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Season 1 – Thunderbirds Are Go

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High-tech tales of adventurers rocketing around the world to fight evildoers.

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Chris Bennion Independent (UK) 04/12/2018
Like it or not, parents, Thunderbirds are going to be part of your 2015. Go to Full Review Julian Lytle Punch Drunk Critics 01/10/2020
The production value is definitely there but for me, this version of the show isn't something I'm going to be checking for. I think The Thunderbirds deserve a bit more of a refreshing take on the concept and characters and this is far from that. Go to Full Review Kitty Knowles GQ Magazine [UK] 07/03/2019
Thunderbirds Are Go! should thrill young audiences as much as Gerry Anderson's original. Go to Full Review Natascha Crandall Common Sense Media 04/12/2018
The stories are layered so both young and old can enjoy the action. Go to Full Review Morgan Jeffery Digital Spy 04/12/2018
Changes are not only a success but - whisper it - actually improve upon the original. Go to Full Review Kyle Anderson Nerdist 04/12/2018
It wears its heart on its sleeve, but it never feels naive about the way it depicts the world. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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06/08/2018 So different to the original series, but it is so effin' good!!! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Gerry Anderson

Creator

Sylvia Anderson

Creator

Rosamund Pike

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

Thomas Brodie-Sangster

John Tracy

Rasmus Hardiker

Scott Tracy

David Menkin

Virgil Tracy

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Apr 4, 2015 Ring of Fire A powerful underwater seaquake turns a busy day for International Rescue into a perilous one. Gordon's mission is to rescue a research team trapped in an undersea lab. Details Episode 2 Aired Apr 4, 2015 Ring of Fire John and Brains must track down the source of the seismic destabilisers. Meanwhile Scott and Virgil race to Taiwan when one of the undersea quakes destabilizes a solar collector dish in Taipei. Details Episode 3 Aired Apr 11, 2015 Space Race Alan's on space junk duty; things take a turn when one of the pieces of debris turns out to be a heat-seeking SAT-MINE that activates and locks onto TB3's heat signature. Details Episode 4 Aired Apr 18, 2015 Crosscut Thunderbird 5 picks up an unusual radiation spike from a remote corner of Africa, and Scott rushes in with Thunderbird 1 to check it out. Using special equipment, Scott enters the mine and discovers the source to be a leak of unstable uranium. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 25, 2015 Fireflash Kayo is riding aboard Fireflash, a supersonic airliner invented by Brains, but she is unaware that its controls have been tampered with. International Rescue notices the plane has vanished from their monitors and attempt to locate it. Details Episode 6 Aired May 2, 2015 Unplugged The Luddites power up an electromagnetic pulse device underneath London. Details Episode 7 Aired May 9, 2015 Runaway A strange malfunction leaves a superconducting train in Japan unable to stop. Details Episode 8 Aired May 16, 2015 EOS A series of cascading equipment failures leads John to realize that rogue A.I. has gained control of Thunderbird 5. The program is sending false monitor images to Tracy Island to deceive the other brothers. Details Episode 9 Aired May 23, 2015 Slingshot A malfunction at a mining operation sends an asteroid careening towards the sun, endangering crewman Ned Tedford. Details Episode 10 Aired May 30, 2015 Tunnels of Time Lady Penelope, Parker and Gordon are on a visit to an ancient temple deep in the remote Amazon. Details Episode 11 Aired Jun 6, 2015 Skyhook International Rescue scrambles all flight-capable craft to rescue the crew of CIRRUS. Details Episode 12 Aired Jun 13, 2015 Under Pressure A heavy metal extraction platform carrying toxic waste at the bottom of the ocean is in trouble; Gordon rushes in with Thunderbird 4 when a fire on board the rolling factory damages its steering capabilities; Gordon must rescue Ned Tedford. Details Episode 13 Aired Jun 20, 2015 Heavy Metal When a satellite falls toward Brains and Alan, they are rescued by Virgil in Thunderbird 2; the team decides the malfunction was caused by a gravity well; a commercial jet is caught in the pull of the gravity well and is in danger of crashing. Details Episode 14 Aired Oct 31, 2015 Falling Skies Brains has invented a self-constructing luxury hotel which orbits around Earth. Unfortunately for its guests, the luxurious hotel in space begins to malfunction and the International Rescue team have to step in to avert a major disaster. Details Episode 15 Aired Nov 7, 2015 Relic Scott and Alan travel to the far side of the moon to rescue their father's best friend from a meteor shower. Details Episode 16 Aired Nov 14, 2015 Breakdown Virgil attempts to rescue a mining crew trapped inside a glacier, but the scientist in charge of the project refuses to leave. Details Episode 17 Aired Nov 21, 2015 Heist Society The Hood traps Lady Penelope and Parker inside an underwater hyper-loop train during a high stakes robbery. Details Episode 18 Aired Nov 28, 2015 Recharge High in the Arctic, a machine designed to harness the energy of the aurora borealis has gone haywire. If not repaired, it could permanently disrupt the magnetic field protecting the Earth. Details Episode 19 Aired Dec 5, 2015 Extraction A seismologist and his son alert the authorities to the presence of a rogue wildcat mining operation, only for the machinery to trigger an earthquake that swallows the equipment - along with the father and son. Details Episode 20 Aired Dec 12, 2015 The Hexpert A scientist accidentally locks herself inside a vault which is being used to store unstable matter. There is only one person who has successfully broken into a vault like this - Parker. Details Episode 21 Aired Dec 19, 2015 Comet Chasers It is 2060 and once again Halley's Comet is passing close to Earth. A businessman and his personal assistant fly up to chase the comet but end up sending out a distress call. Alan and Scott have to rescue them in Thunderbird 3. Details Episode 22 Aired Dec 26, 2015 Designated Driver Parker gives Alan driving lessons at the Creighton--Ward estate in FAB0 while Lady Penelope has tea with her great aunt Sylvia. Details Episode 23 Aired Jan 2, 2016 Chain of Command During a joint operation between International Rescue and the Global Defence Force, a series of mishaps nearly ends in disaster. In the wake of the botched mission, Colonel Martin Janus takes over the GDF, imposing a strict set of restrictions. Details Episode 24 Aired Jan 9, 2016 Touch and Go In the Arizona desert there is a facility known as CATCH, from where all air traffic in North America is controlled. Scott and Virgil handle a rescue mission involving a mid-air plane collision while Kayo infiltrates the bunker. Details Episode 25 Aired Jan 16, 2016 Undercover An undercover sting operation involving Lady Penelope, Kayo and a heavily disguised Parker gets blown prematurely by the GDF, and Parker is taken prisoner by the panicking thief Banino. Details Episode 26 Aired Jan 23, 2016 Legacy A number of carefully staged disasters require the full attention of everyone at International Rescue. Kayo discovers that the Hood is behind these acts of terrorism and has actually infiltrated Tracy Island. Details

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Thunderbirds Are Go — Season 1

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Season Info

Director
David Scott, Theo Baynton
Creator
Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson
Executive Producer
Andrew Smith
Screenwriter
Ken Pontac, Ian Carney, James Krieg, Dan Berlinka, Benjamin Townsend, Mark Huckerby, Paul Giacoppo, Nick Ostler, Rob Hoegee
Network
ITV
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Kids & Family, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Animation
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Apr 4, 2015