Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, often referred to in shorthand as simply Captain Scarlet, is a science fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Television company of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson and Lew Grade and first shown in Britain (originally on ATV Midlands, but later the whole of the UK) between September 1967 and April 1968. It used puppetry (Supermarionation) and scale model special effects.

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Science fiction - Television - Century 21 - Sylvia and Gerry Anderson - Lew Grade - ATV - UK - Supermarionation

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The series was one of several of popular science-fiction TV adventure series the Andersons produced in the 1960s, beginning with Supercar and followed by Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, and the little-seen The Secret Service. Scarlet was the first series made after the international success of Thunderbirds in 1964-66.

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Supercar - Fireball XL5 - Stingray - Thunderbirds - Joe 90 - The Secret Service

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