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"Trapped in the Sky" is the first episode of Thunderbirds, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) for ITC Entertainment. Written by the Andersons, it was first broadcast on ATV Midlands on 30 September 1965.
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Trapped in the Sky (aka Army Spy and Sabotage) is a 1939 American thriller film directed by Lewis D. Collins and produced by Larry Darmour for Columbia Pictures. [1] The film stars Jack Holt, Ralph Morgan and Katherine DeMille. [2] Holt is the "flyboy" who is trying to find the saboteurs of a "silent" aircraft.
"Operation Crash-Dive" is one of several early episodes that were extended from 25 to 50 minutes after Lew Grade – APF's owner, who had been greatly impressed with the 25-minute pilot version of "Trapped in the Sky" – ordered the runtime doubled so that Thunderbirds would fill an hour-long TV timeslot.
This original story, written to introduce the series' premise, is about Lady Penelope's first visit to Tracy Island and serves as a prequel to "Trapped in the Sky". [10] Alternative title: "Introducing The Thunderbirds". [15]
A few weeks earlier, Lew Grade – who had been greatly impressed by the original 25-minute version of the first episode, "Trapped in the Sky" – had instructed Gerry Anderson to make all episodes 50 minutes long so the series could fill an hour-long commercial TV timeslot. [4]
The seventh episode to be produced, "Vault of Death" sees the reintroduction of Lady Penelope and Parker following their brief appearance in the first episode, "Trapped in the Sky", and is the characters' first centric episode. [2] According to Chris Bentley, the episode presents the duo more as comic relief than competent undercover agents. [3]
Thunderbirds Are Go is an animated science fiction television programme produced by ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures.It is a reboot of the series Thunderbirds created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson which follows the exploits of International Rescue (IR), a rescue organisation run by the Tracy family out of their secret island base in the Pacific Ocean.