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Chatterbox, when the stars talk, they talk to

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Nick and Sue. Welcome back to the Chatterbox

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Redux podcast with Sue and Nick and this week

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our special guest is Geri and Sylvia Anderson's

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daughter Dee Anderson who's coming by to tell

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us all about her show Growing up with the Thunderbirds

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as part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary

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of the Thunderbirds coming on our TV screens

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This is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you

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all you need to know about musical entertainment

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Chatterbox the best interviews with Nick and

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Sue The best news and reviews for you Chatterbox

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I'm Dee Anderson daughter of Jerry and Sylvia

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Anderson, Thunderbirds, etc. And here is Lady

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Penelope having her afternoon nap. Anyway, she's

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getting fit and ready for the 6th of February

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when we're going to be talking about growing

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up with Thunderbirds and you're going to be part

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of that because it was your childhood too. So

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Agent Fox Media has put this on Beam Theatre,

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6th of Feb, 7 .30pm. buy your tickets now before

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Christmas before they run out and I'll see you

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afterwards and you can meet Lady Penelope FAB.

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And now in Chatterbox UK we're just lucky enough

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to welcome Dee Anderson. Dee welcome how are

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you? Hello Dee. Oh I'm good thank you and thank

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you for having me on I feel very honoured to

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be on your lovely program. Thank you for coming

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on in it's great and of course Of course you

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are an actress and a multi -talented artist in

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many ways, in your own right, and so many people

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would know you through that, but of course the

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tagline, the important one today for us, is that

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you are Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's daughter,

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the creators of Thunderbirds and Jonesy and all

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of them. Absolutely, absolutely, and I'm doing,

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I think... what you wanted to ask me was about

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the tour and the book that's coming out soon.

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Absolutely, so we go through your dates and we

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mention your website at the end. So tell us about,

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because we've got a lot, I see we've got a launch

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here, I've got May the 12th at the Phoenix Arts

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Centre Leicester Square in London. Yeah, yeah,

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Phoenix Arts Club, yeah. Arts Club, okay. Okay,

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so we go along to this arts club. What will we

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expect? Is it like a PowerPoint thing? Is it

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a big screen behind? What will we expect to come

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along? Yes, so we've got a big screen. It's a

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venue that holds probably only about 200 people,

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but it's just it's like an old fashioned jazz

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venue. Do you know what I mean? It's just it's

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gorgeous and it's round the corner from the phoenix

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art siesta which is well amazing um so and it's

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right in the middle of lester square so it couldn't

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be better for a launch we've got a lot of celebrities

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coming along um and family members um and it's

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going to be a fun evening we're going to have

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a little party afterwards and a meet and greet

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and um Yeah, it's gonna be a lot of fun and I'm

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talking about my memories of my parents were

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growing up with Thunderbirds and also Really

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from the point of view of I suppose a different

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perspective So how I felt at the time when when

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things you know, and I saw the puppets coming

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to life and a few secrets, too Brilliant, brilliant.

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A few secrets which you're not going to let us

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know. That's just a juicy little taste of a...

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Yeah, absolutely. And of course, that's not the

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only... I've seen the website. You're more updated

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than the press release we got. But I can see

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in June the 29th, the old woollen... leads. You've

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already mentioned the New Forest Arts Centre,

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that's August the 30th, and I know you've got

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another one on your website which will be mentioned

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when I look at that, and you're likely to be

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adding a lot more venues. Yes, absolutely. We've

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just had Great Yarmouth on the 25th of July.

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Yes brilliant. Which I'm really excited about

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because I used to go there every year with my

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grandparents who are great race goers and so

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when I spoke to the guy in Great Yarmouth he

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was like he was very excited about it and I you

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know so fabulous places I'm going and I'm really

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looking forward to it. Okay, yeah, and of course

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you're talking about this because you say you

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grew up and you were there watching the puppets

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being created And how wonderful was that? I would

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yes. I'd just be loved It'd be great to be just

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to hear the story. So what it must have been

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like for you to actually live it That's it. Yeah,

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it's incredible. So really a part of this is

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a big part of your life Of course, though, you've

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had your own amazing part of your life Well,

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it is because I think being brought up in that

