Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds are Go!

1965 – 1966
Ended
Family · Action & Adventure · Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
~50m / ep
2 seasons
7.5/10

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

E1. Atlantic Inferno
Oct 2, 1966 · 50m
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...
E2. Path of Destruction
Oct 9, 1966 · 50m
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.
E3. Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
Oct 16, 1966 · 50m
Master criminals hijack a plane with Lady Penelope on board.
E4. Lord Parker's 'Oliday
Oct 23, 1966 · 50m
Lady Penelope and Parker holiday at the world's first solar-powered town.
E5. Ricochet
Nov 6, 1966 · 50m
Tin-Tin picks up an SOS message from an intergalactic pirate TV station.
E6. Give or Take a Million
Dec 25, 1966 · 50m
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.