The Best Episodes Directed By Desmond Saunders

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   #1 - Operation Crash-Dive

   S1:E1212/16/1965

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

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   #2 - Atlantic Inferno

   S2:E110/2/1966

   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...

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   #3 - The Perils of Penelope

   S1:E310/14/1965

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

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   #4 - The Mysterons

   S1:E19/29/1967

   A manned expedition led by Captain Black of Spectrum lands on Mars; investigating the planet surface in an exploration vehicle, the crew discover a futuristic alien city.

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   8.2/10(5 votes)

   #5 - The Ghost Ship

   S1:E310/18/1964

   Using an old Spanish galleon, the villainous Idotee is attacking passing ships and plundering them for their cargoes. He soon captures Commander Shore and Phones and holds them prisoner on his ancient sailing vessel.

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #6 - Pit of Peril

   S1:E210/7/1965

   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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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #7 - The Uninvited

   S1:E1012/2/1965

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

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   #8 - The Imposters

   S1:E161/13/1966

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

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   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #9 - Marineville Traitor

   S1:E386/20/1965

   Commander Shore is framed when a piece of equipment disappears from Marineville control. Troy places the commander under arrest - but who would want to frame the commander, and why doesn't Shore protest his innocence?

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Edge of Impact

    S1:E510/28/1965

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

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    #11 - Hostages of the Deep

    S1:E376/13/1965

    When an undersea alien named Gadus kidnaps World Navy Admiral Carson and his wife from their remote island home, Troy, Phones and Marina head off on a rescue mission in Stingray.

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    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Rescue from the Skies

    S1:E151/10/1965

    As part of his training to become an aquanaut, Lieutenant Fisher is given temporary command of Stingray and assigned target practice.

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Ice-Fall

    S1:E114/8/1961

    Exploring a frozen waterfall in an underground mountain cavern, Beaker is trapped by an avalanche. Can Supercar's powerful engines melt the ice in time to save him?

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    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Most Special Agent

    S1:E19/29/1968

    The Professor and Shane Weston use Joe to steal a Russian plane.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Alias Mr. Hackenbacker

    S2:E310/16/1966

    Master criminals hijack a plane with Lady Penelope on board.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Danger at Ocean Deep

    S1:E192/3/1966

    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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    5.5/10(2 votes)

    #17 - Raptures of the Deep

    S1:E911/29/1964

    While the Stingray crew go to the rescue of two crazy treasure hunters, Troy falls down a crevasse, runs out of air and lapses into unconsciousness.

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    #18 - Give or Take a Million

    S2:E612/25/1966

    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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    #19 - Security Hazard

    S1:E263/31/1966

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

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