The Protectors

Space and Earth-based adventures in July’s FAB offer

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Space and Earth-based adventures in July’s great offer on the club’s FAB magazine.

Although a large number of members have been with Fanderson for years, and so may have received FAB as part of their membership package, there’s a significant number who have joined since. To encourage that latter group to take a punt on ordering some copies, we’ve got a series of monthly discounts focussed on a specific series. For June, we’ve got a wide spectrum of articles featuring Doppelgänger, The Protectors and Terrahawks.

Thanks to our monthly offers, more members are discovering FAB magazine and telling us “It’s an amazing magazine” or “I never knew how much there is in each issue”. Since we started these monthly offers in January, quite a few issues have sold through. Get your order in now as stock on many issues is quite low – don’t miss out!

Buy any five or more issues of FAB magazine that contain Doppelgänger, The Protectors or Terrahawks content (conveniently, you can see them all by clicking here, here and here) in one transaction, apply the coupon code FAB-JULY-MIX at checkout, and you’ll get a whopping 50% off those issues.

Get ready Canada – your FAB Annuals will soon be on their way!

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We’re getting FAB Annual 2025 ready to mail to club members in Canada

Fanderson members in Canada will be aware that we chose not to mail their FAB Annuals in December along with everyone else, due to the effects of the postal strike there. Although the strike was resolved a while ago, we were advised to wait until the huge backlog of post had been cleared and services were back to normal. Canada Post suggested that we should steer clear of January, so we’ll start mailing again to Canada in the next few days, and catch up with FAB Annuals to those who are owed them as part of their club membership.

FAB Annual 2025 on its way in time for Christmas, for most club members

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Finally! We can confirm that FAB Annual 2025 has been mailed to Fanderson members today!

Hopefully, this will give enough time for the majority of members to find their annual under the tree this Christmas – certainly those in the UK should and maybe those in parts of Europe too. Unfortunately, due to ongoing industrial action in Canada we’ve been advised not to mail to members there, but we’ll keep your FAB Annuals safe and post them as soon as the action is over and the backlog of mail has cleared.

Together with FAB Express 108, mailed recently, our winter mailing is complete and we can get on with welcoming all the new club members who have been waiting patiently for their membership packages!

UPDATED: Let’s make it an Annual Affair!

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UPDATED 23/11/23: Offer extended to end of December

As we prepare our winter mailing to all club members, we can now make remaining stocks of FAB Annual 2023 available to buy, just in time for Christmas.

And to really make it a Christmas to remember, until the end of November December we’ve got two great offers for you:

See all six items here. Just be sure to apply the relevant coupon code at checkout before you pay.

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

  • Discount will be applied to items as detailed above in the same transaction.
  • Apply either coupon code AnnualAffair3 or AnnualAffair6 before you pay to get the relevant discount detailed above.
  • 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.
  • This offer ends on 30th November 2023, though Fanderson reserves the right to close the offer early.

[AUS] Up to 50% off in ViaVision’s Big UK TV Sale!

Posted on by 1266 Nick Williams

Australian cult and classic film and television label ViaVision has a Big UK TV Sale now on, where you could save up to 50%!

Of particular interest to Fanderson members will be The Protectors in Classic ITV Bundle 2, Stingray, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons and Space:1999 in Sci-Fi DVD Bundle. With over 50 titles included, there’s sure to be something for everyone, but hurry as the sales ends on 24th August!

 

UK: Anderson series now available free on ITV X

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Many of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic productions are now available, free of charge, on ITV’s new streaming service ITV X. Anderson programmes owned by ITV are usually free of commercials on the platform.

All episodes are available of Supercar, Thunderbirds (including the crowdsourced ‘anniversary episodes’, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, The Secret Service, UFO, The Protectors, Space:1999, Terrahawks and New Captain Scarlet.

For some reason, only selected episodes are available of Stingray and Joe 90, whilst Fireball XL5 isn’t there at all! Curiously, only selected episodes of ITV’s own 2015 reboot Thunderbirds Are Go are available.

ITV X is free to view, with most of the above content available ad-free too. There’s a free seven-day trial of the subscription Premium service (normally £5.99 a month) which offers even more content, all ad-free, with access to additional content over on BritBox.

 

The Protectors watchalong this Saturday

Posted on by 1266 Nick Williams

Hot on the heels of their Space:1999 watchalong in September (see FAB Express 102) Lives In The Pictures have announced another event for this coming Saturday.

At 19:00 (GMT) on 3rd December join Lives In The Pictures’ Philip Hawkins with his special guest, writer John Goldsmith, for a live watch along of two episodes from The Protectors – Balance Of Terror and Brother Hood. The event will be hosted on Zoom and for the best experience you will need to have your own copy of the episodes to watch along.

John will answer your questions throughout the event, and once registered you can submit your questions in advance. You’ll also be able to ask questions during the event via the chat function.

To register, simply email livesinthepictures@gmail.com with your full name.

UK: The Protectors on ITV4

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Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1970s series The Protectors is being broadcast in the UK on ITV4 and streaming service ITVX.

The Protectors will be shown on ITV4 at:

  • Saturdays and Sunday nights at around 02:00
  • weekdays around 11:20

ITV4 is available in the UK on Freeview/Youview 26, Freesat 117, Sky 120 or Virgin Media 118 (in HD on 178).

If you know of an Anderson production being broadcast, anywhere in the world, please email details to fanderson.org.uk@outlook.com so we can share the news!

UK: Anderson series now free-to-view on ITV Hub

Posted on by 1266 Nick Williams

Having long been available to view in the UK on Britbox, many of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s classic productions are now available on the ITV Hub.

Fans can now watch Supercar, Fireball XL5 (selected episodes), Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons, Joe 90 (selected episodes), The Secret Service, UFO, The Protectors and Space:1999. ITV’s own Thunderbirds Are Go reimagining is available too, along with the crowdsourced Thunderbirds anniversary episodes.

All are available free to view and ad-free, once the programme itself starts. Watching fully ad-free costs £3.99/month or £39.99/year, but there’s a free 7-day trial available (surely long enough for any die-hard fan to binge-watch the whole lot!).

Click on the link to go to the ITV Hub.