
Directing
David Elliott
Born 1931-05-07 · Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
David Elliott (May 7th, 1931 - November 10th, 2023) was a British television director and film editor. He worked on various series produced by AP Films / Century 21 Productions, including as a director on Thunderbirds.
Acting credits
7.3The 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
NROn the eve of the demolition of the site of Gerry Anderson's AP Films and Century 21 studios in Slough, original crew wander around and reminisce their time there. Includes archive footage and new sequences made with the original Thunderbirds puppets.
Century 21 Slough
2018
Behind the camera
6.0Adventures 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
7.0Brains and Lady Penelope find themselves involved in a rescue mission when the Arlington Bridge collapses, trapping the Martian Space Probe and its engineers in the river bed.
Thunderbirds: Day of Disaster
1965
NRAfter 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
8.0When a fire breaks out in the carpark of a massive skyscraper and causes the building's collapse, Scott and Virgil must use untested equipment to save a family trapped in the basement.
Thunderbirds: City of Fire
1966
6.0International Rescue must save an innocent office worker and a British spy caught up in the bombing schemes of the dastardly Erdman Gang.
Thunderbirds: 30 Minutes After Noon
1965
8.0When 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
6.0When 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
7.0When the drivers of a tree-logging machine, the Crablogger, fall unconscious due to food poisoning, International Rescue must stop the rampaging vehicle before it crashes into a dam.
Thunderbirds: Path of Destruction
1966
7.0International Rescue rushes to a movie set to save two actors from a watery grave, unaware that the Hood has orchestrated the accident as a means of filming the Thunderbird machines.
Thunderbirds: Martian Invasion
1966
7.0After being reprimanded by International Rescue for sending them a false alert, two Australian boys are trapped by the Hood in a mine when he tries to steal secret photos from their father.
Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf
1966
9.0After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.
Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City
1965
NRLady Penelope and Parker pursue a pair of criminals who have been robbing stately homes of their valuables to the Tower of London, which they intend to blow up after taking the Crown Jewels.
Thunderbirds 1965: The Stately Homes Robberies
2015
5.3A compilation of four episodes from the Supermarionation series Stingray. When aquatic aliens plot to take over the planet, the world aquanaut security patrol are called in to battle the aliens.
Invaders from the Deep
1981
NREpisodes from Gerry Anderson's Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and The Secret Service in High Definition.
HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition
2016
NRInternational Rescue sends the incredible Thunderbirds on the most dangerous rescue missions yet. They must save the Empire State Building from collapsing on New York City and at the same time battle a deadly fire blazing out of control in a mid-Atlantic oil station.
Countdown to Disaster
1982
10.0Celebrating Thunderbirds 60th anniversary, this cinematic double-bill brings two of Thunderbirds’ best-loved adventures into an electrifying big screen experience – Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Trapped in the Sky - A criminal known only as the Hood places a bomb in the landing gear of a new supersonic airliner, Fireflash, hoping to draw out a newly created, privately funded emergency response team called International Rescue. Terror in New York City - After Thunderbird 2 is heavily damaged in a mistaken attack, it leaves the team seemingly without a swift means to transport any rescue gear to New York City to save a news crew trapped underneath the collapsed Empire State Building.
Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City
2025
8.0A 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
