Gerry Anderson

Creator

Gerry Anderson

Born 1929-04-14 · West Hampstead, London, England, UK

Gerry Anderson, MBE (born Gerald Alexander Abrahams; 14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012) was an English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist. He was known for his futuristic television programmes, especially his 1960s productions filmed with "Supermarionation" (marionette puppets containing electric moving parts). Anderson's first television production was the 1957 Roberta Leigh children's series The Adventures of Twizzle. Supercar (1961–62) and Fireball XL5 (1962) followed later, both series breaking into the US television market in the early 1960s. In the mid-1960s Anderson produced his most successful series, Thunderbirds. Other television productions of the 1960s include Stingray and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Anderson also wrote and produced several feature films whose box office performance was unexceptional. Following a shift towards live action productions in the 1970s, he had a long and successful association with media impresario Lew Grade and Grade's company ITC, continuing until the second series of Space: 1999. After a career lull when a number of new series concepts failed to get off the ground, his career began a new phase in the early 1980s when audience nostalgia for his earlier Supermarionation series (prompted by Saturday morning re-runs in Britain and Australia) led to new Anderson productions being commissioned. Later projects include a 2005 CGI remake of Captain Scarlet entitled Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet.

Acting credits

30 Years in the TARDIS poster
7.9

A documentary celebrating the 30th anniversary of Doctor Who, featuring new interviews, rare archive footage and recently discovered material.

30 Years in the TARDIS

1993

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit poster
NR

Celebrating 50 years of Space: 1999. This documentary examines the inception, characters, cultural impact, and music of the iconic series. Featuring interviews with John Logan, J.Michael Straczynski, Richard Taylor, plus many more.

Space 1999 - 50 Years Out of Orbit

2025

All About 'Thunderbirds' poster
NR

A look at the story behind Thunderbirds (1965).

All About 'Thunderbirds'

2008

Filmed in Supermarionation poster
7.3

The definitive documentary about the iconic television series developed by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their production companies (AP Films and Century 21 Pictures). Supermarionation was a revolutionary technique used in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray, Captain Scarlet and, most famously, Thunderbirds.

Filmed in Supermarionation

2014

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted poster
6.0

Gerry Anderson’s successful career spanned 60 years. Released a decade after his death, this documentary draws on exclusive access to over 30 hours of previously unpublished interviews, in order to share the untold stories that defined his life and body of work.

Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted

2022

The Making of Gerry Anderson A life Uncharted Behind The Scenes poster
NR

Discover even more insights about Gerry Anderson's life in this behind-the-scenes look at how A Life Uncharted was made. Through interviews and commentary from friends, family, fans and colleagues, unravel even more about the genius creator.

The Making of Gerry Anderson A life Uncharted Behind The Scenes

This Is Supermarionation poster
8.0

A compilation of the best of Supermarionation in High Definition. Sit back and enjoy some rare treats on a journey through Supermarionationland. Parker, Lady Penelope and Brains are your hosts, introducing some of the very best episodes from the Supermarionation archive as well as news items, commercial breaks with tie-in adverts and much more. Stand By For Action! - Four Feather Falls: Gunfight on Main Street - Supercar: False Alarm - Fireball XL5: Space City Special - Stingray: Pilot - Thunderbirds: Terror in New York City - Captain Scarlet: The Mysterons - Joe 90: Hi-Jacked - The Secret Service: More Haste, Less Speed

This Is Supermarionation

2014

Behind the camera

Doppelgänger poster
6.2

A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British scientist John Kane via spaceship to explore the other planet.

Doppelgänger

1969

Doppelgänger poster
6.2

A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British scientist John Kane via spaceship to explore the other planet.

Doppelgänger

1969

Thunderbird 6 poster
5.9

The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx, Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from on-board, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing.

Thunderbird 6

1968

Thunderbirds Are GO poster
6.4

When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.

Thunderbirds Are GO

1966

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray poster
6.0

Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

1980

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray poster
6.0

Adventures of the super-sub Stingray and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol and their battles against Titan, leader of the underwater city of Titanica.

The Incredible Voyage of Stingray

1980

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive poster
NR

After a series of Fireflash airliners start inexplicably crashing into the sea, International Rescue volunteers to assist in the investigation.

