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The Gerry Anderson Randomiser

If you've ever enjoyed Thunderbirds, Space 1999, UFO, Captain Scarlet or any other Gerry Anderson show then this is the place where you can experience those shows episode by episode in the expert hands of Gerry Anderson historian Chris Dale. He randomly takes you on a journey through 6 decades of Gerry Anderson shows.
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Episodes

Thunderbirds - Path of Destruction

A new invention – the Crablogger (a nearly fully automated logging machine that converts wood into fuel) — threatens widespread devastation if it collides with an unfinished dam, after its drivers collapse due to food poisoning. Intro special guest; Prentis Hancock.

Jul 20, 202549 minEp. 288

Terrahawks - A Christmas Miracle

Zelda attacks Earth on Christmas Eve, convinced that the Terrahawks' guard will be down. However, Ninestein anticipates such a move, and all-out war erupts. Perhaps the Christmas spirit can even reach someone like Zelda....

Jul 13, 202524 minEp. 287

Stingray - Secret of the Giant Oyster

Troy is assigned to recover a giant pearl from an ocean cave, but the task is not as simple as it seems. Intro special guest: Sadie Miller

Jun 29, 202526 minEp. 285

Supercar - The Runaway Train

Masterspy sabotages a prototype atomic-powered diesel train on its journey from London to Brighton in England in a bid to assassinate a VIP passenger. Dr Beaker and the rest of the Supercar team have been invited to drive the train, but will they be able to stop the sabotaged engine before the vehicle crashes into a station at the end of the line?

Jun 22, 202526 minEp. 284

Torchy the Battery Boy - King Dithers Loses His Crown

King Dithers decides to brush his hair before his trip to Frutown, and he accidentally leaves his crown behind. After Daffy the Donkey pulls him into town, the king invites Torchy and Squish back to the palace for tea, but they soon discover the crown is not where he left it.

Jun 15, 202514 minEp. 283

UFO - The Dalotek Affair

Communications problems at Moonbase are traced to a non-SHADO mining operation. Intro special guest: Craig Morris.

Jun 08, 202549 minEp. 282

You've Never Seen This - episode 3

You've Never Seen This, Gerry Anderson's directorial debut, was a short-lived television series from 1955 focusing on people and places with strange or unusual stories to share. Intro special guest: Nicholas Young.

Jun 01, 202520 minEp. 281

Joe 90 - Viva Cordova

Joe must act as a bodyguard to a new, democratically elected president to prevent his assassination at the hands of the country's former dictator. Intro special guest: Nicholas Young.

May 25, 202525 minEp. 280

Four Feather Falls - Escort

Pedro and Fernando overhear a message about a gold shipment heading to Four Feather Falls. So the pair pose as sheriffs so they can steal all the gold for themselves unaware that Big Ben also wants to steal the gold too. Intro special guest: Mark Braxton.

May 18, 202513 minEp. 279

Lavender Castle - The Black Swat

While Lyca and Sproggle search for treasure on planet Scull, the Paradox comes under fire from Short Fred Ledd who destroys the ship and takes the crew prisoner aboard the Cutting Snark, guarded by the fearsome robot spider known as The Black Swat. It is now up to Lyca, Sproggle and Walking Stick to rescue their friends. Intro special guest; Ross Arrowsmith.

May 11, 202511 minEp. 278

Fireball XL5 - Space Pirates

Attempting to outwit a band of space pirates who are plundering freighters, the XL5 crew are drawn into a complicated game of bluff and double bluff. Intro guest: John Lee.

May 04, 202525 minEp. 277

Stingray - Emergency Marineville

Marineville is targeted by a series of missiles fired from a seemingly uninhabited island. Intro guest: John Lee.

Apr 27, 202526 minEp. 276

The Protectors - WAM (part 2)

The ransom is paid and the hostages released, but the Protectors and the police must work out how the woman was involved. Intro special guest: Genevieve Gaunt.