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sort of household, you know where everything

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was like the dinner table was talking about how

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puppets lips should move rather than you know

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anything else was was quite unique and I suppose

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I felt it was normal at the time but you know

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looking back I realized that I had such a unique

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childhood and you know a really fabulous one

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and and I kind of thought that anything could

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happen in the next half hour, you know, that

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sort of thing. So, yes, it was eventful, let's

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say, and exciting. Well, it's great you should

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mention also the way that the puppet's lips should

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move, because even as a child, I mean, I didn't

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see it first time round, I was only born in the

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very late 60s, but of course it was repeated

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throughout the 70s, so early mid 70s and that,

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I was certainly taken on. I would say more the

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way the mouths move but it was like no other

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puppet you've ever seen before or seen. Quite

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incredible what they created your parents. That's

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right. I mean I think because the success of

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the first one was so big they carried on and

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then it got better and better and I think they

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perfected what was you know was kind of wrong

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with the first lot and so they got over the hurdles

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of it and the things like the way they moved

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I mean obviously. A book as well to tie in so

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A little bit about the book, if you can, please.

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Yes, that's also called growing up with Thunderbirds.

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So it's going to have a lot of photographs that

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haven't been seen before and a lot of information.

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And again, my memories. And I suppose it's from

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the eyes of somebody that was there, you know,

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witnessing it all and maybe thinking how amazing

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this is and being a bit miffed when. kids thought

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that they were actually alive although probably

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it was like Toy Story they probably came to life

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at night really I understand that I like that

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a lot yeah yeah um I think I've got to say actually

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I don't know if obviously you're aware because

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this would have been a year or two after Thunderbirds

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came about and I know I've got the audio of some

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old radio adverts uh must be from a pirate station

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or something I've definitely got um lines made

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zoom and yes lollies and it's tied in with Thunderbirds

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of course fab fab if you see an old fab rapper

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it did have f .a .b on the rapper yeah and it's

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still going it is it's still and zooms only stopped

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2015 2016 something like that but fabs they're

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very strong yeah fabs are very strong yeah they

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are and uh yeah they they did a lot of commercials

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actually i do um I do run one of the commercials

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in the show and one of them is absolutely hilarious.

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Zoom, the big -eyes lolly with three flavor stages.

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And exciting new picture cards free. Zoom. Five.

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Four. Three. Two. One. Kill on sugar smacks are

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go. Plenty of Thunderbirds energy fast when you

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need it. The Thunderbirds team all have sugar

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smacks for breakfast. You'll love these honey

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sweet pops of wheat. Don't be left behind. Kellogg's

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sugar smacks are go! F .A .B.! Mission accomplished,

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F .A .B.! Vapour lady, large bites, new harsh

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lollies, special little girl, natural strawberry

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vanilla flavor, smooth chocolate coating, crunchy

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hundreds and thousands, definitely fab for six

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months. Yes, milady. Don't forget to collect

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my new dress for the races. Yes, milady. And

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do polish the car when we get back. Yes, milady.

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And tidy up the mansion. Yes, milady. With your

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ladyship's permission, I'd like to go to the

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bank. Very well, but don't dawdle. Hello, can

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I help? I've been sent this letter asking me

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to pop in. Oh, can I have a look, please? Right,

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Mr Parker. Just Parker. Well, Parker, I've got

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some great news. You've won the top prize in

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our savers' prize draw. Congratulations! 500

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,000 quid! Blimey! What do you think he'll spend

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it on? Oh, I'm sure I'll think of something.

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Parker? Parker? This is Nick and Sue with Cheddar

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Box giving you all you need to know about musical

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entertainment. And also another clip from a celebrity

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who became a friend of my parents who lived near

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and they had a lot of big sort of celebrity friends

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once they'd sort of come into that arena and

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they sort of hung out with lots of people and

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that's when I realized how big this was you know

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you didn't you don't really know when you're

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you're young what your parents are up to and

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then of course i had to realize because they

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were always on telly themselves of course yes

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yes absolutely um your father uh had he passed

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me in the street i would have recognized him

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but yes i've seen photographs of them together

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at the time they were obviously making the programs

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but yes oh there was to me personally very very

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recognizable i would have known him Yes, absolutely.

