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New, and available to pre-order: Journey Through The Black Sun soundtrack

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Super Space Theater soundtrack available now to pre-order!

The sixth title in Fanderson’s exclusive series of soundtracks to the Super Space Theater compilation movies is now available to pre-order. Journey Through The Black Sun combines the Space:1999 episodes Black Sun and Collision Course, with additional music from Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds , Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, The Secret Service and UFO.

As an introductory offer, buy Journey Through The Black Sun and get 50% off either our Space:1999 tea towel, Space:1999 Year Two picture cards set or Super Space Theater book and cover art prints (or all three!) as long as you buy them all together. Just put all the items in your basket and apply the coupon code Atheria before you pay.

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy the soundtrack and other products detailed in the same transaction.
  • Apply the coupon code(s) before you pay to get the discount. You can use more than one code in the same transaction
  • Members must apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.
  • Offer ends 30th June 2026

Spotlight Talks as part of 54321 FAB! The Future Was Fantastic!

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Join two special guests for Spotlight Talks as part of 54321 FAB! The Future Was Fantastic!

As part of their upcoming exhibition 54321 FAB! The Future Was Fantastic!, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum has announced two Spotlight Talks with special guests.

On Saturday 18th July 2026, Graham Bleathman, one of the country’s leading illustrators, will be talking about his work featuring scenes from Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons and Stingray. Graham is best known for producing cross-section, ‘cutaway’ illustrations of spacecraft, vehicles and locations from these shows, as well as Dan Dare and Wallace & Gromit. He started illustrating for fan magazines in the 1980s, and since then has his illustrations have appeared in a number of books, magazines and comics. Graham’s other work includes historical subjects, alongside production art on animated releases of Doctor Who and Dad’s Army episodes.

A master of the technical illustration, join Graham for a fascinating insight as he talks about his experiences working on these amazing projects and his fantastic new work Worcester: 2066, specially commissioned for our summer exhibition!

Graham’s talk will be 11:00-12:00. It will be followed by a meet and greet with Graham in the exhibition, where he will be autographing, sketching and meeting fans.

On Saturdays 1st and 29th August 2026, renowned British voice actor Marc Silk will talk about his voicing numerous characters in cartoons, games and films. Marc specialises in character creation and performance across all media, bringing some of the world’s most celebrated characters and stories to life.

Marc was the voice of Global Defence Force agent Captain Wayne Rigby in Thunderbirds Are Go as well as the voice of several guest characters in the show. Best known for his roles as Aks Moe in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Bob in the US dub Bob The Builder and Nero in Danger Mouse, Marc has collaborated with a vast array of major entertainment and gaming studios over his 30-year career. These include Lucasfilm, BBC, Cartoon Network and Warner Bros.

He’ll take you on a journey through his fascinating career, with a plethora of anecdotes as we meet the voices of our comic heroes.

Marc’s talk will be 11:00-12:00. The talk will be followed by a meet and greet with Marc in the exhibition, where he will be signing autographs and meeting fans.

The Spotlight Talks are £10 each, though there’s free entry to the exhibition.

[UPDATED] The Last Sunset Space:1999 convention, Manchester, 2026

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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Space:1999

The team behind the Destination: Moonbase Alpha virtual events in 2021 and 2022, as well as live events in Calgary (2023), London (2024) and Los Angeles (2025) are hosting this historic event – Manchester: 1999 – which will include an incredible array of your favourite celebrities, writers, producers, directors, visual effects wizards, and key behind-the-scenes personnel. They’ll have a wide variety of programming to enjoy, with recollections of working on the series from your favourite celebrities, plus autographs and photo-ops that’ll create lasting memories!

The convention hotel is the Holiday Inn, Oldham, and the organisers have arranged a discounted room rate, but space is limited!

