AP Films

AP Films was a British independent film production company of the 1950s and 1960s. It was formed in 1957 (as Pentagon Productions) by editor-director Gerry Anderson and cinematographer Arthur Provis, in partnership with producer Reg Hill and cinematographer John Read. Provis left the partnership after a few years and Anderson's wife, Sylvia, subsequently became a partner.

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The company became world-famous with its imaginative children's action-adventure marionette shows, produced for the British television companies Granada and ATV. APF produced three series for Granada ? The Adventures of Twizzle, Torchy The Battery Boy and Four Feather Falls ? but its best known productions, for ATV, were the futuristic sci-fi action adventure shows Supercar (1960-61), Fireball XL5 (1962), Stingray (1964) ? the first British children's TV series to be made in colour ? and Thunderbirds (1964-66), which was, by far, their most famous and successful production.

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After the completion of Fireball XL5, ATV owner Lew Grade purchased the company, with Grade becoming managing director, and the Andersons, Hill and Read remaining as directors. The company was renamed Century 21 Productions in 1964, when production commenced on Thunderbirds. As Century 21, the company produced two Thunderbirds feature films, and two more Supermationation series for ATV, Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons and Joe 90. This was followed by the feature film Doppelganger (aka Journey To The Far Side of the Sun), their first live action TV series, UFO (1969).

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Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson MBE, born , is a British producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....

Reg Hill: Reg Hill (1914?1999) was a British television producer and was most prominently associated with the work of puppet animator Gerry Anderson....

John Read: John Read may refer to:...

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