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Stingray - E12 - Subterranean Sea (2002)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
After scientists drill through the ocean floor and find a desert, Troy and Phones are told to cancel their holiday and take a look. But mysterious water turns the desert into a sea. Going back to the sub before their oxygen runs out they enter a shaft and surface near a beautiful island. Perfect ..read more »

55% from 18 members

Joe 90 - Complete Series (5 discs) on DVD (1968)
Starring: Gary Files, Len Jones, Jeremy Wilkin
Director: Leo Eaton, Peter Anderson
Certificate:
All thirty episodes from the Supermarionation series about the schoolboy secret agent who can take over other people's brain patterns. In 'The Most Special Agent' Joe is asked to steal a Soviet Mig 242 aircraft. 'Hi-Jacked' has Joe go on the trail of a ruthless gun-runner. 'Splashdown' finds Joe ..read more »

77% from 56 members

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - E01 ... (1967)
Starring: Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
"We can only hear them over our radios, but I've got a feeling they're with us all the time." Mars - 2068 AD: a mission to the red planet ends in disaster as the crew make an unprovoked attack on the complex of the Mysterons. Sentient computers left behind by the dying Mysteron race announce that ..read more »

81% from 118 members

Thunderbirds - E26 - Security Hazard (1966)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A young boy, Chip, gets onto the island and seems to have a talent for persuading the brothers to expose the team's secrets. Each brother recalls past rescues which highlight the importance of their special vehicles. Somehow they must prevent Chip from leaking the secrets of International Rescue.

63% from 36 members

Thunderbirds - E32 - Give or Take a Million (1966)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A container full of presents is to be launched by rocket and dropped in the grounds of a children's hospital. As the rocket is being packed two crooks rob gold and $1m from the bank next door but set off the alarm. The crooks hide in the container of toys - just as it's being loaded on to the rocket...

68% from 32 members

Thunderbirds - E29 - Alias Mr Hackenbacker (1966)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Brains has designed a revolutionary airliner, the Skythrust, which has a secret design to make it the safest in the skies. Penelope uses it to unveil a new fashion collection by her friend with a new fibre. But the plane and the collection are hijacked. Can the IR team rescue plane and collection?

68% from 48 members

Thunderbirds - E27 - Atlantic Inferno (1966)
Starring: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Scott is in command of International Rescue while Jeff is on holiday in Australia. A World Navy exercise is taking place in the Atlantic involving firing nuclear torpedoes. This causes fires on the sea bed that threaten drilling rig Seascape. When two crew become trapped IR must help evacuate them...

72% from 35 members

Thunderbirds - E19 - The Imposters (1966)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A criminal gang masquerades as International Rescue to conceal their theft of secret military plans. The hunt for the impostors means IR can't operate until its name is cleared. Then a technician is stranded in space when his jetpack goes haywire. Only IR can save him but they're grounded...

68% from 34 members

Thunderbirds - E22 - Danger at Ocean Deep (1966)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
When the Ocean Pioneer explodes Brains and Lady Penelope try to find the cause. It's a chemical reaction between its cargo of liquid alsterene and OD60 in the sea. Lady P discovers deposits are in the Mediterranean and Ocean Pioneer II is heading straight for the area with the same cargo...

71% from 36 members

Thunderbirds - 4 - Vault of Death on DVD (1965)
Starring: Christine Finn, Ray Barrett, David Graham
Director: Desmond Saunders, David Lane, David Elliott
Certificate:
Four more episodes of Gerry Anderson's cult Supermarionation series. In 'Vault of Death', a bank worker becomes trapped in a time-locked safe, with oxygen rapidly running out. 'The Might Atom' sees the Hood stealing a robotic rodent which he plans to use to spy on International Rescue. In 'City of ..read more »

71% from 691 members

Thunderbirds - E12 - The Perils of Penelope (1965)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer
Director: Alan Pattillo, Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Lady Penelope has a secret rendezvous in Paris with a British scientist concerned about the disappearance of a colleague. But she ends up in mortal danger from a megalomaniac determined to use the expert's work for his evil ends as he ties her to a ladder that's lowered in front of an express train.

66% from 28 members

Stingray - E03 - Sea of Oil (1965)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Atlanta is captured by an undersea race when Stingray investigates the collapse of an oil rig. It seems they attacked out of self-defence but a bomb has been planted on Stingray that will explode when it dives. Atlanta tries to contact Stingray but it's up to Marina's pet seal to save the day.

67% from 32 members

Thunderbirds - E16 - The Edge of Impact (1965)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
The Hood tries to sabotage the Red Arrows fighter planes making them crash on test flights. One crashes into a TV tower trapping two engineers. They call International Rescue for help as the tower disintegrates but Jeff is unable to risk launching Thunderbirds 1 and 2.

66% from 56 members

Thunderbirds - 2 - Edge Of Impact on DVD (1965)
Starring: Thunderbirds
Director: Desmond Saunders, David Lane, David Elliott
Certificate:
Four more episodes of Gerry Anderson's cult Supermarionation series. In 'Edge of Impact', a Red Arrow aircraft crashes after being sabotaged by the Hood, and Thunderbird 2 speeds to the rescue. 'Day of Disaster' sees Gordon attempting to save two engineers trapped in a probe rocket which is set to ..read more »

72% from 835 members

Stingray - E02 - Plant of Doom (1965)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Outraged that his slave Marina helped Troy and Phones escape from Titanica, Titan plots revenge. He orders surface agent X20 to deliver a deadly plant that gives off toxic fumes that consume the atmosphere to Marina's father Aphony.

