While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. In 1963, having taught himself the guitar, he moved to Manchester where he worked in nightclubs. Christine BBC Radio 2, 20 October 1990 15.00. historical record of the planned output and the BBC services of any Gerry Anderson became famous for his futuristic TV shows using marionettes, including Captain Scarlet and Stingray. with the BBC. 50s, you can navigate by issue. The copywriter should get an award. You made a new CGI Captain Scarlet. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5825e40489464b10911da066a39cb3c0, NB: We cannot respond to information submitted from this form, Patrick Troughton at 100: A Television Actor, Tales from bohemia: The making of Arena’s Chelsea Hotel, From Band Waggon to Barnacle Bill - a short history of theme tunes, find He was certainly different.". "He was a character. You can search the site for BBC News, updates and banter fromthe Genome Blog. [4], His contribution to solving the Derry/Londonderry name dispute was to popularise the jocular name "Stroke City" (from the "/" in the city's neutral designation), which became the title of one of his radio programmes from 1992 leading some of his friends to rename him "Gerry/Londongerry". Gerry Anderson was talking to BBC entertainment reporter Genevieve Hassan. is made available for internal research purposes only. But I'm very proud that a programme made 40 years ago has been chosen to be one of the first shows to be put out on Blu-ray. It should be viewed in this context and with the It's been reported you are making a new CGI Thunderbirds and are in negotiations to buy the rights back from ITV. It is only available inside the BBC network. Or do you have a question about this programme? 50s, you can navigate by issue. Read about our approach to external linking. Through the listings, you will also be able to use the Genome search programmes, online etc. - not those of today. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ccdaa581896c4dac935ff29c298a3014, NB: We cannot respond to information submitted from this form, Patrick Troughton at 100: A Television Actor, Tales from bohemia: The making of Arena’s Chelsea Hotel, From Band Waggon to Barnacle Bill - a short history of theme tunes, find There are more than 5 million programme listings in Genome. Did you ever dream such technology might ever exist? A tour of Scotland, England and Canada followed, with the showband The Chessmen. You will need to Last in the series, live from Manchester. Trump returns to campaign trail in Florida, Teachers turn to loudspeakers to beat Covid fears. to help fill in gaps in the data and to help us bring - not those of today. But he is best known for creating the classic 1960s adventure series Thunderbirds, following the Tracy family's International Rescue team - complete with their visible puppet strings. ", So we took him around the studio and then he said: "About these electric shocks - what voltage are you giving them?" The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Requiem Mass for the radio presenter was held at St Eugene's Cathedral.[1][6]. Genome is a digitised version of the Radio Times from 1923 to 2009 and [3], Anderson began his radio career at BBC Radio Foyle in 1985, the local station in his home city which he usually called "Stroke City" to reflect the difficulty regarding broadcasting the name of Derry/Londonderry (each name is preferred by a different part of the local community, Derry by Catholics/Nationalists, Londonderry by Protestants/Unionists).