When was thunderbirds first shown

It was the Sixties, a time of huge optimism: the space race was on, technology was improving rapidly, and everything was groovy.

Jeff Tracy was an ex-astronaut and multimillionaire, who decided that rather than spend his money on, for example, a string of penthouses in the world's property hotspots, the largest luxury yacht in the world, or a Premiership football club, he would dedicate his life to saving the world. So he set up a secret organisation — International Rescue — on a remote Pacific island. He and his five sons named after five of the seven original Mercury astronauts would use their highly advanced vehicles — Thunderbirds 1 to 5 — to rescue people from dangerous situations.

Aided by Brains, plus the glamorous secret agent, Lady Penelope, and her faithful butler, Parker, they would also battle the show's regular villain, the Hood. Lew Grade, by then owner of the production company, watched the minute pilot and declared it to be "Fantastic, absolutely fantastic! You've got to make this as an hour! Two series were made, of 32 minute long episodes. But the series failed to sell in the USA, and so the show was cancelled. Cryptocurrency roundup: new highs for bitcoin and ether as Twitter jumps on the crypto-wagon.

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Incidental music was recorded over nine months between March and December As most of the music budget was spent on the series' earlier episodes, later instalments drew heavily on APF's ever-expanding music library.

Two soundtrack albums were released by Silva Screen Records, to favourable reviews on the AllMusic website and by Uncut magazine, in and A 40th-anniversary release — The Best of Thunderbirds , a double album featuring music from the first two CDs in addition to three previously unreleased tracks and exclusive CD-ROM content — was released in In , Fanderson released a four-disc set for its members in celebration of the 50th anniversary; it contains music either written for, or used in, all but one episode as Cry Wolf contained no original music, nor any music that was not used in other episodes, it was not included on the set.

Thunderbirds Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Thunderbirds Are Go! Royal Marines. Atlantic Inferno Alias Mr. Turbocharged Thunderbirds Ready, Set Thaddeus Stone Thunderbirds Movie. Read all In either the year or , the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations. In either the year or , the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations.

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