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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

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Season 1

8.1/10392 votes
Trapped in the Sky
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1965
Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
7.3/10294 votes
Pit of Peril
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1965
On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.7/10253 votes
The Perils of Penelope
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1965
Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.
Director: Desmond Saunders, Alan Pattillo
Writer: Alan Pattillo
7.9/10268 votes
Terror in New York City
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1965
A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.
Director: David Lane, David Elliott
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.2/10225 votes
Edge of Impact
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1965
A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, Donald Robertson
7.3/10229 votes
Day of Disaster
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1965
A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.2/10216 votes
30 Minutes After Noon
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1965
A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Alan Fennell
6.9/10201 votes
Desperate Intruder
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1965
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.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Donald Robertson
7.2/10201 votes
End of the Road
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1965
Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.5/10228 votes
The Uninvited
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1965
Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.6/10232 votes
Sun Probe
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1965
A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.
Director: Alan Pattillo, David Lane
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.4/10201 votes
Operation Crash-Dive
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1965
Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Martin Crump
7.4/10206 votes
Vault of Death
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1965
A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.0/10192 votes
The Mighty Atom
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1965
'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.
Director: Alan Pattillo, David Lane
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.2/10198 votes
City of Fire
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1966
A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.2/10185 votes
The Imposters
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1966
Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.4/10187 votes
The Man from M.I.5
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1966
A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Alan Fennell
6.7/10180 votes
Cry Wolf
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1966
The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Dennis Spooner
7.0/10176 votes
Danger at Ocean Deep
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1966
After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.
Director: Desmond Saunders
Writer: Donald Robertson
7.1/10178 votes
Move – And You're Dead
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1966
After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Alan Pattillo
6.8/10178 votes
The Duchess Assignment
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1966
Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Martin Crump
7.4/10179 votes
Brink of Disaster
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1966
Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.7/10203 votes
Attack of the Alligators!
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/10/1966
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.
Director: David Lane
Writer: Alan Pattillo
6.9/10175 votes
Martian Invasion
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/17/1966
The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.
Director: David Elliott
Writer: Alan Fennell
7.3/10178 votes
The Cham-Cham
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/24/1966
The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.
Director: Alan Pattillo
Writer: Alan Pattillo
5.6/10169 votes
Security Hazard
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/31/1966
Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.
Director: Desmond Saunders, Alan Pattillo, David Lane, David Elliott
Writer: Alan Pattillo