Nick Tate is already on board to appear, and the guest list will grow over the coming months. In the past they’ve hosted Barbara Bain, Prentis Hancock, Catherine Schell, Anton Phillips, John Hug, Jess Conrad, Yasuko Nagazumi, Brian Johnson, Martin Bower, Suzanne Peterson, Quentin Pierre, Carla Romanelli, Gianni Garko, and Orso Maria Guerrini, Carolyn Seymour, Karl Held, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ina Skriver, Pam Rose, Loftus Burton, Jack McKenzie, Paul Weston, Nick Brimble, Julian Glover, Isla Blair, Director Peter Medak from Space:1999, and Gerry and Sylvia’s daughter Dee Anderson.

There will also be an amazing exhibit of original props, models, set-pieces and costumes in our exclusive screen-used props and museum area, world-premiere presentations, a dealers/vendor room, VIP access, charity auctions and a few other very special surprises you won’t want to miss! They’re also planning to visit famous filming locations used in other sci-fi franchises such as The Prisoner, a tour of some local film and recording studio and more!

Manchester: 1999 – A 50th Anniversary Celebration will proudly welcome fans and aficionados from around the world from 11th to 13th September, 2026 – hard to believe, but that’ll be exactly 50 years next September that Space:1999 premiered around the world!

Following a long tradition of charitable work in the name of Space:1999, the convention will be raising money for noble causes this year – continuing to support their previous charities: Alzheimer’s, in memory of Gerry Anderson, GOSH – The Great Ormond Street Hospital, in memory of Sylvia Anderson.

A big offer on our little picture cards

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Great offer on exclusive picture cards sets!

Picture cards, as offered inside packets of sweet cigarettes in the 1960s/70s, were an easy and inexpensive entry to Anderson merchandise. Now we’ve got a great offer to help you get into the habit or add to your collection by buying our exclusive packs of cards.

We’ve created two sets for those Anderson productions that weren’t blessed with them back in the day – Doppelgänger and Space:1999 Year Two – plus the multi-series The Future Is Fantastic! set. Buy them all in the same transaction and you can save a whopping 40% off the total price. Just apply the coupon code CIGGIES at the checkout before you pay.

And whilst you’re buying those picture card packs, why not add The Future Is Fantastic! booster pack to your order? You’ll be helping us raise funds for our charity of the year – Prostate Cancer UK.

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy at least one each of our The Future Is Fantastic!, Doppelgänger and Space:1999 Year Two picture cards sets in the same transaction.
  • The Future Is Fantastic! booster pack is available for a charitable donation and is not part of this offer
  • Apply the coupon code CIGGIES before you pay to get the discount. You can use more than one code in the same transaction
  • Members must apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.
  • Offer available whilst stocks last

[UPDATED] More dates added for Growing Up With Thunderbirds – Gerry and Sylvia’s daughter Dee Anderson on tour

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Dee Anderson’s tour of the UK, sharing her memories of ‘growing up with Thunderbirds‘, continues with new dates announced!

As the daughter of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson, Dee Anderson, lived and breathed the magic of Thunderbirds and all the other Supermarionation programmes as a child. In this show, Dee presents a heartfelt tribute to the boundless imagination and thrilling adventures that defined a generation.

Gerry and Sylvia’s extraordinary legacy comes to life on stage like never before, inviting you into the world of a child who grew up with Thunderbirds. In her words “It was simply FAB!”

Dates/venues being added as confirmed and tickets become available:

Composer Barry Gray to be featured in The London Soundtrack Festival

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Composer Barry Gray to be featured in The London Soundtrack Festival

The London Soundtrack Festival celebrates London’s unique place at the heart of film, television and videogames music, the composers who write it and the unsung heroes who bring it to life.

An unmissable evening of great British film and tv music including a special celebration of the work of composer David Arnold with suites and themes from Independence Day, Tomorrow Never Dies, Casino Royale, Sherlock and Good Omens. Radio 3 Unwind’s Edith Bowman hosts this opening concert of the 2026 London Soundtrack Festival, performed by a hand-picked orchestra made up of the city’s world-class session players who you’ll have heard on countless film, TV and games scores, conducted by Ben Foster.

Suites and themes by David Arnold, Ron Goodwin, Dario Marianelli, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Daniel Pemberton, Miguel d’Oliveira, Alexandra Harwood, Ben Foster and Barry Gray and more to be announced.  

