Thunderbirds‘ co-creator Sylvia Anderson and her influence on women working in TV is one of the subjects to be discussed in BBC Radio 4’s Front Row programme on Wednesday 13th September 2022. Front Row is Radio 4’s live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music. The name Sylvia Anderson was recently […]

The Thunderbirds International Rescue Club staged a glitzy launch event in north London last week, propelling the classic franchise into the brave new world of ‘web 3’, cryptocurrency and the metaverse. By no means a club in the traditional sense, the International Rescue Club offers ‘members’ the chance to own unique digital artwork and avatars, […]

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 […]

The UK’s top cult TV and film home video label, Network, has another ‘buy one, get one free’ offer this weekend! Until 16:00 on Wednesday 31st August if you buy one of the 100 selected titles on DVD, you get another free (cheapest item will be free). Fanderson members will be mostly interested in Fireball […]

The first issue of our new club magazine – FAB Express – has been mailed to all Fanderson members around the world! As part of our updated membership package FAB Express will be published each spring, summer and winter, with a new hardback FAB Annual in the winter mailing too. We’re aligning memberships so that everyone expires with the summer mailing […]

On Thursday, 20th August 1981, Gerry Anderson invited fans of his work to meet him at his office at Pinewood Studios, and together they formed Fanderson. On Saturday, 20th August 2022, Fanderson members celebrated Gerry and Sylvia’s work, and the club itself at the 40th birthday bash (albeit one year late, due to Covid-19!). Deliberately […]

The first issue of our new club magazine – FAB Express – is go! Fanderson members who are today at the club’s 40th anniversary event 40 FAB Years are the first to be given copies, as part of their event package. Next week, copies will be winging their way around the world to all current club members, […]

It’s just one week until club members will be joining special guests and committee members to celebrate 40 years of the world’s only official appreciation society for Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson and their wonderfully talented teams that made some of our favourite television programmes and films. We’d planned to do it in 2021, but Covid-19 […]

Review exclusive Fanderson merchandise on our website in August and we’ll give you credit to use against future purchases! Club members regularly say how surprised they are by the quality of Fanderson merchandise – they find it hard to believe it’s all from a fan club. So, why not share how much you love your […]

Launched in 2016 to mark 50 years since the end of the classic TV show, there’s only a limited amount of time left to snap up stylish pop art prints from Art & Hue’s Thunderbirds collection before it ends on the 30th of July. No fewer than 22 art prints are available in a choice […]