a new retrospective article here!

Staying with Space: 1999, our new Space: 1999 Super Space Theatre Blu-ray set is now in stock and shipping! This set includes all four original Space: 1999 compilation features, the Italian Spazio: 1999 movie, and a brand new compilation Prisoners in Space, for which we've produced a trailer!

This week's free episode of Terrahawks ended the show's first production block on a cliffhanger, with Ma's Monsters! Come back on Tuesday to see how the Martians deal with the imminent arrival of Cy-star's child!

This week's 'complete interview in one' videos from the Gerry Anderson Podcast archive included Lavender Castle creator Rodney Matthews...

...Lavender Castle voice artist Kate Harbour...

...and NYT best-selling author James Swallow!

Tune in tomorrow evening at 7pm UK time for a NEW EPISODE of the Podcast, as Jamie Anderson braves The Ghost Ship with the assistance of Doctor Who companions Sophie Aldred and Nicola Bryant!

Celebrating birthdays this week were Space: 1999 actor Jeffery Kissoon (September 4th) and UFO actress Suzanne Neve (September 6th), while August 31st marked 101 years since the 1924 birth of UFO star George Sewell and September 2nd 98 years since the 1927 birth of Captain Scarlet himself Francis Matthews. Popular Anderson episodes to receive their UK television premieres this week in decades past include New Captain Scarlet's Touch of the Reaper (September 3rd 2005), and Space: 1999's Breakaway (September 4th 1975) and The Metamorph (September 4th 1976).

Finally, be sure to join us NEXT SATURDAY (September 13th) for a special event at the Museum of Brands in London as we launch a new exhibition of classic merchandise! Thunderbirds and Space: 1999 - A Celebration of Sci-fi Toys and Collectables celebrates the 60th anniversary of Thunderbirds and 50th anniversary of Space: 1999 with a captivating display of original comics, toys, games and other memorabilia from both of these ground-breaking TV series, plus other classic Anderson shows. Learn more in this article or book your tickets here - and stand by for action!

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