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He was very tall, very tall. Okay, yeah. Great

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exciting times. Now, I mean, we've got to put

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it in perspective now. It's 60 years. Now we

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got people when it first came on who were even

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as old as 10 or 12 or whatever age they were,

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would now be in their early 70s, right? Yeah.

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to people uh much much much much younger and

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i'm sure some of the channels are still showing

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it especially with the anniversary but of course

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we had yeah things like busted and that that

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those adventures of the thunderbirds are going

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the 90s so that's more generations so we can

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almost say people from their early 70s maybe

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mid uh early 70s downwards they all love this

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stuff like yeah isn't it you know well there

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was a resurgence in the 90s and when on Blue

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Peter when Aunt Thea Turner made the Tracy Islands

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and also it was rerun again and then it became

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the biggest selling toy at Christmas in the 90s

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and then there was a film in 2003 I think it

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was, live action and then there was a ITV did

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a remake about 10 years ago for the 50th anniversary

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and that you know so people of all generations

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know about it and also It's extraordinary because

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a lot of parents and grandparents play it to

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their grandchildren or children, the classic

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ones, and that seems to, you know, endure throughout

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the last few decades and beyond. So, I mean,

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my parents were really, really surprised because

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they didn't really think it would last that long,

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but they were delighted, of course. And of course

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a lot of the other series as well, Joe 90, a

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couple of three years later, whatever it was.

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I mean, were they, basically, do you think with

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Thunderbirds, it was an amazing thing they created,

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and of course all their series were really. I

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mean, when Joe 90 come about, was that when,

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do you think they've grown tired of Thunderbirds?

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Because I think Thunderbirds could have carried

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on and on and on. So do I. No, I think... I think

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Lou Grade dictated what they did. And I think,

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you know, he was quite excited by it. I mean,

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I know that when they first met him, he, you

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know, he funded everything. And he said to them,

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you know, this, I'm very impressed with what

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you're doing. And my word is my bond, you're

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going to have this series. And also, I got some

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minutes for meeting where he says in the minutes,

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they weren't there. This company is going places.

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I would put money on that, which he did. Brilliant,

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brilliant. And what a man Lou Grade was to the

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entertainment. Yeah, he was. ITC was quite incredible.

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It must have been the biggest production company

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of a television program that didn't have a surprise.

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I mean, it wasn't just the UK. It was international

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because it went to America. Yeah, Thunderbirds

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went everywhere. It went to America eventually,

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but it was very big in Europe and Japan and then

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went to the States. Well, and another important

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thing about it is ITC and New Grade and that.

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Of course, those programs by 1965 were all made

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in colour. Yeah. And of course, the BBC, I think

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it was at 68, they came along, something like

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that, with a bit of tennis now and again. And

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ITV eventually, when they finished striking in

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1970 or 71, had colour tea. So, yeah, well ahead

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of its time. And of course, that also, I think,

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helped. Oh, yeah, it did. Well, Lou. apparently

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insisted it was made in colour because a lot

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of people in Europe and the States had colour

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TVs although over here we were still kind of

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black and white fuzzy TVs but he just wanted

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to make sure that he was ahead of the game and

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he certainly was ahead of the game so yeah I

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have to say that talking of ahead of the game

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my mother has had a an inscribed sundial at Pinewood

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Studios in her name saying pioneer of women in

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television and also co -creator of Thunderbirds

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and Lady Penelope, although she created Lady

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Penelope. And also the National Film and Television

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School have now been awarded from ITV a scholarship

00:17:27.390 --> 00:17:30.630
in her name, 10 year scholarship for new screenwriters.

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That is amazing. That is very special. Isn't

00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:36.200
that great? Thank you for sharing that with us

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:38.799
all. That's really good. This thing's really

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:41.980
exciting. And to be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing

00:17:41.980 --> 00:17:45.099
one of these. Maybe the last one on that website

00:17:45.099 --> 00:17:46.940
might be the one to go for. But it'd be wonderful.

