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Thunderbirds

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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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Episodes

2 seasons · 32 episodes
Season 126 ep. · 1965–1966
  1. Episode 1: Trapped in the Sky

    Sep 30, 1965 · 50 min

    Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.

  2. Episode 2: Pit of Peril

    Oct 7, 1965 · 50 min

    On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.

  3. Episode 3: The Perils of Penelope

    Oct 14, 1965 · 50 min

    Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.

  4. Episode 4: Terror in New York City

    Oct 21, 1965 · 50 min

    A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.

  5. Episode 5: Edge of Impact

    Oct 28, 1965 · 50 min

    A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.

  6. Episode 6: Day of Disaster

    Nov 4, 1965 · 50 min

    A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.

  7. Episode 7: 30 Minutes After Noon

    Nov 11, 1965 · 50 min

    A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.

  8. Episode 8: Desperate Intruder

    Nov 18, 1965 · 50 min

    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.

  9. Episode 9: End of the Road

    Nov 25, 1965 · 50 min

    Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.

  10. Episode 10: The Uninvited

    Dec 2, 1965 · 50 min

    Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.

  11. Episode 11: Sun Probe

    Dec 9, 1965 · 50 min

    A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.

  12. Episode 12: Operation Crash-Dive

    Dec 16, 1965 · 50 min

    Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.

  13. Episode 13: Vault of Death

    Dec 23, 1965 · 50 min

    A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.

  14. Episode 14: The Mighty Atom

    Dec 30, 1965 · 50 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. Episode 15: City of Fire

    Jan 6, 1966 · 50 min

    A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.

  16. Episode 16: The Imposters

    Jan 13, 1966 · 50 min

    Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.

  17. Episode 17: The Man from M.I.5

    Jan 20, 1966 · 50 min

    A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

  18. Episode 18: Cry Wolf

    Jan 27, 1966 · 50 min

    The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

  19. Episode 19: Danger at Ocean Deep

    Feb 3, 1966 · 50 min

    After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.

  20. Episode 20: Move – And You're Dead

    Feb 10, 1966 · 50 min

    After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.

  21. Episode 21: The Duchess Assignment

    Feb 17, 1966 · 50 min

    Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.

  22. Episode 22: Brink of Disaster

    Feb 24, 1966 · 50 min

    Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.

  23. Episode 23: Attack of the Alligators!

    Mar 10, 1966 · 50 min

    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.

  24. Episode 24: Martian Invasion

    Mar 17, 1966 · 50 min

    The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.

  25. Episode 25: The Cham-Cham

    Mar 24, 1966 · 50 min

    The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.

  26. Episode 26: Security Hazard

    Mar 31, 1966 · 50 min

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

Season 26 ep. · 1966
  1. Episode 1: Atlantic Inferno

    Oct 2, 1966 · 50 min

    Jeff takes a holiday with Lady Penelope, leaving Scott to take charge of International Rescue. But when a fire threatens to engulf the Seascape drilling rig, he is unsure whether to intervene or not...

  2. Episode 2: Path of Destruction

    Oct 9, 1966 · 50 min

    The massive, atomic powered 'Crablogger' that cuts down and processes trees into pulp goes out of control and razes a town to the ground. Virgil and Scott risk death to shut down its reactor and empty its fuel tanks before it destroys a local dam.

  3. Episode 3: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

    Oct 16, 1966 · 50 min

    Master criminals hijack a plane with Lady Penelope on board.

  4. Episode 4: Lord Parker's 'Oliday

    Oct 23, 1966 · 50 min

    Lady Penelope and Parker holiday at the world's first solar-powered town.

  5. Episode 5: Ricochet

    Nov 6, 1966 · 50 min

    Tin-Tin picks up an SOS message from an intergalactic pirate TV station.

  6. Episode 6: Give or Take a Million

    Dec 25, 1966 · 50 min

    While Christmas preparations are underway at both Tracy Island and a local children's hospital, which is expanding to incorporate a new radiotherapy wing, a pair of criminals attempt to burgle a high-tech vault storing gold bullion.