Thunderbirds

1965 32 episodes

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Episode guide

  1. Trapped In The Sky

    September 30, 1965 No. 1-001 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    "OK, boys. That's the brief. It's our first assignment, so make it look good." Plotting to lure International Rescue into a position where he can photograph their top secret Thunderbird veh…

  2. Pit Of Peril

    October 7, 1965 No. 1-004 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The U.S. Army is testing a new all-terrain 'Sidewinder' vehicle when the ground gives way and it falls into a blazing pit with a three man crew trapped inside. General Peters calls in Inter…

  3. The Perils Of Penelope

    October 14, 1965 No. 1-005 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Professor Borrender disappears from a monotrain and Sir Jeremy Hodge calls in Lady Penelope to help find his friend. The pair retrace the missing scientist's steps but their every move is f…

  4. Terror In New York City

    October 21, 1965 No. 1-002 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    An operation to move the Empire State Building ends in disaster when the ground gives way beneath it. A television reporter and his cameraman fall through a hole into a cavern and the Build…

  5. Edge Of Impact

    October 28, 1965 No. 1-007 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    As part of his scheme to sabotage the new Red Arrow fighter plane, The Hood plants a diversion device on a telecommunications relay tower. When Red Arrow 2 makes its test flight, the plane…

  6. Day Of Disaster

    November 4, 1965 No. 1-006 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    A Martian Space Probe rocket is being transported to its launch site over the Allington Suspension Bridge when the bridge collapses, tipping the MSP into the river where it sinks to the riv…

  7. 30 Minutes After Noon

    November 11, 1965 No. 1-009 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Hudson Building employee Tom Prescott is forced by the Erdman Gang to set an explosive device in the building, so as to destroy extensive files on their criminal organisation. But Prescott…

  8. Desperate Intruder

    November 18, 1965 No. 1-008 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Brains and Tin-Tin join Professor Blakely on an expedition to search for treasure on the bed of Lake Anasta, but The Hood learns of their plans and is determined to steal the treasure for h…

  9. End Of The Road

    November 25, 1965 No. 1-003 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    To save his construction company, Eddie Houseman risks his life to plant explosive charges on a crumbling mountain peak. Too close when he fires the charges, the blast leaves his tractor te…

  10. The Uninvited

    December 2, 1965 No. 1-010 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Thunderbird 1 is shot down over the Sahara by three unidentified fighter planes. Forced to crash-land, Scott is rescued by a pair of American explorers who are searching for the legendary p…

  11. Sun Probe

    December 9, 1965 No. 1-011 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The Sun Probe, a rocket designed to capture a piece of the Sun, is launched from Cape Kennedy with three solarnauts aboard. But their mission goes drastically wrong when high radiation leve…

  12. Operation Crash-Dive

    December 16, 1965 No. 1-012 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    After the mysterious loss of Fireflash 3, a test aircraft is launched on the same flight plan. The craft soon experiences difficulties and crashes into the sea, but as International Rescue…

  13. Vault Of Death

    December 23, 1965 No. 1-013 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    At the Bank of England, workaholic employee Lambert is trapped inside a revolutionary new vault which automatically pumps all the air out to keep everything sterile. The vault can only be o…

  14. The Mighty Atom

    December 30, 1965 No. 1-014 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The Hood steals an amazing surveillance device- the Mighty Atom- and uses it to photograph the interior of a new atomic irrigation plant in North Africa. He then causes a fire which will re…

  15. City Of Fire

    January 6, 1966 No. 1-016 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    A car crash in the underground parking lot of the newly opened Thompson Tower maxi-mall causes a raging inferno which soon consumes the building when the sprinkler system fails. The Tower i…

  16. The Impostors

    January 13, 1966 No. 1-015 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Disguised as International Rescue operatives, a pair of crooks make off with the top secret plans of the AL4 space interceptor missile during a bogus rescue mission near the Aeronautical Ce…