00:17:47.279 --> 00:17:49.200
If we do, we'll send you an email and say we're

00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:51.720
coming. Yes, please. I'd love you to come. I

00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:53.299
don't want to just say hi when we're there, but

00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:56.299
I think we should. And yes, do say hi. That would

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:58.589
be great. I like Thunderbirds. I used to love

00:17:58.589 --> 00:18:00.970
watching it. Dee, what happened to the puppets?

00:18:01.930 --> 00:18:05.470
Well, some of the puppets have been bought by

00:18:05.470 --> 00:18:10.109
people like Spielberg or Peter Jackson. I'm seeing

00:18:10.109 --> 00:18:14.210
Mary Turner. I've got a Lady Penelope, actually,

00:18:14.589 --> 00:18:17.930
because there were several, of course. But Mary

00:18:17.930 --> 00:18:20.509
Turner has got the original. She's the one that

00:18:20.509 --> 00:18:22.630
sculpted it. She's 91 now and I'm seeing her

00:18:22.630 --> 00:18:24.930
on Saturday. I see her quite regularly because

00:18:24.930 --> 00:18:27.579
she lives near me. and we're going to an art

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:32.339
exhibition together um she's amazing so um it's

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:34.640
there but Spielberg actually brought up a lot

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:38.119
of the memorabilia that's great that's great

00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:41.900
we never know what he's got planned exactly i

00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:46.440
should contact him shouldn't i yes 60 year anniversary

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a thunderbird a museum all the thunderbird stuff

00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:52.569
in the museum well Yes I get that but I don't

00:18:52.569 --> 00:18:54.369
know maybe something's being done because the

00:18:54.369 --> 00:18:57.289
one on the date here that suit us the best uh

00:18:57.289 --> 00:19:00.609
is um look at your website now Dee and uh uh

00:19:00.609 --> 00:19:02.849
30th of November at the cinema museum in London.

00:19:03.210 --> 00:19:05.690
Yes that's going to be great I love that place

00:19:05.690 --> 00:19:09.329
it's so retro and beautiful. That's the one that

00:19:09.329 --> 00:19:10.849
I think we should think about getting the tickets

00:19:10.849 --> 00:19:12.869
pretty soon. Lovely. I clicked on the thing they're

00:19:12.869 --> 00:19:16.130
available already so. Oh are they? wow oh yes

00:19:16.130 --> 00:19:17.730
yes click on there's a nice little picture of

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you and also oh i didn't know some of the puppets

00:19:20.490 --> 00:19:23.450
well obviously background shot but yeah so looks

00:19:23.450 --> 00:19:24.990
on all that for a coming i thought no that'd

00:19:24.990 --> 00:19:27.329
be the one that'd be the one how do you feel

00:19:27.329 --> 00:19:31.609
that um you're the daughter of i thought it's

00:19:31.609 --> 00:19:34.250
jerry and so the creators yeah creators of thunderbird

00:19:34.250 --> 00:19:39.210
how does that make you feel um it's a very good

00:19:39.210 --> 00:19:42.529
question um how do i feel about it i think you

00:19:42.529 --> 00:19:47.049
know i feel very proud um I can't think of any

00:19:47.049 --> 00:19:53.009
downsides really maybe um I suppose I suppose

00:19:53.009 --> 00:19:56.950
it's now I think it's mainly good because it's

00:19:56.950 --> 00:19:59.890
given me a sort of a platform of create creativity

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that I know that I feel confident about I've

00:20:03.589 --> 00:20:06.730
got self -belief in the fact that I'm creative

00:20:06.730 --> 00:20:09.329
you know because they were both so creative but

00:20:09.329 --> 00:20:12.940
particularly my mom I think um with her writing

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:18.359
skills and imagination. And I do feel that I've

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:21.599
got the same sort of creativity, but it's different,

00:20:21.640 --> 00:20:25.420
if you know what I mean. And so, yeah, I think

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:29.440
it was a good, solid platform for me. And also,

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I suppose they were such high achievers. It's

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a hard act to follow, isn't it? That's probably

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the downside. But having said that, you know,

00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:46.119
I am having a very good life and I'm very grateful

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to them. Is there ever a time though D, because

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I'm looking at some of the amazing achievements

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you've had in acting especially and the things

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:16.559
you've been in, is there ever a time that perhaps

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:19.579
you feel that you wish the Thunderbirds could

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take a back seat or has it not affected you in

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:25.019
any way? I mean I can see you being interviewed

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:27.799
about one of these great things, I see some period

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:29.500
drama things, I can see all sorts of things that

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:31.079
you've been in. Yeah. And with some great stars

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:33.400
like Wendy Craig and people like that. Oh I know

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.130
Wendy very well. Really bless her. She's in the

00:21:36.130 --> 00:21:38.869
90s now, isn't she? She was my mum's best friend.

