Britbox (the digital video subscription service created by the BBC and ITV) has recently added Stingray and The Secret Service to the streaming platform in the UK. The first series to go before the cameras in 1963 at AP Films’ new studios in Stirling Road, Slough, Stingray was also the first British television series to […]

Fanderson’s Annual General Meeting is a chance for the committee to report on the club’s status and respond to members’ questions, thoughts and suggestions. Fanderson’s next Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Saturday 27th March 2021. Once again, due to the ongoing pandemic and to give as many members as possible the opportunity to […]

Just in time for Christmas… Click here for Podcast 6. THIS EPISODE: Special effects supremo Steve Begg discusses Terrahawks, James Bond, Derek Meddings and more, and actor/presenter Nadia Sawalha remembering her dad, Nadim Sawalha, guest starring in Space:1999 The Immunity Syndrome. There’s a link to all the podcasts in the menu bar above, or click here.

Taken from their upcoming Fireball XL5 album, Silva Screen have released a teaser 7″ single in transparent orange vinyl! The disc features two tracks from the upcoming album: Fireball (Don Spencer and the XL5) on side 1 is accompanied by Zero G (Barry Gray and his Spacemakers) on side 2. Don Spencer’s original 7” single release on […]

We’re delighted to report that FAB 96 was mailed to all members around the world on 25th November. It started to land in UK members’ homes on the 30th, and we hope will be with all members in time for Christmas. Please check our post update before contacting us. Included in this issue: Andrew Pixley’s in-depth […]

Hot on the heels of his Lego Ideas Thunderbird 2 project, Andrew Clark also has Thunderbird 1 awaiting your support. You can see more and pledge your support by clicking here. Lego Ideas was set up so that budding Lego set designers could see their design made into sets that we could all buy. Fans […]

As members will see with FAB 96, we’re running a competition to be in with a chance of winning a special prize. This competition closed on 31st January 2021. The competition is open to members of Fanderson only. Entries for which the membership name, number and postcode do not match our membership database will be […]

Podcast 5 is now live! With host, journalist and broadcaster Ros Connors: – David Hirsch and Gordon Moriguchi discuss Anderson series merchandise – actor Vicki Michelle pops in for a quick chat about her time on Space:1999. Check out the full range of Fanderson podcasts by clicking here.

In 2019, thousands of club members and fans supported Andrew Clark’s Lego Ideas project. Sadly, though it reached the 10,000 supporters to be included in the official review by Lego, it wasn’t selected to become a set that we could all buy. Now, Andrew has re-worked his project to ditch the interchangeable Thunderbirds/Thunderbirds Are Go […]

A huge cache of over 200 models, puppets, photos, toys, document, films, pre-production drawings and much more is to go up for auction on 30th November 2020. The collection was the property of Anderson Burr employee Julian Bell, who died recently, and includes items from Terrahawks, Dick Spanner and Space Police, plus work for abandoned […]