The Making of the 21st Century (Part 1 of 2)

[@terrytk9398]

An insightful factual presentation. It’s surprising how much original behind the scenes footage was taken. Be interesting to discover exactly where in Slough the AP studios were located.👍

[@samgamgee42]

what memories of Saturday morning TV watching these Awesome shows.....

[@retrothing]

really nice editing here! I thought that this was surely a broadcast documentary.

[@theclubunicorn]

F.A.B thanks for posting this doc

[@kevinsullivan3448]

I loved the Thunderbirds as a kid. We lived in LA at the time and there was a huge selection of shows on the UHF channels. I never even knew about the other puppet shows. Are any of these available on DVD?

[@MrSlitskirts]

Hi, "Captain Scarlet and The Mysterions" and "Joe 90" are on DVD rental/purchase, as is the "real people" series "UFO" (with Ed Bishop as Cmdr Straker/Cmdr of S.H.A.D.O.). Regards.

[@hilarioph]

I watched Captain scarlet here in the Philippines on ABC 5 now TV5. I like their affects. Not only that but their puppets. Memories

[@kilburnvideos]

Wow. Just... wow.

[@geoffreylee5199]

Later, Star Trek used salt and pepper shakers as Dr McCoy’s operating room instruments.

[@w.hartnell-lives-on-while-6073]

Interesting to note my guess about the name Supermarionation was not far off. Loved these shows, Fireball XL5 being my first full Series of Sci-fi, just prior to Dr.Who. If you do not mind, I will add to my page. :)

[@CultureJudge]

Meddings' fascinating account of making model vehicles from household objects dressed in kit parts is a bit deceptive given the images over which his words are placed. Almost all the main vehicle models - things like Thunderbird 2, Stingray etc. - were sophisticated hand-sculpted forms, the work being farmed out to professional model-making company Master Models. The things Meddings is talking about would be largely the one-off guest vehicles etc.

[@nickrich56]

Brings back the "very old" days. What's going to be remembered by todays' kids ... Spongebob? ... Bart Simpson? ... Elmo? Mindless generation. Gen-dumb.

[@matelot95]

in the words of Eric Morecambe "I know you, you're Cary Grant!"

[@TV21]

@retrothing Thank you.

[@Optimegatrongodzilla]

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