Talking Pictures TV’s Encore service is offering Stingray fans the unique chance to watch Loch Ness Monster with exclusive commentary from Art Director Bob Bell and Model Maker Brian Johnson, giving us an insight into the creation of the series, and this episode in particular. But hurry – this special feature is only available until […]

We’re delighted to report that FAB Express 106 was posted today to all Fanderson members! We also had so many contributions to this issue’s FlashBack that we couldn’t fit them all in. We don’t want to leave anyone out, so here are our regular contributors Pat and Doug’s thoughts on Thunderbirds Ricochet… Pat Gardner, Lancing, […]

This documentary from 2002 takes an exclusive peak behind the curtain for the creation of Stingray. Meet Bob Bell, Brian Johnson, John Read, Judith Shutt and Mary Turner as they share their experiences and anecdotes! Encore is Talking Pictures TV’s free catch-up service – watch here.

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, […]