Airdate: Thunderbirds are Go!
Remastered TV classic will air on GO! a week after its UK premiere.
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A premiere date for Thunderbirds are Go! has been locked in: Sunday, April 12, at 6.30pm on GO! A week later it will settle into a regular time of 6pm Sundays.
The anticipated revival of Thunderbirds has been remastered for modern audiences by ITV Studios, New Zealand-based Pukeko Pictures and Weta Workshop (Avatar, King Kong, The Lord of the Rings).
There are 26 episodes in total and the series has already been renewed for a second season. It will premiere in the UK this weekend.
Co-creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s timeless series celebrates its 50th anniversary using a unique mix of CGI animation and live-action model sets.
Featuring the world’s most famous family of heroes, the Thunderbirds team includes Parker, played by original cast member David Graham; the inventor Brains, voiced by Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker, Facejacker); John Tracy, voiced by Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones, Love Actually); and London field agent Lady Penelope, voiced by renowned actor Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Pride and Prejudice).
Set in the year 2060, Thunderbirds Are Go follows the adventures of the Tracy family headed by Jeff Tracy, an American multi-millionaire philanthropist whose five sons – Scott, John, Virgil, Gordon and Alan – are the force behind International Rescue, a top secret organisation committed to saving human life which is hidden on Tracy Island in the South Pacific.
The five Tracy Brothers each pilot a futuristic Thunderbird machine, which can operate from the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space.
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6 Responses
Looking forward to this…….
Apparently the second one from the left has quit to become a normal puppet, but there are reports the other four told him he had to clean up his act or go.
oh yes he does look like zayn from that group. lol
Excellent. It’s only Monday but you get my vote for Comment of the week!
I will miss the fishing line holding up the characters but it looks like they are trying to keep the “look” judging by the promos.
Yes, I felt the same. These look fractionally too slick but as a young girl I had crushes on a couple of the characters and was a little envious of Lady Penelope. You know, beauty, brains and money – that illusive (for me) triad.