To celebrate Talking Pictures TV’s launch of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s undersea puppet adventure Stingray tomorrow, we’re making our exclusive three-CD soundtrack boxset available at a very special price: UK £36.50 £25 Europe £40.00 £28.50 rest of the world £43.00 £31.50 Having already broadcast Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds, we can only hope that Joe 90 […]

The post-Christmas/January blues are over, and as we’re into FABruary we’re launching FAB-U-LESS! Since 1991, we’ve published 100 issues of our club magazine FAB, packed with news, reviews, interviews, features, cutaways, members’ letters, comic strips, script-to-screen analysis and much, much more. If you’ve missed any issues, now’s the time to catch up as all available […]

Talking Pictures TV is delighted to announce that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Stingray is coming to the channel from Saturday 2nd March at 15:00. The acclaimed British children’s science fiction television was filmed in 1963, using a combination of electronic marionette puppetry and scale model special effects. The marionette adventure series about a futuristic submarine patrol […]

Throughout December we ran another online advent calendar of offers, raffles, lucky dips and ‘blind’ auctions – many to raise vital funds for our 2024 charity, Actors’ Benevolent Fund. We’re still finalising the figures, but it looks like you’ve already exceeded last year’s charity fundraising total – well into four figures! We’ll publish the final figure in […]

Australia’s cult and classic film and television label Via Vision Entertainment is releasing ITV Studios’ 2015-20 series Thunderbirds Are Go on DVD this January. The set includes all 78 episodes, plus No Strings Attached documentary, for AU$109.95 (but currently on pre-order offer at AU$99.95.

Film producer, editor and founder of Talking Pictures TV, Noel Cronin has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the 2024 New Year Honours, for services to Television Broadcasting. Talking Pictures TV is a free vintage film and TV channel, and is currently the UK broadcast home of Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds. It’s available on Freeview/Youview […]

Now you can listen to the sound of an Alien Attack, with our new soundtrack CD! Fanderson is delighted to announce the first in our series of soundtrack releases to the Super Space Theater compilation movies from 1978-82. The project is the brain-child of Fanderson member Kenji Rinoie, who says “As a fan of Barry Gray, […]

Over the last 12 months Fanderson members have helped to raise £750 for Hearing Dogs For Deaf People, from activities including 2022 advent calendar, Easter Egg Hunt and special items available for a donation to the charity. Fire control expert Jason Smith, just back from his latest assignment, graciously accepted a cheque from Fanderson on behalf of the […]

Talking Pictures have added The Noble Art of Fireball XL5 to their free Encore streaming service. In this fascinating 17-minute documentary by Fanderson member Jeff Smart, legendary TV Century 21 and Look-in artist Mike Noble talks about his work on Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, Zero X and Space:1999 comic strips, among others. The programme will […]

UPDATED 26/11/23: Judith Shutt added UPDATED 6/11/23: Wanda and John Brown episode being broadcast on TPTV, Thursday 30th November at 19:40 UPDATED 1/11/23: Richard Conway added UPDATED 19/10: Wanda and John Brown added Talking Pictures TV’s online catch-up streaming service – Encore – is featuring exclusive short interviews with people who worked on Gerry and […]