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Thunderbirds Are Go! Season 3 is the third television series of the 2015 remake, which premiered with Chaos Part 1 on March 31, 2018.

Early on in the show's production, head writer Rob Hoegee made clear that Jeff Tracy would not be appearing in the first two seasons. It was a widely believed possibility that he may have returned season 3 or later.

It was announced that a third season had been commissioned on May 5th, 2016, which would continue the previous format: 26 episodes of 22 minutes.

Voice recording began in December 2016 and continued as late as April 2017.

On January 5 2017, Rob Hoegee mentioned on Twitter that some "epic" two-parter stories were in the works for season 3.

On the 15th of February, Richard Dinnick announced he was writing an episode for season 3 on Twitter and his blog.

By October 1, 2017, Nick Foster confirmed on Twitter that season 3 had entered the scoring stage of production, indicating that some episodes had finished production at Pukeko Pictures and CGCG.

Upon the airing of Brains vs. Brawn, it was announced that season 3 would premiere sometime in 2018. This date was later refined to March.

On February 16, 2018, a first-look trailer was published on official Thunderbirds Are Go social media outlets. It introduced viewers to the Chaos Crew, an organisation put together by the Hood after escaping capture in season 2. The trailer was uploaded to YouTube 3 days later.

In January 2019, almost 8 whole months after the presumed mid-season Flame Out had aired, it was announced that the rest of S3 would resume airing around June 2019 to coincide with a new toy line being distributed by Bandai.

On April 16, 2019, a trailer was released for the upcoming episodes, indicating that the show would resume airing soon. Along with this news, it was revealed that the series would be broken up in 3 blocks of 9, as opposed to the usual two blocks of 13. Not long after, the release date was narrowed down to be sometime in May.

On May 8, 2019, the news was released that Jeff Tracy will be included in the series and that his debut will be at some point in the second part of Season 3. This also included naming his voice actor, which is Lee Majors, and showed a picture of Jeff wearing his International Rescue uniform (with an opaque visor in his helmet). Additionally, this video showed that the Zero-X from the classic series will be returning and that this is somehow related to Jeff.

On May 17, 2019, David Graham (voice of Parker) confirmed that the series had wrapped and that no more episodes would be made.

On December 5, 2019, it was announced that the third (and final) part of season three will air in the UK in January 2020, along with the announcement of a trailer the following day. A poster revealed at the same time would dub the final 8 episodes as 'the final countdown'.

Plot[]

This series, International Rescue has their hands full: The Tracys and their Thunderbirds must go above and beyond to tackle new threats while continuing to rescue those in need. An undersea mission for Thunderbird 2, the return of Maximum MAX (and several other MAXes for that matter), the unrelenting heat of planet Mercury and a rapidly growing giant geranium are just a taste of what’s in store. Luckily, our heroes find help along the way: from a game master within his futuristic virtual realm, a rig driver facing perilous conditions, and a pompous race car driver just to name a few.

The GDF also steps in to help with their own rescue operation machinations (known as "R.O. BOTS"), but they soon prove to be more trouble than they’re worth. All the while, through every adventure, a grand and ultimate mission begins to take shape. One that will require the combined assembly of every Thunderbird, not to mention the aid of International Rescue’s old "friend" – the Mechanic. This mission, once attempted, would leave Tracy Island vulnerable to a devastating attack, but it may also end in the Tracys’ biggest and most personal rescue yet.

Cast[]

Season 3 welcomed Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Craig Stein to the regular roles of Havoc and Fuse respectively, and Marc Silk as Captain Wayne Rigby. The three joined an unchanged existing cast.

Season 3 would continue a trend begun in season 2, namely the casting of guest actors in episodic roles. Highlights for season 3 include Ruth Jones (Renee), Richard Ridings (Bob Gray), Jennifer Saunders (Helen Shelby), Sylvester McCoy (Aezethril), Nina Sosanya (Asher), Larry Lamb (Gomez), Lee Majors (Jeff Tracy), Sheridan Smith (Scraps), Gemma Chan (Professor Kwark), Peter Davison (Higgins) and Sacha Dhawan (Stew). Tom Rosenthal (Brandon Berrenger), Alan Ford (Fred), Vas Blackwood (Reece) and Sharon D Clarke (Cass McCready) would also return for their established roles from season 2.

While Chris Jarman is credited for his role as the Mechanic, his character would not appear until Break Out, episode 21 - apart from a brief and voiceless cameo at the end of episode 2.

The regular and semi-regular cast list now stands at an impressive 15:

Episodes[]

No. Title Director(s) Writer(s) Original Air Date (UK) Production #
1 Chaos Part 1 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee March 31st, 2018 1
2 Chaos Part 2 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee April 7th, 2018 2
3 Path of Destruction Ben Milsom Patrick Rieger April 14th, 2018 3
4 Night and Day Theo Baynton Jonathan Callan April 21st, 2018 4
5 Growing Pains Theo Baynton Patrick Rieger April 28th, 2018 5
6 Life Signs Ben Milsom Jonathan Callan May 5th, 2018 6
7 Rally Raid Theo Baynton Benjamin Townsend May 12th, 2018 7
8 Crash Course Theo Baynton Amy Wolfram May 19th, 2018 8
9 Flame Out Karl Essex Benjamin Townsend May 26th, 2018 9
10 Deep Water Karl Essex Len Uhley May 18th, 2019 10
11 Endgame Shinji Dawson Patrick Rieger May 25th, 2019 11
12 SOS Part 1 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee June 1st, 2019 12
13 SOS Part 2 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee June 8th, 2019 13
14 Signals Part 1 Theo Baynton Rob Hoegee June 15th, 2019 14
15 Signals Part 2 Theo Baynton Rob Hoegee June 22nd, 2019 15
16 Chain Reaction Karl Essex Anne Mortensen-Agnew June 29th, 2019 16
17 Getaway Chad Moffitt Richard Dinnick July 6th, 2019 17
18 Avalanche Karl Essex Benjamin Townsend July 13th, 2019 18
19 Upside Down Ben Milsom
Tim Gaul
Lisa Kettle January 4th, 2020
20 Icarus Karl Essex Benjamin Townsend January 11th, 2020
21 Break Out Shinji Dawson Benjamin Townsend January 18th, 2020
22 Buried Treasure Ben Milson Kevin Burke
Chris Wyatt
January 25th, 2020
23 Venom Ben Milson Dan Berlinka February 1st, 2020
24 Firebreak Ben Milson

Tim Gaul

Patrick Rieger February 8th, 2020
25 The Long Reach Part 1 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee February 15th, 2020
26 The Long Reach Part 2 Karl Essex Rob Hoegee February 22nd, 2020

Trivia[]

The 3rd season aired on CITV in United Kingdom on March 31, 2018, Gulli in France on May 21, 2018, Biggs in Portugal on October 7, 2018, and SVT Barn in Sweden on January 7, 2019.

However, The 3rd season never aired in Denmark, Germany, Finland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Brazil, Russia, Latin America & Spain.

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