Thunderbirds
“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.
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Gerry Anderson Primer: Thunderbirds
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Seasons
As another peril threatens the world, the team leap into action. Thunderbirds are GO!
1.Trapped in the Sky
7.630-09-196550 minCriminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
2.Pit of Peril
8.007-10-196550 minOn a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.
3.The Perils of Penelope
9.014-10-196550 minProfessor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
4.Terror in New York City
10.021-10-196550 minA TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
5.Edge of Impact
7.028-10-196550 minA fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
6.Day of Disaster
7.504-11-196550 minA Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
7.30 Minutes After Noon
6.511-11-196550 minA British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
8.Desperate Intruder
10.018-11-196550 minBrains 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...
9.End of the Road
8.025-11-196550 minEddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
10.The Uninvited
8.002-12-196550 minScott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
11.Sun Probe
9.009-12-196550 minA space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
12.Operation Crash-Dive
10.016-12-196550 minThunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
13.Vault of Death
6.023-12-196550 minA Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.
14.The Mighty Atom
6.030-12-196550 min'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.
15.City of Fire
8.006-01-196650 minA Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
16.The Imposters
8.013-01-196650 minOperations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
17.The Man from M.I.5
7.020-01-196650 minA British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
18.Cry Wolf
7.027-01-196650 minThe Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
19.Danger at Ocean Deep
6.003-02-196650 minAfter the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.
20.Move – And You're Dead
9.010-02-196650 minAfter Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
21.The Duchess Assignment
8.017-02-196650 minLady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
22.Brink of Disaster
6.024-02-196650 minCrooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
23.Attack of the Alligators!
10.010-03-196650 minAn 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.
24.Martian Invasion
7.017-03-196650 minThe Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
25.The Cham-Cham
8.024-03-196650 minThe villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
26.Security Hazard
0.031-03-196650 minChip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.
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