ITV has announced that Thunderbirds Are Go will launch next month.

Produced by New Zealand’s world-famous Weta Workshop (Avatar, The Lord of the Rings) using a combination of CGI animation and live-action model work, the new revamp of classic ’60s series

Thunderbirds Are Go begins at 5pm on Saturday 4 April on ITV.

The voice cast for the 26 half-hour episodes includes Rosamund Pike as Lady Penelope, with Kayvan Novak (Fonejacker) as Brains, Angel Coulby (Merlin) and Thomas Sangster (Game of Thrones) as John Tracy. Original cast member David Graham will reprise his original role of Parker the chauffeur.

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Watch the Thunderbirds Are Go trailer…

Whenever disaster strikes, International Rescue answers the call! From their hidden island base in the south Pacific, the five Tracy Brothers pilot remarkable, cutting-edge Thunderbird vehicles from the depths of the oceans to the highest reaches of space – all for one purpose: to help others in need.

International Rescue’s identities may not be widely known, but their heroism is legendary. Even the devious schemes of mysterious international criminal ‘The Hood’ can’t weaken their resolve, or stop them from battling the dangers of the year 2060.

Supported by mechanical genius Brains, stealthy operative Kayo, their jet-setting London agent Lady Penelope and her loyal driver Parker, Scott, Gordon, Virgil, John and Alan Tracy live for these three words: Thunderbirds Are Go!

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