Thunderbirds — Season 1

Aired 30 September 1965 • 50 min

Criminal Mastermind the Hood puts a bomb on a plane. International Rescue must foil the Hood's evil plans.

Aired 7 October 1965 • 50 min

On a jungle test, the U.S. Army Sidewinder falls into an old landfill where combustible gases have turned it into a raging inferno.

Aired 14 October 1965 • 50 min

Professor Borender, an important scientist, and Lady Penelope are both abducted.

Aired 21 October 1965 • 50 min

A TV reporter and a cameraman are trapped when the Empire State Building collapses.

Aired 28 October 1965 • 50 min

A fighter jet crashes into a Teleray station, trapping two men, after being sabotaged by the Hood.

Aired 4 November 1965 • 50 min

A Martian probe-rocket containing two engineers is buried underneath rubble when a bridge collapses.

Aired 11 November 1965 • 50 min

A British agent is trapped in a room of plutonium with an explosive device strapped to his wrist.

Aired 18 November 1965 • 50 min

Brains and Tin-Tin set off on an expedition to retrieve sunken treasure from Lake Anasta. The Hood has also set his sights on the riches and plans to put both Brains and Tin-Tin in grave peril.

Aired 25 November 1965 • 50 min

Eddie Houseman, a Tracy Family friend, is left stranded on a cliff after a demolition operation goes wrong.

Aired 2 December 1965 • 50 min

Scott is brought down in the desert by three mysterious jet fighters and captured along with a team of archaeologists.

Aired 9 December 1965 • 50 min

A space explorer is on a collison course with the sun after becoming lost.

Aired 16 December 1965 • 50 min

Thunderbirds are called to rescue a supersonic plane from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.

Aired 23 December 1965 • 50 min

A Bank of England worker is trapped in a time-lock safe. Time is of the essence as the oxygen is running out.

Aired 30 December 1965 • 50 min

'The Mighty Atom' is a robotic rodent programmed to take photographs. The Hood steals the machine intending to take secret pictures of the Thunderbirds' craft and operations.

Aired 6 January 1966 • 50 min

A Space age shopping mall suddenly becomes the site of a raging furnace.

Aired 13 January 1966 • 50 min

Operations are unjustly suspended when imposters disguised as International Rescue take secret papers from a vault.

Aired 20 January 1966 • 50 min

A British spy vanishes while carrying atomic weapon blueprints.

Aired 27 January 1966 • 50 min

The Hood attacks a space tracking station in Australia.

Aired 3 February 1966 • 50 min

After the launch of the ship Ocean Pioneer, fears are raised that its potentially explosive cargo of liquid alsterene may mean impending disaster.

Aired 10 February 1966 • 50 min

After Alan wins Parola Sands motor race, his rival Victor Gomez develops a grudge.

Aired 17 February 1966 • 50 min

Lady Penelope's friend, the Duchess of Royston, agrees to sell an expensive painting.

Aired 24 February 1966 • 50 min

Crooked tycoon Warren Grafton invites Jeff, Brains and Tin-Tin for a ride on the monorail he has built.

Aired 10 March 1966 • 50 min

An experimental drug that makes animals grow four times their normal size is spilled into the Amazon River by a greedy boatman attempting to steal it.

Aired 17 March 1966 • 50 min

The Hood forces an unwitting Kyrano into immoblising Thunderbird 1's photodetector.

Aired 24 March 1966 • 50 min

The villainous musician Olsen has a cunning plan to disrupt rocket flights.

Aired 31 March 1966 • 50 min

Chip, a young boy, manages to penetrate Tracy Island.