Name: Thunderbirds
Released: 1965-01-01

Seasons & episodes

Season

Trapped in the Sky

1965-09-30

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

Pit of Peril

1965-10-07

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

The Perils of Penelope

1965-10-14

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

Terror in New York City

1965-10-21

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

Edge of Impact

1965-10-28

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

Day of Disaster

1965-11-04

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

30 Minutes After Noon

1965-11-11

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

Desperate Intruder

1965-11-18

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.

End of the Road

1965-11-25

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

The Uninvited

1965-12-02

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

Sun Probe

1965-12-09

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

Operation Crash-Dive

1965-12-16

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

Vault of Death

1965-12-23

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

The Mighty Atom

1965-12-30

'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.

City of Fire

1966-01-06

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

The Imposters

1966-01-13

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

The Man from M.I.5

1966-01-20

A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

Cry Wolf

1966-01-27

The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

Danger at Ocean Deep

1966-02-03

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

Move – And You're Dead

1966-02-10

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

The Duchess Assignment

1966-02-17

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

Brink of Disaster

1966-02-24

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

Attack of the Alligators!

1966-03-10

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.

Martian Invasion

1966-03-17

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

The Cham-Cham

1966-03-24

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

Security Hazard

1966-03-31

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

Synopsis

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.