This is a collection of behind the scenes photographs pertaining to Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds Are Go, and Thunderbird 6.
Trapped in the Sky[]
Ken Turner working on a large-scale police car
Derek Meddings' drawings of Fireflash. Beneath the two drawings is what looks like a design for one of the buildings at London International Airport.
Getting prepared to feature in a scene
The damage caused by the dodgy Elevator Car
Photo taken during a press visit. According to Brian Johnson, the guy on far left is an electrician, however he cannot recall his name. Speaking of Brian Johnson, he is in fact in this pic - the guy second on left is him. On far right behind camera is Jimmy Elliott. Standing behind him is Michael Wilson.
Barry Gray's music timings
City of Fire[]
SFX Tech/Modelmaker?
Sun Probe[]
Richard Conway with an complete model of the Sun Probe
Shaun Whittacker-Cook with a model of Thunderbird 2 on the Mount Arkan set
Martian Invasion[]
From L - R (on ground level below planks, on which Peter Wragg is standing): Ian Wingrove, Harry Oakes, Garry Coxall
From L - R (on ground level below planks, on which Peter Wragg is standing): Derek Meddings, Harry Oakes, Garry Coxall. In case you're wondering what that shiny thing is around Coxall's head, it's a light.
The crew prepare to film a scene.
L-R (excluding Peter Wragg, who is standing on the planks above): electrician (name unknown); Ian Wingrove; John Howard; unknown person; Ted Cutlack; Derek Meddings; Garry Coxall; Harry Oakes (who is standing behind Coxall)
L-R (excluding Peter Wragg, who is standing on the planks above): electrician (name unknown); Ian Wingrove; John Howard; unknown person; Ted Cutlack; Derek Meddings; Garry Coxall; Harry Oakes (who is standing behind Coxall)
Terror in New York City[]
Derek Meddings (second right), Shaun Whittacker-Cook (far left), and others with the model of the Empire State Building
Meddings (right) and another crew member at work on the Empire State and its atomic gantry
Meddings is the guy closest to camera. Shaun Whittacker-Cook is the person in background admiring the work of Meddings and the SFX Tech(?) / Modelmaker(?) next to him.
End of the Road[]
Part of the 'hour' script
Eddie Houseman's puppet-scale jet cockpit is below. Christine Glanville is up on bridge. At bottom left (not pointing - the person whose face you can see) is David Lane, and the person behind him wearing a black top is Alan Perry.
Model-maker Roger Dicken (top left) and Special Effects Directors Ian Scoones (top right) and Shaun Whittacker-Cook (second at bottom right)
Operation Crash-Dive[]
A page of the script
Day of Disaster[]
Uh-oh, approaching....
The Impostors[]
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
Mike Trim (left) and Charlie Bryant (right) adapt vehicles that will feature in said episode
Danger At Ocean Deep[]
Ocean Pioneer II
Alan Perry filming the launch of Ocean Pioneer II
A slightly alternative version of previous pic
Excluding the guy on far left whose face is behind the light, L - R is as follows: Derek Meddings, Alan Perry, Bill Camp
FAB 1 / Lady Penelope / Parker[]
Lady Penelope, Parker, and FAB 1. This photograph was taken on the same day that Space Models delivered the Rolls-Royce to Stirling Road.
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with Penelope
Full size mock-up of the front of FAB 1
Alan Perry in foreground
Bob Bell and Grenville Nott are second and third right respectively
Derek Meddings with a small-scale model of FAB 1
Fireflash[]
Bill Camp with Fireflash
The Perils of Penelope[]
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with Troy Tempest and Marina from the previous series Stingray on the set of The Perils of Penelope
Model-makers Mike Trim (foreground) and Roger Dicken (background)
Filming the Anderbad Express. On right is Bryan Loftus.
Some props/models etc.
The Uninvited[]
A storyboard produced by Derek Meddings
Cry Wolf[]
Richard Conway on set
Another pic of Richard Conway on set
A page of Barry Gray's music timings for the episode. Note that by the accepted production order, this was episode 21.
Mike Wilson hiding TB1's wires on the previously mentioned set
Cinemagazine Parade[]
Brian Johnson. This scene was shot just for visiting reporters.
Brian Johnson
Foreground to background: Derek Meddings (bottom right, raising his hand), Jimmy Elliott (in white shirt, on camera), Michael Wilson (in black top), Ron Ashton (in white shirt). Behind Ashton is Steve Mattick, and behind Mattick is Brian Johnson.
Peter Hitchcock on right in foreground.
L-R (in background): unknown person (not Desmond Saunders, however); David Elliott; Alan Perry; Paddy Seale.