Apr 20, 202527 minEp. 275

The Protectors - WAM (part 1)

The daughter of a wealthy man is involved in a hostage situation at a ski resort, with skiers held for ransom. Intro special guest: Genevieve Gaunt.

Apr 13, 202526 minEp. 274

Four Feather Falls - Gun Runners

Tex and Dusty go off in search of a gun runner selling to renegade Indians, led by Red Scalp. Intro special guest: Anton Phillips.

Apr 06, 202512 minEp. 273

Space:1999 - Alpha Child

The Alphans celebrate the arrival of the first child born on the Moon. The blessed event sours when the infant grows into a five-year-old child in minutes. Trying to accept him, the Alphans do not notice that little Jackie Crawford is much more than he seems. When hostile spaceships approach the base, Koenig realises, too late, that the aliens have an agent on Alpha. Intro special guest: Anton Phillips.

Mar 30, 202551 minEp. 272

Terrahawks - Unseen Menace

MOID perfects the greatest disguise of all: the invisible man. Intro guest: Ayshea Brough.

Mar 23, 202523 minEp. 271

The Protectors - Your Witness

A club owner hires the Protectors to guard his niece, who is a witness in a murder trial. Intro special guest: Ayshea Brough.

Mar 16, 202525 minEp. 270

New Captain Scarlet - Circles of Doom

Captain Black reveals that, using Mysteron technology, that he now has control over all the digital systems on Earth and can destroy them at will. The Mysterons then speak through the rogue agent, demanding mankind's surrender in twenty-four hours or else they will trigger a world-wide technological failure that will destroy everyone on the planet. With humanity's surrender as the price, how can Spectrum carry on the fight with weapons that do not work?

Mar 09, 202521 minEp. 269

Space Precinct - Predator and Prey

Following the death of an officer from the 79th Precinct in Demeter's most fashionable nightclub, Brogan and Haldane are teamed with Lt. Verro Walker in a search for a serial killer. Walker is a loose cannon, but may hold the key to the killings when Jane discovers similarities with a string of mysterious homicides that took place nearly a hundred years before. Intro special guest: Nigel Planer. Randomiser special guest: Richard James

Feb 23, 202543 minEp. 267

Torchy the Battery Boy - Torchy is Saved at Last

Torchy uses his magic light to find King Dithers and Polliken. They fit the Man in the Moon a pair of sunglasses so he can sleep through the day, and prepare to head to earth. Mr Bumbledrop tells Torchy that Bossy Boots has become a good girl, so the toy-boy decides to reward her with a party in Topsy Turvy Land. However, the girl has remained in bed for a week, pretending to be sick to evade her schoolwork. When Torchy learns of this, he reprimands the wretch and leaves her behind as he and Mr ...

Feb 16, 202515 minEp. 266

Terrahawks - Child's Play

It-star masterminds its first attack, attempting to destroy the Terrahawks with a bomb. Intro special guest: Lee Sullivan

Feb 09, 202523 minEp. 265

The Protectors - Quin

The Protectors are hired by the sister of a man who disappeared after being hired as a mercenary. They discover he was murdered on the orders of Quin, the leader of the organisation that hired him. Intro guest: Lee Sullivan

Feb 01, 202522 minEp. 264

Fireball XL5 - The Doomed Planet

An investigation of a flying saucer leads Zodiac to try to save a planet that has broken out of its orbit and is on a collision course with another planet.

Jan 26, 202523 minEp. 263

Stingray - Rescue from the Skies

Agent X-20 plants a bomb on Stingray while Lieutenant Fisher is using the vessel for target practice. Intro special guest: Ellie Collins

Jan 19, 202526 minEp. 262

Joe 90 - Mission X-41

Assuming the skills of a leading virologist, Joe tries to steal the antibody for a deadly virus before it can be used to attack the West.

Jan 12, 202527 minEp. 261

Fireball XL5 - Wings of Danger

While investigating strange signals coming from Planet 46, Zodiac is poisoned by a robot bird equipped with deadly radium capsules. Venus saves his life, but the bird is waiting to strike again.

Dec 29, 202425 minEp. 259
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