We’d like to apologise to club members that this year’s membership item – The Secret Service Close-Up book – does not meet our usual high production standards.
The book will be re-printed and re-issued to all members with FAB 94, later this year. We’ll continue to mail the existing stock to new members until new stock is available.
As something for delegates to do on the way to Maidenhead for Fanderson’s recent Supercelebration convention, and as a way of visiting some Anderson filming locations, we suggested the Operation Priest Treasure Hunt.
Just one team entered (and therefore won) and they were Paul Mayne, Richard and Fiona Yelland, Steven Cross, Chris Dean and Huw Davies.
Click to see the answers.
Thunderbirds is fifty four years old today!
At 7:00pm (BST) on 30th September 1965, viewers in the ATV Midlands ITV region were the first to watch Trapped In The Sky. Will you be joining us around the world by watching it again tonight?
As a tribute to our much-missed friend Shane Rimmer, at Supercelebration we’ll be showing The Protectors episode Zeke’s Blues (written by and guest starring Shane) with exclusive commentary by the man himself!
It wouldn’t be possible to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Secret Service without hearing from the programme’s star, Stanley Unwin, would it?
We’re delighted to announce that, through exclusive archive footage, Stanley Unwin will be appearing at our convention this coming weekend.
Since registrations to Supercelebration closed last week, we’ve been inundated with enquiries as to whether club members can turn up and pay on the door.
We’re delighted to confirm that we have a limited number of spaces available, and that more space is available on Sunday than Saturday. So, it will be possible for members to turn up and pay on the door, but please remember that space is limited, so turn up as early as possible to not only secure a space, but to experience as much of the convention as possible.
If you’d like to be sure of getting in, you can ‘reserve’ an on-the-door place right now, buy a Supporting package, and upgrade to a full day pass on arrival. Note, however, that even Supporting registrations will close this Wednesday, 18th September.
Remember, you must have set up your Fanderson account in order to buy anything from us.
FAB 93 is now winging its way to all Fanderson members around the world – once again in compostable packaging!
Within its 60 pages FAB 93 includes:
We’re also catching up from last time by mailing this year’s membership gift, The Secret Service Close Up, to everyone due the book with FAB 92, as well as those due it now with FAB 93.
How to get FAB magazine? Join Fanderson!
FAB magazine is available exclusively to Fanderson club members – we deliver three times a year, and we do our very best to make each issue a joy to read for every fan – regardless of your favourite series!
The wrapper for the FAB 93 mailing is 100% compostable, as it’s made from potato and maize starch.
Don’t throw it in your bin, but instead:
Once your FAB’s arrived, let us know what think of the wrapper at fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com
Joining us at Supercelebration in September?
You’ll be in the heart of filming location country for the weekend. So, if you’ve a bit of spare time before the convention starts, or you fancy getting away from the hotel for a couple of hours, you might want to join Father Unwin in solving the clues in this treasure hunt.
Solve the clues in this pack and hand it in to Registrations before 15:00 on Sunday 22nd September 2019, and you’re in with a chance of winning a prize.
Inferno, episode 22 of Thunderbirds Are Go‘s second season, will receive its UK premiere screening at Fanderson’s Supercelebration convention – a weekend celebrating 50 years of UFO, Doppelgänger, The Secret Service and other Gerry and Sylvia Anderson creations – this September.
The Crystal Spire, the tallest building in the world, catches fire and the local firefighters are rendered helpless. Virgil and Alan are called to extinguish the flames and rescue everyone trapped inside.
Though omitted from ITV’s 2017 broadcast of the series, the episode has been hailed for featuring a rescue reminiscent of the classic 1966 Thunderbirds episode City Of Fire and continues to be available on streaming services elsewhere.
Registrations for Supercelebration will close on 1st September 2019, and we cannot guarantee that there will be any on-the-door places available. Don’t miss out!
Yes, it was 38 years ago today that Gerry Anderson was joined by Keith Shackleton, Pam Barnes, Mark Jones, Barbara Kitson, Chris Leach, David Nightingale, Phil Rae, Brendan Sheehan and John Williams at Pinewood Studios.
Together, they formed the world’s only official appreciation society for the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson – Fanderson.