  17. The Man From MI.5

    January 20, 1966 No. 1-017 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Penelope is contacted by MI.5 agent Bondson to help him track down the stolen plans for a nuclear device. Posing as model Gayle Williams, newly arrived on the French Riviera to expose the t…

  18. Cry Wolf

    January 27, 1966 No. 1-018 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Tony and Bob Williams unwittingly call out International Rescue while playing and their story brings unwanted publicity for their father who is engaged in top security research for the mili…

  19. Danger At Ocean Deep

    February 3, 1966 No. 1-019 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    International Rescue experience mysterious radio blackouts and Brains traces the cause to a reaction between high density fuel and OD60 in close proximity. Jeff realises that this reaction…

  20. Move - And You're Dead

    February 10, 1966 No. 1-020 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    After Alan wins the prestigious Parola Sands motor race using a new engine designed by Brains, a jealous competitor, Gomez, steals the car and leaves Alan and Grandma stranded on a suspensi…

  21. The Duchess Assignment

    February 17, 1966 No. 1-021 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Penelope and Jeff decide to help the Duchess of Royston, who has fallen on hard times, by arranging the rental of her precious Bricasso painting to the American Gazelle Corporation. Insisti…

  22. Brink Of Disaster

    February 24, 1966 No. 1-022 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Penelope receives a visit from Warren Grafton who is looking for investors in his monorail company. Suspicious of his motives, she puts him in touch with Jeff who boards the totally automat…

  23. Attack Of The Alligators!

    March 10, 1966 No. 1-023 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    At a lonely house on the Ambro River, Dr. Orchard has developed theramine, a food additive that greatly increases the size of animal livestock. But the drug is accidentally poured into the…

  24. Martian Invasion

    March 17, 1966 No. 1-024 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The Hood sabotages an effects sequence on an "invasion from space" film being shot in the Nevada Desert. Two actors, portraying policemen, are trapped inside a cave which begins to fill wit…

  25. The Cham-Cham

    March 24, 1966 No. 1-025 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Penelope, Parker and Tin-Tin journey to Paradise Peaks in the Swiss Alps to discover the connection between the Cass Carnaby Five and a series of attacks on RTL2 missile transporters. After…

  26. Security Hazard

    March 31, 1966 No. 1-026 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    During a rescue mission, young Chip Morrison stows away aboard Thunderbird 2 and is not discovered until Virgil arrives back at Tracy Island. While Jeff tries to think of a solution to the…

  27. Atlantic Inferno

    October 2, 1966 No. 2-001 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Navy testing ignites a gas field beneath the Atlantic, endangering the crew of the Seascape drilling rig. When the two man crew attempt repairs from a diving bell, further explosions cause…

  28. Path Of Destruction

    October 9, 1966 No. 2-002 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Crablogger One, a huge atomic-powered mobile wood-pulping plant, veers off course when its crew fall ill with food poisoning. The only way to stop the vehicle is by activating the secret re…

  29. Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

    October 16, 1966 No. 2-003 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The Skythrust, a new airliner designed by Brains, is to be the location for the unveiling of a new fashion collection by Penelope's friend Francois LeMare who has developed a secret new mir…

  30. Lord Parker's 'Oliday

    October 23, 1966 No. 2-004 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    Penelope and Parker are among the guests at a hotel in Monte Bianco to witness the historic testing of a new solar generator. But during the night, the generator's solar reflector dish is s…

  31. Ricochet

    October 30, 1966 No. 2-006 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    The detonation of the TelSat 4 rocket damages an illegal pirate television satellite, KLA. On board, DJ Rick O'Shea and his engineer, Loman, realise that the satellite is heading for re-ent…

  32. Give Or Take A Million

    December 25, 1966 No. 2-005 TV Episode Anderson Provis Films, ITC

    It is Christmas Eve and two crooks break into the vault of the Second National Bank from the toy department of Harman's Store next door. Setting off the vault alarm, the pair hide in a cont…