Thunderbirds: Operation Crash-Dive

1965

Stingray: The Reunion Party poster
NR

While waiting for Atlanta and Marina, Commander Sam Shore shows Admiral Denver films depicting the previous missions that Troy Tempest and Phones had with the submarine Stingray.

Stingray: The Reunion Party

2008

Stingray: The Reunion Party poster
NR

While waiting for Atlanta and Marina, Commander Sam Shore shows Admiral Denver films depicting the previous missions that Troy Tempest and Phones had with the submarine Stingray.

Stingray: The Reunion Party

2008

Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep poster
NR

International Rescue must save the crew of a new super tanker when it sails into a patch of sea harbouring a fungus that reacts explosively with the vessel's cargo of liquid fuel.

Thunderbirds: Danger at Ocean Deep

1966

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster poster
6.0

Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin find themselves trapped onboard a crooked entrepreneur's automated cross-country monorail that is hurtling towards a collapsed bridge without means of stopping.

Thunderbirds: Brink of Disaster

1966

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact poster
7.0

Hired by General Bron to sabotage Britain's new Red Arrow fighter jet, the Hood endangers two technicians when he causes the plane's second prototype to crash into a TV relay tower.

Thunderbirds: Edge of Impact

1965

Space Precinct: The Fire Within poster
NR

A priest spontaneously combusts during a ceremony at the Pyrist Temple; Brogan investigates, finding that the death was likely a homicide and all evidence points to a fellow priest being the culprit.

Space Precinct: The Fire Within

2025

Thunderbirds: The Imposters poster
NR

When International Rescue is framed for theft, the organisation's intelligence network must clear their name before the Tracys are arrested, responding to a distress call they cannot ignore.

Thunderbirds: The Imposters

1966

Space Precinct: Deathwatch poster
NR

The arrival a mysterious meteor fragment on Altor, heralds the start of strange events at Roetem Towers on Krazucki Street where residents are being terrorized into relocation.

Space Precinct: Deathwatch

2025

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited poster
9.0

While returning to base, Scott is attacked by mysterious fighter aircraft and shot down over the Sahara. Discovered by two archaeologists, they soon find themselves in search of the legendary lost Pyramid of Khamandides.

Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

1965

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5 poster
7.0

At the behest of a British Secret Service agent, Lady Penelope goes undercover in Monte Carlo to pursue a gang of murderous criminals who have stolen the plans for a nuclear weapon.

Thunderbirds: The Man from MI.5

1966

Thunderbirds: Security Hazard poster
NR

After discovering a young boy aboard Thunderbird 2, Jeff tries to decide how to deal with the stowaway while his sons break protocol by enthralling him with tales of their past adventures.

Thunderbirds: Security Hazard

1966

UFO: Take Them Alive poster
7.0

SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.

UFO: Take Them Alive

1972

UFO: Take Them Alive poster
7.0

SHADO receive a report that a former Olympic champion has disappeared from a farm in the English countryside, thinking it might be an alien abduction, Colonel Paul Foster is dispatched to track down the UFO and eliminate it.

UFO: Take Them Alive

1972

Thunderbirds: End of The Road poster
9.0

When an old flame of Tin-Tin's is trapped inside a tractor on a collapsing ledge with a case of explosives beside him, the Tracys must save him without revealing their identities.

Thunderbirds: End of The Road

1965

Destination Moonbase-Alpha poster
5.8

After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. But Moonbase Commander John Koenig, having undergone an experimental brain soothing process after receiving a concussion in a crash on the Lunar surface, sees not friends from Earth but gruesome monsters which have telepathically caused all others on Alpha to see an illusion of an Earth party. The aliens are desperate for radiation and plan to manipulate the Alphans into detonating nuclear waste on the Lunar surface, reducing the Moon and everyone on it to dust. Koenig must expose this conspiracy to save his people. Compiled from the two part episode The Bringers Of Wonder from the TV series Space: 1999's second series.

Destination Moonbase-Alpha

1978

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death poster
6.0

When a banker gets trapped in the Bank of England's new vault, International Rescue races to save him, but Parker frets that he will spoil his old cellmate's dream of robbing the bank.

Thunderbirds: Vault of Death

1965

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment poster
8.0

When Lady Penelope's destitute friend, the Duchess of Royston, loans a valuable painting to an associate of Jeff's, she is kidnapped by crooks intent on stealing the fee for the painting.

Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

1966