BLUE PETER - VIRGILS HEAD FOUND (1992)

From 1992, a cringe worthy Blue Peter feature on the then recently found head of Virgil Tracy in an attic in Slough. Gerry Anderson is interviewed whilst Christine Glanville & Mary Turner can be seen operating Parker & Lady Penelope. Richard Gregory at the lip controls.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• THUNDERBIRDS
• GERRY
• ANDERSON
• BLUE
• PETER
• SUPERMARIONATION

[quillerpen]

Interesting - especially the bit with Gerry, but not much about Virgil's head. If you're interested in the story of how it got into someone's attic, see the latest Andersonic magazine (#7).

As a side note I went to one of those talks by Gerry and what amused me was that 90% of the audience were the age who would have been 'first generation' viewers of his shows in the 1960s!

[MrJim]

Hmm I'll check it out. I often wonder what the true story was with the head & if it was authentic or not.

[j3pfilms]

It's a shame all the second generation fan stuff happened just a few years before I was born. I could have seen Gerry Anderson at my local theatre just down the road!

[MrJim]

Don't you mean the 4th generation? :-)

[jmessy007]

FANTASTIC THANKS FOR POSTING JIM

JACK

[MrJim]

No probs Jack.

[dc8r17]

Amazing how back then, Anderson expected a return of Thunderbirds, 19 years later, he got his wish!

[the1spiker]

@MrJim I read somewhere that they were finding all 5 of the brothers for an exhibition. Is that true?

[the1spiker]

I can remember Thunderbirds was featured several times on Blue Peter during 1991-1995 and again around 2000 time. I do like the mixtures of clips from different episodes. Thanks for the upload Jim

[masterstarfox]

i'd like to have the alan puppet.

[j3pfilms]

Heh. Maybe. Thanks for correcting! :)