L-R (in background): unknown person (not Desmond Saunders, however); David Elliott; Alan Perry; Paddy Seale.
Alan Perry (foreground) and Paddy Seale (background)
Thunderbirds ATV Today documentary[]
The model shop. Charlie Bryant in foreground on right working on a model of a house. Ray Brown is on far left. Man In Black to Bryant's right side with the left side of his body facing camera - Peter Aston(?)?
Ray Brown in foreground on right carrying a model of FAB 2 that is approximately 2½' long
Thunderbird 1[]
Ron Ashton with a model of TB1
An "extended" black and white version of previous pic
L - R: Derek Meddings, Brian Johnson, John Foley, Michael Wilson. Here on the set of the Tracy Island swimming pool above TB1's hangar, they get prepared for the aircraft's imminent launch
A crew member (not Ted Cutlack) with TB1
Shaun Whittacker-Cook in background on left
Sketch of Rescue 1 (the future Thunderbird 1) on Brains' lab wall, behind Scott
Thunderbird 2[]
The Thunderbird 2 cockpit set under construction
Ian Scoones effects repairs to the craft
A slightly alternative version of previous pic
TB2 leaving its hangar with at least two crew members nearby
Derek Meddings' silhouette admires TB2
SFX Tech(?) / Modelmaker(?) makes an alteration to TB2's underside
A slightly alternative version of previous pic
A slightly alternative, black and white version of previous pic
Filming TB2's launch. Alan Berry (far right) and Ian Wingrove (second on right).
On the set of TB2's cockpit, a crew member strives to hide Virgil's strings. The silhouette of another crew member is visible in the background to the right
Harry Oakes on the previously mentioned set
Ian Wingrove (left) and Alan Berry (right)
TB2 takeoff imminent
Filming TB2 during its taxiing to the launch ramp
Thunderbird 3[]
Derek Meddings' design for TB3, which at this point was - in common with the other four main Thunderbird craft, were known as Rescue 1, Rescue 2 etc... Here you can see both Rescue 3 and R3 written on the spacecraft.
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with a large-scale model of TB3
Doug Luke (left) and Gerry Anderson (right) with a large-scale TB3
Alan Perry, anxious to film TB3 taking off
Mike Trim gets the Round House up to scratch
Derek Meddings getting the camera angle how he wants it
Paddy Seale looking through camera. Also on left are Alan McDonald (far left) and Alan Perry. On right is Ian Wingrove, who is looking up at Peter Hitchcock.
On far left is Alan McDonald. Paddy Seale is looking through camera, and the remaining guy on the left hand side of pic is Alan Perry. Ian Wingrove is on far right in foreground. The guy who Wingrove is looking up towards is Peter Hitchcock.
On the set of the Tracy Villa during The Uninvited. According to Ian Wingrove, the guy in the photo was a scenic artist.
A crew member conceals TB3's wires
Alan Perry looking through camera. Inmediately to his left is Paddy Seale, and on the other hand, to the right of Perry towards the background is Alan McDonald. The guy in front of and sligtly to the right of the camera is Ian Wingrove. Finally, the guy right at the background, as well as the person whose head is at bottom of frame in foreground, are currently 'unidentified'.
Alan Perry looking through camera
Brian Smithies at work on a model of TB3
Thunderbird 3 Launch Silo[]
Roger Dicken (left) and Mike Trim (right)
Thunderbird 4[]
Filming TB4's launch sequence
Thunderbird 5[]
Space Monitor At Work! Filming John, aboard Thunderbird 5
Tracy Island[]
Move - and You're Dead[]
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in foreground. In background are: Alan Pattillo (far left), Paddy Seale (leaning against wall behind Pattillo), Alan Perry (behind camera) and Ian Wingrove (behind Seale). The guy in front of Wingrove in the white shirt is a clapper loader.
30 Minutes After Noon[]
Brink of Disaster[]
L - R (foreground): Bill Camp, Derek Meddings, Peter Hitchcock
In centre background behind Meddings is Nick Middleton
In centre background behind Meddings is Nick Middleton
Warren Grafton
Shaun Whittacker-Cook in grey top, standing by the corner of the set
Shaun Whittacker-Cook (far left)
Attack of the Alligators![]
Ian Wingrove believes the guy with the pipe in his mouth was a handler
On bridge is Christine Glanville (on right).
On ground is Alan Perry (on right in foreground), in front of whom is Frank Boston (wearing a light gray jacket), and the guy who is sort of behind and to the right of Boston is Paddy Seale
On ground is Alan Perry (on right in foreground), in front of whom is Frank Boston (wearing a light gray jacket), and the guy who is sort of behind and to the right of Boston is Paddy Seale
Ian Wingrove believes the guy on right was a handler. The other two are Nick Middleton and Derek Meddings (left and middle respectively).
