Buck to the future

For 50 years, Thunderbirds has been thrilling fans with daring rescues and unforgettable heroes. We look back at why International Rescue still has a place in our hearts

THE GERRY ANDERSON STORY

There are a few names in the history of British television that will always be writ large. One of them is Biddy Baxter, who joined Blue Peter as its producer in 1962, becoming its editor from 1965 to

It’s time to wrap up our rewatch of the second series of Fortean TV. And to think the unthinkable: are the zany graphics, Fanthorpe’s gnomic utterances and the surface level treatment of both the seri

Talking Pictures TV talkingpicturestv.co.uk SKY 328 | FREEVIEW 82 FREESAT 306 | VIRGIN 445 Fate Takes a Hand (1961) (Wednesday 1 October, 7am) Drama. Director: Max Varnel. Starring: Ronald Howard, Val

To mark 50 glorious years since the first of 12 pitch-perfect episodes of John Cleese and Connie Booth’s hilarious sitcom, Fawlty Towers , hit our TV screens, we pick out five favourite guest stars who checked in and made life miserable for the hotel’s hapless owner