Sun Probe

"**Sun Probe**"
"Sun Probe"
Thunderbirds episode
Episode no.	Series 1; Episode 4
Directed by	David Lane
Written by	Alan Fennell
Cinematography by	Paddy Seale
Editing by	Peter Elliott
Production code	4
Original air date	9 December 1965
Guest character voices
	Ray Barrett as Colonel Benson & Colonel Harris; Peter Dyneley as Professor Heinz Bodman; David Graham as Solarnaut Asher & Braman; John Tate (uncredited) as Solarnaut Camp; Matt Zimmerman as TV Reporter;
Episode chronology
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"Sun Probe" 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 Lane, it was first broadcast on 9 December 1965 on ATV Midlands as the 11th episode of Series One. It is the fourth episode in the official running order.^[2]

Set in the 2060s, the series follows the exploits of International Rescue, an organisation that uses technologically advanced rescue vehicles to save human life. The main characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, founder of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the organisation's main vehicles: the Thunderbird machines. In "Sun Probe", Thunderbirds 2 and 3 are launched to save a crew of astronauts whose spacecraft is locked on a collision course with the Sun.

^ Bentley, Chris (2008) [2001]. The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide (4th ed.). London, UK: Reynolds & Hearn. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-905287-74-1.
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[Bentley2008-1] Bentley, Chris (2008) [2001]. The Complete Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Episode Guide (4th ed.). London, UK: Reynolds & Hearn. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-905287-74-1.

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