Derek Meddings in blue shirt on left
Derek Meddings (bottom left) wafting dry ice onto the surface of the water
The Hood[]
The Duchess Assignment[]
Mike Trim's drawing for the WAF Wombat
Julien Lugrin on right. The guy on the left who isn't wearing glasses is Ian Vinson.
Director David Elliott (left) and Mary Turner (right)
Getting ready to shoot a scene on the hospital set. David Elliott is pointing on right. Next to him is Mary Turner.
Thunderbirds 1 and 2
The Cham-Cham[]
This pic clearly illustrates that in the close-up model of the RTL-2 hangar, only one side wall was constructed
Lady Penelope's garden
Christine Glanville (left) and Wanda Webb (right)
Alan Pattillo in green shirt and yellow tie. On the bridge above is Christine Glanville, who is fourth on right. At bottom left of pic is Julien Lugrin. The guy at bottom right in the blue top is Ian Spurrier.
Alan Pattillo (bottom, far left)
Same set with Alan Pattillo in same place as he is in previous pic
A floor puppeteer attends to the Woodwinder
Ken Turner
Atlantic Inferno[]
Jimmy Elliott standing in the water
Ian Wingrove with Seascape
The guy in background behind Seascape is Jimmy Elliott
Ian Wingrove with the Seascape diving sphere
The guy in the white shirt on left is Jimmy Elliott
Ian Wingrove on left. In centre, the top of Noel Rowland's head is just visible. Clapper loader(?) on right.
Seascape burns
Path of Destruction[]
Part of the script
Brian Smithies with the road-builder
Filming the Australian road-building vehicle
A puppeteer(?) adjusts Sanchos
Bob Bell (left) and John Lageu (right)
A crew member helps out with the cutting of a tree. On camera is Noel Rowland
Noel Rowland on camera
Peter Aston with the Crablogger
Ian Wingrove (far left) and Peter Aston (second on left) with Crablogger
Filming the Crablogger crashing through a wall. Noel Rowland is on camera.
Derek Meddings (left) and Noel Rowland (right)
Meddings with Crablogger
On right in foreground is Ian Scoones. In background is Ian Wingrove.
Jimmy Elliott (left) and Ian Scoones (right)
Ian Scoones (left) and Jimmy Elliott (right)
Camera crew(?) with the remains of Crablogger
Ian Wingrove (left) and Rodney Fuller (right) with the remains of the Crablogger
Ian Wingrove (left) and Rodney Fuller (right) with Crablogger
Alias Mr. Hackenbacker[]
Mike Trim at work on the airliner that will undergo destruction in the first few minutes of the episode
TB2 in front of the rolling sky
TB2 and Skythrust in front of the rolling sky
The Man From MI.5[]
Peter Aston at work on FAB 2
Slightly alternative version of previous pic
Again, a slightly alternative version of previous pic
A crew member shoots the scene where Parker fires FAB 1's grille cannon
Black and white, higher res version of previous pic
Security Hazard[]
Scott Tracy - do not tell Chip anything about Thunderbird 1!
Ian Spurrier in foreground with a lip-sync machine
Thunderbirds Are Go[]
- Main article: Behind the Scenes (Thunderbirds Are Go movie)
Thunderbird 6 (film)[]
- Main article: Behind the Scenes (Thunderbird 6)
Gallery[]
Concept art of Thunderbirds 1-4, FAB 1, and the Tracy Villa building
A craftsman at Space Models attaching the canopy to the puppet-sized variant of FAB 1
Ian Spurrier (left) and Christine Glanville (right)
Roger Dicken (left) and Mike Trim (right). Behind them are props from episodes including but not limited to Desperate Intruder and Edge of Impact.
Paddy Seale next to camera in foreground
Peter Hitchcock (in background) pushing the gantry that Scott Tracy is standing on as part of filming TB1's launch sequence
Mike Trim holding the air ambulance helicopter from Pit of Peril. Also in the picture is Copter Watchdog, as well as the Skyhawk jet.
On ground: on far left is Desmond Saunders, Alan Perry is the guy sitting down next to camera, and Paddy Seale is on far right, sort of standing in frame - Seale is wearing an orange / brown top.
On bridge: Wanda Webb (left) and Christine Glanville (right).
On bridge: Wanda Webb (left) and Christine Glanville (right).
Another pic of Ray Brown
Desmond Saunders (left) and Bob Bell (right) c. 1966
Bill Camp (above on right)
Wanda Webb with Penelope and Virgil on the Tracy Villa set
Prop store containing some props used in Thunderbirds
Shaun Whittacker-Cook (right)
The Production Crew[]