The London Soundtrack Festival is being sponsored by Silva Screen Records. The concert is on

Spring has sprung, and with it comes our spring mailing!

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Spring has sprung, and with it comes our spring mailing of FAB Annual 2026 and FAB Express issue 112!

As promised back in December, going in the post today is our spring mailing to all current Fanderson members.

Our new FAB Express editor Ross Ironfield’s first issue (112) takes a peek at Century 21 Toys marketing, club members FlashBack to Fireball XL5 Trial By Robot, read about the making of the club’s Super Space Theater soundtracks, our first new FAB Fans feature, as well as all your news, views and reviews.

The mailing also includes the much-anticipated FAB Annual 2026, delayed from November. This 100-page hardback book shines a light on Torchy, plus an exclusive 8-page Thunderbirds picture strip, the nostalgia kick of being in Another Time, Another Place, an examination of making Worlds In Miniature, UFO‘s Royal Navy connection, how Century 21 Toys promoted their Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons lines, a look at the work of the much-loved actor and voice artist David Healy, the full story behind comic hero Agent 21, the books of John Theydon, a look back to everything that was happening in AP Film’s heyday in FAB Diary 1966, plus Graham Bleathman’s cutaways of the TV21 Building and the President Roberts.

The mailing’s been sent to all current club members, and new members will also get it shortly in their welcome package along with issue 111.

And, whilst we’re here, a reminder that the offer on our brand new Thunderbirds In Outer Space soundtrack double-CD, and free Stingray EP when you buy our exclusive FAB Grooves double vinyl LP, run until the end of this month!

Free EP when you buy FAB Grooves

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Free Themes From Stingray EP when you buy FAB Grooves, whilst stocks last!

This translucent blue 7″ vinyl EP was produced by Silva Screen for Network, to accompany their 2022 Blu-ray Disc release of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1963 series Stingray.

Worth £20, we have a very limited number available as a FREE gift when you buy our exclusive FAB Grooves double vinyl LP.

Track Listing

  • Stingray Main Titles
  • Maritimus March
  • March Of The Oysters
  • Aqua Marina
  • Jazz From The WASPs

OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS (in addition to our standing Ts&Cs)

  • This offer is for Fanderson members only.
  • Members must buy FAB Grooves and Themes From Stingray EP in the same transaction.
  • Only one Themes From Stingray EP per member.
  • Themes From Stingray EP is only available as part of this offer and is not available to buy separately
  • Apply the coupon code FLOODQ before you pay to get the discount. You can use more than one code in the same transaction
  • Members must add the EP to their basket and apply the coupon code themselves to get the discount. It cannot be applied after you have paid, and we cannot apply it retroactively.
  • This is an online-only offer. It cannot be redeemed via the post.
  • Offer available whilst stocks last

Help us raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK

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Fanderson is supporting Prostate Cancer UK in 2025/6

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. 1 in 8 men will get it, and if you’re black, your risk is double. We’re standing together with Prostate Cancer UK to support our dads, brothers, partners and friends – by raising awareness, funding lifesaving research, campaigning for change and providing helpful support and information.

Prostate Cancer UK was nominated and then voted for by club members to be our charity for 2025/6.

We started our fundraising in December with our advent calendar, but we also have a range of items in our Shop for which you’ll be making a donation to the charity. There are new books by Keith Alexander, autographed cards and photos, a soundtrack CD and a vintage sticker.

Prostate Cancer UK was chosen by Fanderson members from six charities, also nominated by club members.

Fanderson members have a fantastic tracks record of raising funds for charities. In our 44 years, over £61,000 has been donated to a variety of good causes, including Actors’ Benevolent Fund, Alzheimers Society, Baby Lifeline, Children In Need, Demelza, Diabetes UK, The Film And TV Charity, Guide Dogs For The Blind, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, International Rescue Corps, Macmillan Cancer Support, Orchid, Silverline, Terrence Higgins Trust, Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal and many more.