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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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 32
- Latest aired
- S02E06
- Total runtime
- 1d 2h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1965 – March 1966 26 episodes
- Season 2 October 1966 – December 1966 6 episodes
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S01E01 Trapped in the Sky
September 30 · 50min find the promo
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Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
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S01E02 Pit of Peril
October 7 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E03 The Perils of Penelope
October 14 · 50min find the promo
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Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
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S01E04 Terror in New York City
October 21 · 50min find the promo
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A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
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S01E05 Edge of Impact
October 28 · 50min find the promo
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A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
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S01E06 Day of Disaster
November 4 · 50min find the promo
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A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
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S01E07 30 Minutes After Noon
November 11 · 50min find the promo
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A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
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S01E08 Desperate Intruder
November 18 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E09 End of the Road
November 25 · 50min find the promo
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Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
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S01E10 The Uninvited
December 2 · 50min find the promo
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Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
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S01E11 Sun Probe
December 9 · 50min find the promo
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A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
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S01E12 Operation Crash-Dive
December 16 · 50min find the promo
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Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
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S01E13 Vault of Death
December 23 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E14 The Mighty Atom
December 30 · 50min find the promo
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'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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S01E15 City of Fire
January 6 · 50min find the promo
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A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
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S01E16 The Imposters
January 13 · 50min find the promo
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Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
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S01E17 The Man from M.I.5
January 20 · 50min find the promo
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A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
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S01E18 Cry Wolf
January 27 · 50min find the promo
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The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
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S01E19 Danger at Ocean Deep
February 3 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E20 Move – And You're Dead
February 10 · 50min find the promo
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After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
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S01E21 The Duchess Assignment
February 17 · 50min find the promo
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Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
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S01E22 Brink of Disaster
February 24 · 50min find the promo
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Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
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S01E23 Attack of the Alligators!
March 10 · 50min find the promo
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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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S01E24 Martian Invasion
March 17 · 50min find the promo
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The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
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S01E25 The Cham-Cham
March 24 · 50min find the promo
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The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
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S01E26 Security Hazard
March 31 · 50min find the promo
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Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.