68% from 25 members

Thunderbirds - E08 - Operation Crash Dive (1965)
Starring: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A series of mysterious Fireflash disappearances leads to Thunderbird 4 being called to save a crew trapped on the seabed.

70% from 45 members

Thunderbirds - E02 - Pit of Peril (1965)
Starring: Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A 500 tonne US Army Sidewinder falls into a pit and International Rescue are called to recover the crew. But can our heroes haul the machine out of the pit before it breaks up?

74% from 76 members

Thunderbirds - E05 - The Uninvited (1965)
Starring: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Peter Dyneley
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Returning home from a mission Scott is shot down in the Sahara desert by three fighter planes. He's found by two archaeologists who radio International Rescue to come and get him. Then they discover the pyramid of Khamandides but as they enter the door swings shut...

71% from 56 members

Thunderbirds - 1 - Trapped In The Sky on DVD (1965)
Starring: Thunderbirds
Director: Desmond Saunders, Alan Pattillo, David Elliott
Certificate:
Opening four episodes of Gerry Anderson's cult Supermarionation series. In 'Trapped in the Sky', evil villain the Hood hatches a plot to photograph the Thunderbirds vehicles in action. 'Pit of Peril' sees International Rescue called in when the test drive of a new army vehicle goes awry. In 'The ..read more »

72% from 1,135 member

Stingray - E04 - Hostages of the Deep (1965)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
The Stingray crew answers a distress call from an ex-WASP admiral who has been taken captive by an underwater alien. But it looks as if the submarine is heading straight for a trap. Can Capt Troy save the day?

58% from 27 members

Stingray - E38 - The Lighthouse Dwellers (1965)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
A pilot crashes when approaching a new airfield because the light of a closed lighthouse comes on mysteriously, confusing him. When the old keeper investigates, he's captured by an alien race who're using the lighthouse's power to give their city energy. Troy and the crew go the keeper's rescue.

57% from 25 members

Thunderbirds - 3 - End Of The Road on DVD (1965)
Starring: Thunderbirds
Director: De, Desmond Saunders, David Lane
Certificate:
Four more episodes of Gerry Anderson's cult Supermarionation series. In 'End of the Road', the Tracy boys have to rescue a family friend stranded on a cliff edge without revealing their true identity. 'The Uninvited' sees Scott and a team of archaeologists captured in the desert by a pyramid-..read more »

72% from 747 members

Stingray - E36 - Eastern Eclipse (1965)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
The de-throned Ali Khali, brother of evil dictator El Hudat - who is in Marineville jail - visits the city. Agent X20 helps El Hudat escape by swapping him with Ali who is an exact likeness. Commander Shore finds out so the Stingray crew and Ali give chase.

52% from 22 members

Stingray - E10 - The Ghost of the Sea (1964)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Commander Shore is troubled by the recurring nightmares he's been having. They are about the attack on a mining platform by an underwater craft that he experienced five years ago and which left him disabled. Now he fears his nightmares foretell danger...

58% from 19 members

Stingray - E16 - Raptures of the Deep (1964)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Captain Troy Tempest endures a strange underwater experience while rescuing two irresponsible submariners

59% from 20 members

Stingray - E28 - In Search of the Tajmanon (1964)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
The Stingray crew aid Prof Graham in his search for the missing temple of Tajmanon which was submerged when a dam was built in Africa. They find incredible dangers before meeting El Hamra, an old colleague of Graham, who explains the temple was moved stone by stone - but where is it?

61% from 18 members

Stingray - E23 - The Master Plan (1964)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
As Troy repairs a damaged Stingray an Aquaphibian poisons him. Without treatment he'll die in four hours and Titan has the antidote. He'll only send it in exchange for Marina. Shore refuses but she returns to Titanica. The antidote is sent and Troy recovers. Now he must rescue Marina...

63% from 21 members

Stingray - E08 - The Ghost Ship (1964)
Starring: Don Mason, Ray Barrett, Robert Easton
Director: Desmond Saunders
Certificate:
Commander Shore and Phones are taken prisoner by Idotee who uses a Spanish galleon to attack ships. Shore demands Troy launch sting missiles against them but he disobeys, boards the vessel and opens air cylinders. But they're filled with laughing gas and Idotee laughs so hard he's captured!

55% from 19 members

Desmond Saunders facts

5 most recent films

Stingray - E12 - Subterranean Sea - 3.0 stars
Joe 90 - Complete Series - 4.0 stars
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - E01 - The Mysterons - 4.0 stars
Thunderbirds - E26 - Security Hazard - 3.0 stars
Thunderbirds - E32 - Give or Take a Million - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Joe 90 - Complete Series - 4.0 stars
Thunderbirds - 2 - Edge Of Impact - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 3 - End Of The Road - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 1 - Trapped In The Sky - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 4 - Vault of Death - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Thunderbirds - 4 - Vault of Death - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 1 - Trapped In The Sky - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 3 - End Of The Road - 3.5 stars
Thunderbirds - 2 - Edge Of Impact - 3.5 stars
Joe 90 - Complete Series - 4.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ray Barrett - 33 times - show films
Sylvia Anderson - 23 times - show films
David Holliday - 23 times - show films
Shane Rimmer - 23 times - show films
Peter Dyneley - 23 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Elliott - 3 times - show films
Alan Pattillo - 3 times - show films
David Lane - 3 times - show films
David Lane / - 1 times - show films
Peter Anderson - 1 times - show films

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