Gerry Anderson dies

[Eric Potts]

BBC News - Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson dies

 

[Dr Q]

Nooooo

RIP Gerry

 

[Racek]

black armbands next game?

 

[vegster]

RIP.. or is it F A B ? Gerry

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Brian Cobby who did the "5,4,3,2,1 Thunderbirds Are Go" voiceover passed away at the end of October aged 83. When he became the voice of the Speaking Clock in 1985 the press misreported that he was a supervisor at Withdean exchange whereas he was only a telephonist on the "substitution list". BT promoted him to supervisor 6 months after his 58th birthday which contravened the regulations on promotion within two years of retirement. Will he be a "name" on one of B&H Buses in the future ?

 

[Dave the OAP]

I got the box set full series of all 48 episodes of thunderbirds for christmas.

Just saying like.

Rip Gerry.

 

[Fungus]

I'm sure I saw this on the Internet a few days ago...

 

[Norman Potting]

Happy memories of watching Thunderbirds in B & W on Saturday morning in the sixties. O.K. you could just about see the strings but is was still pretty impressive to an 8 year old Potting. An iconic show.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

"Thunderbirds are gone"

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I can't help having visions of all his many characters lined up at his funeral, doing that kind of nodding thing amongst the crowds.

Big contributor to kids TV for many years.

 

[Fungus]

Fireball XL5 was one of the first things I remember; Stingray and Captain Scarlet had great impact at an early age. RIP.

 

[Stat Brother]

This is definitely the Christmas of people dying who I thought were already dead.

 

[surrey jim]

Created nearly all of my favourite kids tv shows. RIP

 

[Beach Hut]

What will Miss Penelope say...........

RIP

 

[RowXintheNorth]

Legendary TV, decent fella too by all accounts Jim

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

This is definitely the Christmas of people dying who I thought were already dead.

And the Christmas for finding out that someone you thought was dead is still alive. Freddie "Parrot Face" Davies is still going strong.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

I have 5 seconds of cine film clip of Xmas 1966 with me wearing a full International Rescue uniform [my Xmas pressie - aged 6½].
I was a huge fan and loved that program - Lady Penelope was my first crush and Brains was my idol.

 

[Mackenzie]

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Beautiful song.