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Stingray: Season 1
1964 — 1965 / 39 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
Stingray has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com).
Stingray has been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States (Amazon.com).
1964 — 1965 / 39 × 30 Minutes / ITV / Colour
Invisible Enemy
Tom Thumb Tempest
Eastern Eclipse
Treasure Down Below
Stand by for Action
Pink Ice
The Disappearing Ships
Secret of the Giant Oyster
The Invaders
A Nut for Marineville
Trapped in the Depths
Count Down
Sea of Oil
Plant of Doom
The Master Plan
The Golden Sea
Hostages of the Deep
Marineville Traitor
Aquanaut of the Year
Tom Thumb Tempest
Eastern Eclipse
Treasure Down Below
Stand by for Action
Pink Ice
The Disappearing Ships
Secret of the Giant Oyster
The Invaders
A Nut for Marineville
Trapped in the Depths
Count Down
Sea of Oil
Plant of Doom
The Master Plan
The Golden Sea
Hostages of the Deep
Marineville Traitor
Aquanaut of the Year
Stingray
Emergency Marineville
The Ghost Ship
Subterranean Sea
Loch Ness Monster
Set Sail for Adventure
The Man from the Navy
An Echo of Danger
Raptures of the Deep
Titan Goes Pop
In Search of the Tajmanon
A Christmas to Remember
Tune of Danger
The Ghost of the Sea
Rescue from the Skies
The Lighthouse Dwellers
The Big Gun
The Cool Cave Man
Deep Heat
Star of the East
Emergency Marineville
The Ghost Ship
Subterranean Sea
Loch Ness Monster
Set Sail for Adventure
The Man from the Navy
An Echo of Danger
Raptures of the Deep
Titan Goes Pop
In Search of the Tajmanon
A Christmas to Remember
Tune of Danger
The Ghost of the Sea
Rescue from the Skies
The Lighthouse Dwellers
The Big Gun
The Cool Cave Man
Deep Heat
Star of the East
Stingray has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK (Amazon.co.uk / HMV.com).
Stingray has been released on Region 1 DVD in the United States (Amazon.com).
Stingray: The Reunion Party
2008 / 30 Minutes / BBC Four / Colour
02/01/08 The Reunion Party
The Reunion Party was a proposed clip-show for which the linking material was filmed during the 1960s, but which was never assembled. The unused footage was eventually released on Region 2 DVD in the UK — Amazon.co.uk. The completed programme, with the relevant clips being inserted in the correct places, was broadcast on BBC Four early in 2008 as part of an evening of programmes celebrating the career of Gerry Anderson.
2008 / 30 Minutes / BBC Four / Colour
02/01/08 The Reunion Party
The Reunion Party was a proposed clip-show for which the linking material was filmed during the 1960s, but which was never assembled. The unused footage was eventually released on Region 2 DVD in the UK — Amazon.co.uk. The completed programme, with the relevant clips being inserted in the correct places, was broadcast on BBC Four early in 2008 as part of an evening of programmes celebrating the career of Gerry Anderson.
Stingray was the first of the Anderson's Supermarionation series to be filmed in colour (although contrary to what you may read elsewhere, it wasn't the first UK TV series made in colour) and, as with most of their shows up to that date, one of the stars was a high-tech vehicle — the blue and yellow submarine, Stingray.
Commanded by Captain Troy Tempest of WASP (World Aquanaut Security Patrol), the atomic-powered submarine was capable of immense speeds and, armed with powerful Sting Missiles, was the perfect underwater defence against the villainous Titan and the Aquaphibians.
Accompanying Troy Tempest on his underwater adventures was Phones, Stingray's hydrophone operator. Other notable characters include Commander Shore, chief of WASP, and Marina, the mute mermaid from the kingdon of Pacifica.
The series ran for just thirty-nine episodes but, like Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, the fact that it is still being re-run on terrestrial television some forty years after it was made is a testament to it's inventiveness and old-fashioned storytelling. All of the episodes have been released in the UK on DVD.