00:21:40.910 --> 00:21:44.109
Barbara Broccoli is a great friend of our family,

00:21:45.890 --> 00:21:48.930
daughter of the Bond creator. Wendy Craig was

00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:52.609
very close to my mum. She's now 91. I talk to

00:21:52.609 --> 00:21:57.170
her a lot and she's absolutely lovely. Yeah,

00:21:57.170 --> 00:21:59.700
I know what you mean. And that's another very

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:02.779
good point. I haven't really thought about it.

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:05.059
I suppose because it's kind of normality for

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:12.160
me. But I mean, maybe. I suppose going for these

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:15.700
auditions, I didn't tell anyone. I don't think

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:18.539
my agent did either. So I got them on my own

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:21.960
merit. And I know that I went to drama school

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:24.619
and got in on my own merit and got a full scholarship

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:28.329
without telling them. Sure, I don't think at

00:22:28.329 --> 00:22:30.210
any point I was trying to say that that you wouldn't

00:22:30.210 --> 00:22:32.190
have made it without like I know that you're

00:22:32.190 --> 00:22:34.869
you're really great in your You're great actress.

00:22:34.869 --> 00:22:38.809
Oh, yeah, I know Yes, I know I just wondered

00:22:38.809 --> 00:22:42.710
if you had an interview on radio or Yeah, so

00:22:42.710 --> 00:22:45.329
even on TV or wherever it may be I just wondered

00:22:45.329 --> 00:22:47.769
if they if it always got twisted back to the

00:22:47.769 --> 00:22:49.990
Thunderbirds or that's not the case if you don't

00:22:49.990 --> 00:22:52.890
know Yeah, I did but I don't mind that actually

00:22:52.890 --> 00:22:56.869
because I think it was such an accolade And although

00:22:56.869 --> 00:22:59.470
I didn't create it myself, I felt I was part

00:22:59.470 --> 00:23:01.670
of it. So I don't mind. You know what I mean?

00:23:01.690 --> 00:23:04.170
It's almost like I'm talking about my singing

00:23:04.170 --> 00:23:07.130
or my acting and and Thunderbirds. It's all the

00:23:07.130 --> 00:23:09.890
same to me, really. But yeah, I know I know what

00:23:09.890 --> 00:23:12.609
you mean. It's a very good, good point that you

00:23:12.609 --> 00:23:15.109
raised. No, that's great. And I can see here

00:23:15.109 --> 00:23:18.190
and this is from your website as well. He's been

00:23:18.190 --> 00:23:21.269
in London spurning and the bill. Yes, I have.

00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:25.250
Wow. Yeah. Very good. I've seen it twice and

00:23:25.250 --> 00:23:27.950
both actually, playing different characters.

00:23:28.289 --> 00:23:31.089
Brilliant. Brilliant. Just want to get this one

00:23:31.089 --> 00:23:34.049
in actually, because we'll do your website at

00:23:34.049 --> 00:23:35.450
the end. I've just found this on your website

00:23:35.450 --> 00:23:39.470
and there's a lot more about your mum Sylvia,

00:23:39.910 --> 00:23:42.869
Lady Penelope and the Thunderbirds at Sylvia's

00:23:42.869 --> 00:23:47.849
website and it's www .sylviaanderson .co .uk.

00:23:47.890 --> 00:23:49.869
Yes. A lot more in there, so people might like

00:23:49.869 --> 00:23:53.289
to take a look at that anyway. and we would give

00:23:53.289 --> 00:23:55.470
yours out right at the very end. Now, the book

00:23:55.470 --> 00:23:59.430
that you mentioned, which is of the same name,

00:24:00.490 --> 00:24:04.309
has that already been published? No, it's going

00:24:04.309 --> 00:24:06.390
to be published at the same time as the show.

