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About Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds is a sci-fi & fantasy and animation TV series that premiered on Associated Television on September 30, 1965. It has 2 seasons and 32 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 2 Episode 6 "Give or Take a Million", aired on December 25, 1966.

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.

  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Animation
  • Action & Adventure
  • Family

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Episodes

32 episodes · 2 seasons

Season 1

1965 · 26 episodes · Last episode: 60 years ago

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

Thunderbirds Season 1 release dates →
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    26. Security Hazard

    Finale

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

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    25. The Cham-Cham

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

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    24. Martian Invasion

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

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    23. Attack of the Alligators!

    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.

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    22. Brink of Disaster

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

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    21. The Duchess Assignment

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

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    20. Move – And You're Dead

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

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    19. Danger at Ocean Deep

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

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    18. Cry Wolf

    The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

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    17. The Man from M.I.5

    A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

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    16. The Imposters

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

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    15. City of Fire

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

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    14. The Mighty Atom

    '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.

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    13. Vault of Death

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

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    12. Operation Crash-Dive

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

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    11. Sun Probe

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

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    10. The Uninvited

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

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    9. End of the Road

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

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    8. Desperate Intruder

    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.

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    7. 30 Minutes After Noon

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

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    6. Day of Disaster

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

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    5. Edge of Impact

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

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    4. Terror in New York City

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

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    3. The Perils of Penelope

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

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    2. Pit of Peril

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

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    1. Trapped in the Sky

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

Season 2

1966 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 59 years ago

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

Thunderbirds Season 2 release dates →
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    6. Give or Take a Million

    Finale

    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.

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    5. Ricochet

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

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    4. Lord Parker's 'Oliday

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

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    3. Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

    Master criminals hijack a plane with Lady Penelope on board.

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    2. Path of Destruction

    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.

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    1. Atlantic Inferno

    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...

Cast & crew

Created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson

  • Christine Finn

    Christine Finn

  • Shane Rimmer

    Shane Rimmer

  • Peter Dyneley

    Peter Dyneley

  • Paul Maxwell

    Paul Maxwell

  • Ray Barrett

    Ray Barrett

    Deborah, Duchess of Royston / Brophy / Fireflash Co-Pilot / Percy's Friend (voice)

  • Charles Tingwell

    Charles Tingwell

  • Sylvia Anderson

    Sylvia Anderson

  • Jeremy Wilkin

    Jeremy Wilkin

  • David Graham

    David Graham

    Parker / Wilbur EDandridge III / Captain Hanson (voice)

  • Matt Zimmerman

    Matt Zimmerman

    2nd Croupier / Hendricks (voice)

  • John Tate

    Solarnaut Camp (voice) (uncredited)

Thunderbirds FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Thunderbirds?

Thunderbirds has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on December 25, 1966.

When did the latest episode of Thunderbirds come out?

The most recent episode of Thunderbirds, Season 2 Episode 6 "Give or Take a Million", aired on December 25, 1966.

How many seasons of Thunderbirds are there?

Thunderbirds has 2 seasons with 32 episodes in total.

When did Thunderbirds first air?

Thunderbirds first aired on Associated Television on September 30, 1965.

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