Filmed in Supermarionation

Growing up in the 1960s we thrived on Thunderbirds Stingray and the other TV series produced by Sylvia & Gerry Anderson. This super documentary tells the whole story in detail and very engagingly, nostalgically, and with great humour. Fantastic and often surprising stories abound from everyone involved, and of course there are lots of great clips. A wonderful way to spend a couple of hours.

This is a great documentary showing the work of the talented people at AP films. It covers just about all the series the teams created from twizzle, supercar, and Thunderbirds. I Bought this on Blu-ray for a chance to see behind the camera at the various ways the episodes, models and effects were produced. It doesn't disappoint and goes into quite a bit of detail in most aspects of production. A surprise for me was four feathers fall which I was unaware of, it looks great but being black and white didn't get the repeats it probably deserved. Overall its a great story of a wonderful time in TV production and will probably leave a tear in the eye of most fans. With Thunderbirds getting a CGI reboot in 2015, all I can think is long live supermarionation.

Thunderbirds - now if like me you've never seen a single episode - well do not be discouraged. Actually it might even be better - well at least it won't be worse. Wait that doesn't make any sense. All kidding aside and while I can't say what is better - I can tell you that watching this documentary will make you want to watch the Thunderbirds. And if a documentary achieves something like that - well what more can you ask for? That would be a rhetorical question of course.

I had the pleasure of meeting one of the voices of the cast a couple of years ago. And in the UK where this was produced, people are still quite fond of the show. And as far as I can tell, rightfully so. So many looks behind the scenes, honest reactions to things that went south or why certain things probably worked (by accident or on purpose) ... really well done and edited. You can tell whoever did this was a fan of the show and also a good filmmaker.

This is a nice little film about how Gerry Anderson and his team changed the landscape for children's televsion through his Supermationation puppet shows.

I liked the fact that this wasn't all about the mega hit that was 'Thunderbirds', and that all the other shows got a mention too.

How it all came to be was well covered, but how it ended was a bit rushed.

The inclusion of Lady Penelope and Parker (Scott Tracy and Brains do pop up though) as guides to the documentary through linking material was a nice touch too, and it was good to see them being done in the 'old' way. I'm not sure Sylvia Anderson quite managed the voice of Lady P again, but that's splitting hairs.

A nice tribute.

For anyone who remembers the work of Gerry Anderson (and even if you don't) this is a wonderful documentary. It covers from the earliest work on The Adventures of Twizzle to his real-life series Space 1999, so more than covering just the 'supermarionation' years.

However, he undoubtedly peaked with Thunderbirds and it is fitting that Parker and Lady Penelope host the show. There is a rich vein of tongue-in cheek humour in the documentary, paralleling the humour in Anderson's work.

The best thing to ever have come out of Slough.