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Thunderbirds (1965-66)
   Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
references:
TV Times / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://www.imdb.com)
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THUNDERBIRDS
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APF Television production
in association with
Associated TeleVision Ltd (ATV)
ITC World Wide Distribution
Produced by Gerry Anderson, Reg Hill, John Read.

Written by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Alan Fennell, Alan Pattillo,
Donald Robertson, Dennis Spooner, Martin Crump, Tony Barwick.
Directed by Desmond Saunders, David Lane, David Elliott, Brian Burgess, Alan Pattillo.

UK Puppet series 1965-66    32 episodes x 60 min (colour)

starring (on the opening sequence)
Scott Tracy, Pilot Thunderbird 1 (voice Shane Rimmer)
John Tracy, Space Monitor (voice Ray Barrett)
Virgil Tracy, Pilot Thundebird 2 (voice David Holliday)
Gordon Tracy, Aquanaut Thunderbird 4 (voice David Graham)
Alan Tracy, Asronaut Thunderbird 3 (voice Matt Zimmerman)
Brains, Engineer (voice David Graham)
Lady Penelope, London Agent (voice Sylvia Anderson)

not on the opening sequence:-
Jeff Tracy - voice Peter Dyneley
Tin-Tin Kyrano - voice Christine Finn
Kyrano - voice David Graham
Grandma Tracy - voice Christine Finn
The Hood -voice Ray Barrett
Aloysius Parker - voice David Graham

Premise
Operating from a secret island base, the Tracy family run a global
rescue service in the year 2065 using five amazing Thunderbirds vehicles.

"Thunderbirds" Music: Barry Gray.

 ################# Thunderbirds ###############
############### Season 1 1965-66 #############
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(30 Sep 65 - 31 Mar 66) (26 episodes)

1.1 [--] Thunderbirds: TRAPPED IN THE SKY (pilot)
Directed by Desmond Saunders

1.2 [--] Thunderbirds: PIT OF PERIL
Teleplay by Alan Fennell
Directed by Desmond Saunders
director of photography John Read
Synopsis:
An armoured vehicle disappears into a pit.

1.3 [--] Thunderbirds: CITY OF FIRE
Directed by David Elliott

1.4 [--] Thunderbirds: SUN PROBE
Teleplay by Alan Fennell
Directed by David Lane
director of photography John Read
Synopsis:
It's time to call International Rescue when a manned space probe
is trapped on a collision course with the sun.

1.5 [--] Thunderbirds: THE UNINVITED: ALIEN ATTACK
Directed by Desmond Saunders
Synopsis:
Scott goes pyramid-hunting with archeologists after being shot down over the desert.

1.6 [--] Thunderbirds: THE MIGHTY ATOM
Teleplay by Dennis Spooner
Directed by David Lane
Synopsis:
International Rescue try to save Melbourne from a radioactive cloud. A radio-active controlled
mouse with a built-in camera is the real star of this episode.

1.7 [--] Thunderbirds: VAULT OF DEATH
 Teleplay by Dennis Spooner
Directed by David Elliott
Synopsis:
Lady Penelope and Parker are hired to break into the Bank of England, to prove if a new safe is required.
This is the one that shows London Underground station at Piccadilly Circus.

1.8 [--] Thunderbirds: OPERATION CRASH DIVE
Directed by Desmond Saunders

1.9 [--] Thunderbirds: MOVE AND YOU'RE DEAD
Directed by Alan Pattillo

1.10 [--] Thunderbirds: MARTIAN INVASION
Directed by David Elliott

1.11 [--] Thunderbirds: BRINK OF DISASTER
Directed by David Lane

1.12 [--] Thunderbirds: THE PERILS OF PENELOPE
Directed by ?

1.13 [--] Thunderbirds: TERROR IN NEW YORK
Directed by David Elliot & Mark Lane

1.14 [--] Thunderbirds: END OF TE ROAD
Directed by ?

1.15 [--] Thunderbirds: A DAY OF DISASTER
Directed by David Elliott

1.16 [--] Thunderbirds: THE EDGE OF IMPACT
Directed by Desmond Saunders

1.17 [--] Thunderbirds: DESPERATE INTRUDER
Directed by David Lane

1.18 [--] Thunderbirds: THIRTY MINUTES BEFORE NOON
Directed by David Elliott

1.19 [--] Thunderbirds: THE IMPOSTERS
Directed by Desmond Saunders

1.20 [--] Thunderbirds: THE MAN FROM MI5
Directed by ?

1.21 [--] Thunderbirds: CRY WOLF
prod. no. 21
Directed by David Elliott
Synopsis:
Scot Tracy goes to the rescue of an Australian boy who says he is stuck on a
crumbling mountain edge.

1.22 [--] Thunderbirds: DANGER AT OCEAN DEEP
Directed by ?

1.23 [--] Thunderbirds: THE DUCHESS ASSIGNMENT
Directed by ?

1.24 [--] Thunderbirds: ATTACK OF THE ALLIGATORS
Directed by David Lane

1.25 [--] Thunderbirds: THE CHAM CHAM
Directed by Alan Patticco

1.26 [--] Thunderbirds: SECURITY HAZARD
Directed by ?

################# Thunderbirds ###############
########## Season 2 Autumn/Fall 1966 #########
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(3 Oct 66 - 27 Dec 66)(6 episodes)

2.1 [27] Thunderbirds: ATLANTIC INFERNO

2.2 [28] Thunderbirds: PATH OF DESTRUCTION

2.3 [29] Thunderbirds: ALIAS MR. HACKENBACKER

2.4 [30] Thunderbirds: LORD PARKER'S 'OLIDAY

2.5 [31] Thunderbirds: RICOCHET

2.6 [32] Thunderbirds: GIVE OR TAKE A MILLION (final episode)

################# Thunderbirds ###############
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