| "City of Fire" | |
|---|---|
| Thunderbirds episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | David Elliott |
| Written by | Alan Fennell |
| Cinematography by | Julien Lugrin |
| Editing by | Harry Ledger |
| Production code | 3 |
| Original air date | 6 January 1966 |
| Guest character voices | |
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"City of Fire" is an episode of Thunderbirds, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) for ITC Entertainment. Written by Alan Fennell and directed by David Elliott, it was first broadcast on 6 January 1966 on ATV Midlands as the 15th episode of Series One. It is the third episode in the official running order.[1]
Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds follows the missions of International Rescue, a secret organisation that uses technologically-advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The lead characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's primary fleet of vehicles: the Thunderbird machines. In "City of Fire", the Tracy brothers rush to save a family of three who are trapped underground following the collapse of a burning skyscraper.
In 1992, Fennell and artist Keith Watson adapted the episode into a comic strip which was serialised in issues 15 to 17 of Thunderbirds: The Comic. The strip was re-published as a graphic album later that year.[1]