AP Films

Anderson Provis Films
Industry
Genre
Predecessors
  • Polytechnic Films
  • Pentagon Films[1]
Founded1957 (Maidenhead, UK)[1]
Founders
FateDissolved c. 1972[2]
Successors
  • Group Three Productions
  • Gerry Anderson Productions
Headquarters
Key people
OwnerLew Grade (from 1962)
Number of employees
Over 200 (at its peak)
ParentCentury 21 Organisation
(from 1966)[4]
Subsidiaries

AP Films or APF (renamed Century 21 Productions in 1966) was a British independent film production company of the 1950s until the early 1970s. The company became internationally known for its imaginative children's action-adventure marionette television series – most significantly Thunderbirds – produced for British ITV network companies Associated-Rediffusion, Granada, ABC and ATV. At its height, the company employed more than 200 staff.[6]

  1. ^ a b Archer, Simon; Hearn, Marcus (2002). What Made Thunderbirds Go! The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson. London, UK: BBC Books. pp. 34–37. ISBN 978-0-563-53481-5.
  2. ^ La Rivière, Stephen (2014) [2009]. "A Wonderland of Stardust: Fireball XL5". Filmed in Supermarionation (2nd ed.). London, UK: Network Distributing. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-992-9766-0-6.
  3. ^ Hearn, Marcus (2015). Thunderbirds: The Vault. London, UK: Virgin Books. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-753-55635-1.
  4. ^ Archer, Simon; Hearn, Marcus (2002). What Made Thunderbirds Go! The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson. London, UK: BBC Books. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-563-53481-5.
  5. ^ Archer, Simon; Hearn, Marcus (2002). What Made Thunderbirds Go! The Authorised Biography of Gerry Anderson. London, UK: BBC Books. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-0-563-53481-5.
  6. ^ Archer & Nicholls (1996), p. 120