‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ return date confirmed for Season 2

ITV has confirmed that the new season of Thunderbirds Are Go will begin later this month. A further 26 episodes were commissioned following the success of CITV’s reinvention of the classic children’s show when it launched in April 2015. Buy the complete original Thunderbirds collection on Amazon here. The new season starts at 3.30pm on Saturday 22 October on ITV with ‘Earthbreaker’. Watch a … >

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‘Scooby-Doo’ voted UK’s all time favourite kids’ TV show

Scooby-Doo has topped the chart as the UK’s favourite kids’ TV show with nearly a quarter of all votes. The new survey featured 2,300 kids aged 5 to 9, along with their parents, sees slapstick comedy Tom and Jerry come in second place, followed by SpongeBob SquarePants and Peppa Pig in joint third place. The research by Sky Kids also revealed that kids re-watch their favourite shows an … >

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Rewind: Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds’ ‘Zzzap!’ revisited

In 1989, presenter Neil Buchanan and producer Tim Edmunds created a show for Children’s ITV called Art Attack, which showed kids how to make quirky and unusual things from household objects. With Art Attack being such a success, Buchanan and Edmunds were asked to create a new show for ITV in 1992. Zzzap!, first broadcast … >

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‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ is returning to CITV for a second season

Thunderbirds Are Go will be back on CITV later this year with more new episodes. CITV’s reinvention of the classic children’s show launched last April. > Buy Volume 1 on DVD on Amazon. 26 thirty-minute episodes will air in 2016 and 2017. Steve Green, EVP, Kids’ Content and Distribution at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, commented … >

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‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ Episode 14 review: ‘Falling Skies’

Thunderbirds Are Go is back on our screens after a summer break, and whilst it’s been some time since we last saw this new incarnation of International Rescue blast off into action, the show wastes no time in getting us back into the swing of things. Penelope and Parker are aboard Brains’ latest invention, a … >

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5 classic British kids’ TV shows that are overdue a revival

Inspired by the triumphant and long-overdue returns of The Clangers and Thunderbirds – and excited at the imminent comeback of the amazing, the fantastic, the greatest secret agent in the world (Danger Mouse) – we’ve put our minds to the question… Which other classic kids’ TV shows could be on the list for a 21st … >

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‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ Episode 13 review: ‘Heavy Metal’

It’s mid-season finale time and Thunderbirds Are Go pulls out all the stops to deliver a solid, exhilarating and entertaining thrill ride to cap off the first half of the new season. Alan and Brains journey to the Supreme Hadron Collider, but soon find themselves caught in the eye of the storm when a gravity … >

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‘Thunderbirds Are Go’ Episode 12 review: ‘Under Pressure’

We haven’t seen Thunderbird 4 since the show’s opening two-parter, so this week’s Thunderbirds Are Go redresses that balance somewhat, with an underwater rescue mission that puts the little yellow submarine front and centre. The hapless Ned Tedford from ‘Slingshot’ is back, this time trapped in an out-of-control underwater extraction platform that threatens to not … >

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