Periodically repeated, it was adapted for radio in the 1990s and has influenced many TV programmes and other media. The series was exported to around 30 countries during the 1960s. Thunderbirds debuted in September 1965 on the ITV network. The main characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, leader of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the Thunderbird machines.
It follows the exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation equipped with technologically advanced land, sea, air and space rescue craft these are headed by a fleet of five vehicles named the Thunderbirds and launched from the organisation's secret base of operations in the Pacific Ocean. Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds is a follow-up to the earlier Supermarionation productions Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. Two series, totalling thirty-two 50-minute episodes, were filmed production ended with the completion of the sixth episode of the second series after Lew Grade, the Andersons' financial backer, failed in his bid to sell the programme to American network television. It was made between 19 using a form of electronic marionette puppetry (dubbed " Supermarionation") combined with scale model special effects sequences.
Thunderbirds is a British science fiction television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) and distributed by ITC Entertainment.
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