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

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.

Special Fanderson Sales offer for Project Johnson attendees

Order your Fanderson merchandise now, with postage and packing discount, to collect at Project Johnson!

With so many great guests and other things to see and experience at Project Johnson, the regular Fanderson Sales team won’t be having a table there. However, we’re delighted to offer attendees 15% off our merchandise range (roughly equivalent to the saving in postage and packing) if you order in advance.

Just select the UK option for everything you want to buy and pop it in your basket, by Saturday 16th May. Apply the coupon code ProjectJohnson before you pay and we’ll take 15% off all eligible items (see below for exceptions). The team will make up your order in advance and bring it along to the event on Sunday for you.


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

  • This offer is for attendees at Project Johnson only. Non-Fanderson members should add a UK Club Membership to their order, which will be refunded once their order is ready (as they have already paid a membership premium as part of their registration fee)
  • Members will get 15% off the UK price of the entire Fanderson Sales range (excludes products in the Club Memberships, Postage Options, Events and Soundtracks (Silva Screen) categories).
  • Apply the coupon code ProjectJohnson before you pay to get the discount.
  • This coupon code cannot be used with other codes in the same transaction.
  • Only orders placed using this coupon code will be available at Project Johnson.
  • 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 16th May 2026

A big offer on our little picture cards

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

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

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 DayTomorrow Never Dies, Casino RoyaleSherlock 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!

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

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 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

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.

 

Fantastic free exhibition this summer!

Fantastic free exhibition this summer!

Building on the huge success of the 2024 exhibition 54321 FAB! The Art of Supermarionation in Lichfield, Chris King is assembling an expanded version of the display in Worcester this summer.

Retitled 54321 FAB! The Future Was Fantastic!, this new iteration will introduce fresh exhibits, including an impressive collection of original puppets, studio models, artwork and memorabilia from across the Worlds of Supermarionation and beyond.

54321 FAB! runs at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum from Saturday 4th July to Sunday 6th September 2026. Visitors can explore the exhibition Tuesday to Saturday from 10am–4pm, and Sundays from 10am–3pm, with last entry one hour before closing. Entry is free, making it an ideal summer outing for fans of all ages.

Fanderson is proud to confirm that the club is sponsoring the exhibition in partnership with Chris King, helping to bring this remarkable celebration of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson to a wider audience.