
Оригінальна назва
Stand by for Action
Випущено
07.11.2007
Країна
GB
Жанр
Документальний
Статус
Завершено
Кількість сезонів
1
Кількість епізодів
2
'Stand by for Action' takes an in depth look at the career of the legendary Gerry Anderson, creator of Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, UFO, Space 1999 and many many more. Features interviews with the people who brought his ideas to life as well as Anderson himself.


Presents the only extended interview ever conducted with Doug Luke. As the studio photographer for AP Films and Century 21, Doug captured hundreds of iconic moments from the worlds of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. From Stingray to Scarlet, and from Thunderbirds to Joe 90, his snapshots sold these series to world in advertising, merchandise, and comics.

In a long and storied career, Leo Eaton spent only a few short years with Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's team of puppet and special effects experts, but his time there was formative. In this interview, he shares stories from the making of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Joe 90, The Secret Service and UFO as well his time in the orbit of renowned B-Movie maestro Ed Wood.

The voice of Phones and X20 in Stingray, shares his memories of the show and his decades in the film, television, and radio business.


The story of two worlds; a world full of danger and peril, and a world set against the prosaic backdrop of the Slough Trading Estate., where technicians and filmmakers would launch themselves into a universe which "Anything could happen in the next half hour!"

The 1960s had seen the rise of an empire; comics, toys, records, books, and most importantly - a string of successful action-adventure shows with a difference. Every year, new adventures emerged from the unconventional warehouse location. But soon, it was time for the puppet stars to move over and make way for a more conventional type of star...
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