

Thunderbirds are Go!
Thunderbirds is a 1960s British science-fiction television series which was produced using a mixed method of marionette puppetry and scale-model special effects termed "Supermarionation". The series is set in the 21st century and follows the exploits of International Rescue, a secret organization formed to save people in mortal danger with the help of technologically advanced land, sea, air and space vehicles and equipment, launched from a hidden base on Tracy Island in the South Pacific Ocean.


Sep 30, 1965 - 50m
Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.

Oct 7, 1965 - 50m
On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.

Oct 14, 1965 - 50m
Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.

Oct 21, 1965 - 50m
A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.

Oct 28, 1965 - 50m
A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.

Nov 4, 1965 - 50m
A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.

Nov 11, 1965 - 50m
A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.

Nov 18, 1965 - 50m
Brains and Tin-Tin set off on an expedition to retrieve sunken treasure from Lake Anasta. The Hood has also set his sights on the riches and plans to put both Brains and Tin-Tin in grave peril.

Nov 25, 1965 - 50m
Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.

Dec 2, 1965 - 50m
Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.

Dec 9, 1965 - 50m
A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.

Dec 16, 1965 - 50m
Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.

Dec 23, 1965 - 50m
A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.

Dec 30, 1965 - 50m
'The Mighty Atom' is a robotic rodent programmed to take photographs. The Hood steals the machine intending to take secret pictures of the Thunderbirds' craft and operations.

Jan 6, 1966 - 50m
A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.

Jan 13, 1966 - 50m
Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.

Jan 20, 1966 - 50m
A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

Jan 27, 1966 - 50m
The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

Feb 3, 1966 - 50m
After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.

Feb 10, 1966 - 50m
After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.

Feb 17, 1966 - 50m
Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.

Feb 24, 1966 - 50m
Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.

Mar 10, 1966 - 50m
An experimental drug that makes animals grow four times their normal size is spilled into the Amazon River by a greedy boatman attempting to steal it.

Mar 17, 1966 - 50m
The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.

Mar 24, 1966 - 50m
The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.

Mar 31, 1966 - 50m
Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.