This week in Gerry Anderson news!

The baton is about to be raised for the Stand by for Action 2 concert – but there’s just time for this week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson news!

This week’s edition of the Gerry Anderson Podcast launched on Sunday evening, and featured the second part of an interview with Lavender Castle creator Rodney Matthews! 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 are asked to track down some Nazis in The Quick Brown Fox!

The big day is here! If you’re reading this article on July 13th 2024 then the Stand by for Action! 2: Tunes of Danger concert is this evening at 7.30pm at the Symphony Hall Birmingham! Tickets are still available – will we be seeing you there? If so, this new article revealing the entire setlist for the night should whet your musical appetite! And if you can’t make it, it is being filmed for an upcoming DVD, Blu-ray and CD release – so stay on this channel!

Ahead of the concert, this Thunderbirds Thursday article celebrates the many musical contribution of Barry Gray to the Anderson universe!

This week also saw our annual celebration of all things Spectrum with Captain Scarlet Day on July 10th, including a new article looking at Captain Scarlet’s top 5 moments of heroism! But do you agree with our list?

As part of the Captain Scarlet Day celebrations Jack Knoll hosted an evening livestream with special guests Andrew Clements and Ben Page, celebrating the show with clips, anecdotes, games and more!

Legendary Anderson voice artist David Graham celebrated his 99th birthday on July 11th, while popular Anderson episodes that first aired in the UK this week in years past include Supercar‘s Crash Landing (July 8th 1961), UFO’s Confetti Check A-O.K. (July 10th 1971), and Terrahawks‘ Operation Zero (July 12th 1986).

Take your seats, ladies, gentlemen and Earth scum – the show is about to begin! We’ll bring you all the details in next week’s Gerry Anderson news roundup!