Season 1 (1965)

As another peril threatens the world, the team leap into action. Thunderbirds are GO!

Episodes: 26

Star Cast: Peter Dyneley , Matt Zimmerman , Shane Rimmer , Ray Barrett ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 Trapped in the Sky

Air Date: 1965-09-30

Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.

Ep.2 Pit of Peril

Air Date: 1965-10-07

On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.

Ep.3 The Perils of Penelope

Air Date: 1965-10-14

Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.

Ep.4 Terror in New York City

Air Date: 1965-10-21

A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.

Ep.5 Edge of Impact

Air Date: 1965-10-28

A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.

Ep.6 Day of Disaster

Air Date: 1965-11-04

A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.

Ep.7 30 Minutes After Noon

Air Date: 1965-11-11

A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.

Ep.8 Desperate Intruder

Air Date: 1965-11-18

Brains and Tin-Tin set off on an expedition to retrieve sunken treasure from Lake Anasta. The Hood has also set his sights on the riches and plans to put both Brains and Tin-Tin in grave peril.

Ep.9 End of the Road

Air Date: 1965-11-25

Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.

Ep.10 The Uninvited

Air Date: 1965-12-02

Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.

Ep.11 Sun Probe

Air Date: 1965-12-09

A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.

Ep.12 Operation Crash-Dive

Air Date: 1965-12-16

Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.

Ep.13 Vault of Death

Air Date: 1965-12-23

A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.

Ep.14 The Mighty Atom

Air Date: 1965-12-30

'The Mighty Atom' is a robotic rodent programmed to take photographs. The Hood steals the machine intending to take secret pictures of the Thunderbirds' craft and operations.

Ep.15 City of Fire

Air Date: 1966-01-06

A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.

Ep.16 The Imposters

Air Date: 1966-01-13

Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.

Ep.17 The Man from M.I.5

Air Date: 1966-01-20

A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

Ep.18 Cry Wolf

Air Date: 1966-01-27

The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

Ep.19 Danger at Ocean Deep

Air Date: 1966-02-03

After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.

Ep.20 Move – And You're Dead

Air Date: 1966-02-10

After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.

Ep.21 The Duchess Assignment

Air Date: 1966-02-17

Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.

Ep.22 Brink of Disaster

Air Date: 1966-02-24

Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.

Ep.23 Attack of the Alligators!

Air Date: 1966-03-10

An experimental drug that makes animals grow four times their normal size is spilled into the Amazon River by a greedy boatman attempting to steal it.