Stand by for action – we are about to launch the Gerry Anderson news roundup in celebration of sixty years of Stingray!
This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Sunday evening, and featured the second part of an interview with Space Precinct stuntman – and Cyborg – Glenn Marks! If you prefer to stick with traditional audio-only rather than our new and improved video format you can still catch it (and all other previous episodes) every week either through our website or via your podcast platform of choice.
Also new this week over on the Gerry Anderson Randomiser Podcast (also available on all podcast platforms) The Protectors were on the trail of a kidnapped girl in the episode Bagman!
Stingray turned sixty on October the 4th, and we pulled out all the stops to celebrate! In this new article we look back at Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic Supermarionation series as well as highlight our ongoing 60th anniversary Stingray saga Deadly Uprising, which tells a brand new Stingray story across live performances, Marine Minutes mini-episodes, two new novels and a dozen new comics.
And speaking of Deadly Uprising…
This week authors Chris Dale and James Swallow stopped by our shipping warehouse to sign copies of their new novels; James Swallow’s UFO Shadow Play and Space:1999 The Armageddon Engine, and Chris Dale’s Stingray The Titanican Stratagem! These are now shipping from the Official Gerry Anderson Store, with the first volume of the Stingray Comic Anthology to follow next week!
The latest installment of Marine Minutes also premiered this week, and takes place between chapters 2 and 3 of The Titanican Stratagem – but who is Sara Coral? If you’ve ordered the novel, you’ll soon find out…
Our Stingray 60th anniversary hoodie is now available to order from the Official Gerry Anderson store! Celebrate the landmark anniversary of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1964 underwater Supermarionation saga with this stylish hoodie, which is adorned with our striking Stingray 60th anniversary logo. The limited edition hoodie is available in a variety of sizes, from small to 5XL. Only 50 of these hoodies are available, so be sure to place your order to defend the world’s oceans in style!
We’ve launched a new podcast this week, celebrating the best of our Anderson audio drama releases! Every week’s episode will present a thirty (ish) minute chapter of audio action and excitement – and first up is part one of Stingray: Monster from the Deep! Read more in a new article here.
Previously only available on the special edition release of Network’s 2022 Stingray Blu-ray set, the documentary We Are About to Launch Stingray is now playing on ITVX!
September 30th also saw the 59th anniversary of the first UK broadcast of Thunderbirds, and the Official Gerry Anderson Store is proud to release a selection of Thunderbirds Day merch including a new Thunderbirds t-shirt and the official Thunderbirds 2025 calendar!
This week’s Thunderbirds Thursday article counted down five reasons why we think that Thunderbirds remains timeless!
Celebrating birthdays this week were Space:1999 actors Sam Dastor (October 2nd) and Sarah Bullen (October 3rd), while popular Anderson episodes that first aired this week in years gone by include Captain Scarlet‘s first episode The Mysterons (September 27th 1967), Joe 90‘s first episode The Most Special Agent (September 27th 1968) Thunderbirds‘ first episode Trapped in the Sky (1965) UFO‘s The Cat with Ten Lives (September 30th 1970), Terrahawks‘ Ten Top Pop (1984), New Captain Scarlet‘s Contact (October 1st 2005) Thunderbirds‘ Atlantic Inferno (October 2nd 1966), Space:1999‘s Death’s Other Dominion (October 2nd 1975) and Brian the Brain (October 2nd 1976), and the first episode of Stingray (October 4th 1964).
Phew! Time to head back to base, Phones – but the Gerry Anderson news roundup will be back on patrol next weekend!
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