The Curve – Slough’s new library and cultural centre is opening on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 September! From 10am to 5pm there will be two days of fun for all the family inside and outside this new iconic centre, right in the heart of Slough. As part of the areas cultural history, with “Supercar” through to “UFO” being made in …

Film collector Mark Joseph presents another night of Gerry Anderson shows on the big screen on 16mm film. The event will take place at TAP (the Old Waterworks), North Road as part of the Southend-onsea Film Festival on Wednesday 18th May at 6.30pm and start’s at 7pm. Episodes to be screened include: Stingray – Tom Thumb Tempest Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons …

Rodney Matthew has chosen the formidable settings of The Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset for his latest exhibition ‘IONAWR’ (Welsh for ‘January’), which sees a selection of his awe inspiring artwork on display that not only includes album covers – Magnum, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy to name a few – but also pieces from his many book illustrations and DVD work. Of …

The Historic Kilburn Plaque Scheme (HKPS) is raising £2500 to fund two blue plaques to commemorate Gerry Anderson, the creator of Thunderbirds. Gerry grew up in Kilburn and attended Kingsgate Primary School. One plaque will be on his old school in Kingsgate Road and the other on the Sidney Boyd Court estate where he lived with his family between 1929 …

During the evening of Monday 4th January, crew and Kickstarter backers gathered at the London Institute of Contemporary Arts to witness the three new classic episodes created by the Thunderbirds 1965 Team. Greeted by Thunderbirds 1, 2, and 4 as well as The Hood and various other puppet heads, attendees had the chance to take photos as well as share a …

Missed out on seeing some of your favourite Anderson shows on the big screen? Mark Joseph has given us his review of the second Gerry Anderson On Film Night in Southend on Sea and a run down of the entire event.  With the success of the first Gerry Anderson On film Night back in May and the shouts for more it …

Ali Wells, the curator at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum got in touch with us to let us know about an FAB exhibition of classic British children’s television. In today’s guest blog she’s going to tell you a little more about how the work of Gerry Anderson contributed to the exhibition and where you can see it for yourself!  …

Some more details have been released about the Thunderbirds Tribute Night on December 1 2015: Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker will head up a night of orchestral performances in tribute to Gerry Anderson, the producer behind the Thunderbirds TV show, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. British conductor Charles Hazlewood has assembled an “All Star Collective” for the show, which also includes Adrian Utley …

Following a sell-out show during the Southend film festival, Gerry Anderson super-fan Mark Joseph will once again entertain Anderson fans with another evening showcasing some of the very best shows from the awesome imagination of this legendary producer on 17th November 2015. Viewing these episodes on 16mm format brings back memories of how they used to be shown on TV …

On Wednesday 7th October, a small number of International Rescue agents gathered at a (now not so) secret location for the very first screening of Thunderbirds 1965, The Abominable Snowman. Retro-TV critic Steve Berry was there and has sent back this report to GAHQ… “Deep in the bowels of London’s Mondrian Hotel, cast and crew of Thunderbirds 1965 assemble. Along with specially invited …