Thunderbirds (1965)

Name: Thunderbirds
Rating: 7.6

Rating: 7.6

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 1965-09-30

Last Air Date: 1966-12-25

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 32

Created By: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson

Networks: Associated Television

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Top Cast

Christine Finn as Tin-Tin Kyrano (voice)
Ray Barrett as John Tracy
Peter Dyneley as Jeff Tracy
Sylvia Anderson as Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
Matt Zimmerman as Alan Tracy (voice)
Shane Rimmer as Scott Tracy
David Graham as Gordon Tracy / Brains (voice)
David Holliday as Virgil Tracy (voice)
Paul Maxwell as Captain Paul Travers
Alexander Davion as Space Captain Greg Martin

Seasons

None (1965)

As another peril threatens the world, the team leap into action. Thunderbirds are GO!

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Trapped in the Sky (1965-09-30)

Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
Ep. 2: Pit of Peril (1965-10-07)

On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.
Ep. 3: The Perils of Penelope (1965-10-14)

Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
Ep. 4: Terror in New York City (1965-10-21)

A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
Ep. 5: Edge of Impact (1965-10-28)

A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
Ep. 6: Day of Disaster (1965-11-04)

A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
Ep. 7: 30 Minutes After Noon (1965-11-11)

A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
Ep. 8: Desperate Intruder (1965-11-18)

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.
Ep. 9: End of the Road (1965-11-25)

Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
Ep. 10: The Uninvited (1965-12-02)

Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
Ep. 11: Sun Probe (1965-12-09)

A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
Ep. 12: Operation Crash-Dive (1965-12-16)

Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Ep. 13: Vault of Death (1965-12-23)

A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.
Ep. 14: The Mighty Atom (1965-12-30)

'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.
Ep. 15: City of Fire (1966-01-06)

A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
Ep. 16: The Imposters (1966-01-13)

Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
Ep. 17: The Man from M.I.5 (1966-01-20)

A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
Ep. 18: Cry Wolf (1966-01-27)

The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
Ep. 19: Danger at Ocean Deep (1966-02-03)

After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.
Ep. 20: Move – And You're Dead (1966-02-10)

After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
Ep. 21: The Duchess Assignment (1966-02-17)

Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
Ep. 22: Brink of Disaster (1966-02-24)

Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
Ep. 23: Attack of the Alligators! (1966-03-10)

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.
Ep. 24: Martian Invasion (1966-03-17)

The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
Ep. 25: The Cham-Cham (1966-03-24)

The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
Ep. 26: Security Hazard (1966-03-31)

Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.