This week in Gerry Anderson news!

This week's instalment of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Sunday night at 7pm UK time, and featured the second half of the Thunderbirds episode City of Fire on the Randomiser, and the first half of an interview with special guest Simon Owen - who lifts the lid on Scalextric's upcoming Captain Scarlet releases!

Also new this week on the Gerry Anderson Randomiser Podcast, The Protectors are off to Salzburg in the first part of WAM!

Monday was April 14th, also known as Gerry Anderson Day, celebrating the life and work of the man who created, co-created, directed, wrote and even performed in so many classic shows that we all know and love. To celebrate we held a special Gerry Anderson Day livestream event featuring a host of merchandise reveals and surprise announcements, which you can learn about in the above video or read the full run-down on in a new article here!

We've also got plans for the 50th anniversary of Space:1999, which you can read about in this new article!

With Thunderbirds celebrating its sixtieth anniversary this year, here are ten reasons why you should give the show a look - if you haven't already!

This week's free episode of Terrahawks introduced the iconic Overlander, in Close Call!

New to our YouTube channel this week was a behind-the-scenes video looking at the making of the trailer for our Space:1999 pallet Eagle model - which is still available from the Official Gerry Anderson Store!

This week's free episode of Space Precinct is Body and Soul - premiering on our YouTube channel at 6pm UK time tonight!

Celebrating a birthday this week (April 15th) was Lavender Castle voice actress Kate Harbour, while April 13th marked the 104th anniversary of the 1921 birth of Thunderbirds voice actor Peter Dyneley. Popular Anderson episodes that premiered in the UK this week in years past include Fireball XL5's 1875 (April 14th 1963), Supercar's Phantom Piper (April 15th 1961) and The Day That Time Stood Still (April 15th 1962), Captain Scarlet's Inferno (April 16th 1968), New Captain Scarlet's Skin Deep (April 16th 2005), and Stingray's The Invaders (April 18th 1965).