00:24:06.690 --> 00:24:10.130
OK, so... So it will be sold at the show. I see.

00:24:10.609 --> 00:24:13.890
Yeah, and also unsigned, if they want a signed

00:24:13.890 --> 00:24:17.769
copy. And there's also going to be a very big

00:24:17.769 --> 00:24:21.259
announcement... coming soon, which I can't tell

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:23.960
you about yet. But I'd love to come back and

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:29.460
tell you. But yes, very, very exciting that I'm

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:32.480
particularly excited about actually. So to do

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:36.160
with Thunderbirds. And so I'll come back and

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:38.200
tell you. But you're so great in your own right.

00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:41.920
I mean, thank you. When you have got a new TV

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:44.140
thing, it's totally different. Drop us a line,

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:46.180
we'll have a chat about things. There's so much

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.539
here to talk about. I mean, just your photo call

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:51.380
there. I mean, that's incredible. Thank you.

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:56.420
It's not Thunderbird, so we get to 2026 or something,

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.960
and you're doing something else. Yeah, come by.

00:24:59.059 --> 00:25:02.299
Come on, have a chat. Thank you very much. I've

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:05.500
actually produced a show with Debbie Arnold and

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:08.140
Debbie McGee, which we're doing at the moment.

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:10.579
It's going on to Netflix. No, it's not. Not going

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:15.750
to Netflix. Amazon, sorry, and Apple. And it's

00:25:15.750 --> 00:25:17.549
called Beauty Investigates. And it's not just

00:25:17.549 --> 00:25:20.410
about beauty, it's about women's wellbeing at

00:25:20.410 --> 00:25:24.390
a certain age. And which there's, you know, a

00:25:24.390 --> 00:25:27.349
lot really to cover. And we're just really enjoying

00:25:27.349 --> 00:25:30.750
that. So yeah, that is one that's out there at

00:25:30.750 --> 00:25:35.349
the moment. And also I do sing in the show, by

00:25:35.349 --> 00:25:40.589
the way, 60 songs. Wonderful. Because singing

00:25:40.589 --> 00:25:43.069
and music is nothing new to Dee Addison, is it?

00:25:43.170 --> 00:25:46.869
Not at all. No. No. No, actually, I've got a

00:25:46.869 --> 00:25:49.450
great voice coach. Do you know David and Cary

00:25:49.450 --> 00:25:53.829
Grant, who were on Fame Academy? They were like,

00:25:53.829 --> 00:25:56.990
they're really good coaches. And David Grant,

00:25:57.170 --> 00:26:00.329
my vocal coach, and he said to me a couple of

00:26:00.329 --> 00:26:01.950
years ago, you've got to get out there, Dee,

00:26:02.009 --> 00:26:04.950
you've got to get out. Anyway, so here I am getting

00:26:04.950 --> 00:26:08.490
it out there. Wonderful. He says amazingly busy

00:26:08.490 --> 00:26:10.650
time. Isn't it as well? But it really is. This

00:26:10.650 --> 00:26:13.049
is Nick and Sue with Chatterbox giving you all

00:26:13.049 --> 00:26:15.509
you need to know about musical entertainment.

00:26:18.730 --> 00:26:22.450
Chatterbox. Chatterbox. Chatterbox. Chatterbox.

00:26:22.569 --> 00:26:25.309
Chatterbox. Now I'm going to ask this question

00:26:25.309 --> 00:26:27.970
now. We were really getting ahead by a few years

00:26:27.970 --> 00:26:32.009
or whatever. Are we going to have a sixth anniversary

00:26:32.009 --> 00:26:35.130
for Joe 90 and all the other stuff that the parents

00:26:35.130 --> 00:26:38.509
have created. Is that planned yet? No, you've

00:26:38.509 --> 00:26:41.250
mentioned Joe 90 a few times. Was this your favourite?

00:26:41.650 --> 00:26:45.210
No, Thunderbirds is really, but it was the one

00:26:45.210 --> 00:26:48.190
that followed in Thunderbirds. That's why I've

00:26:48.190 --> 00:26:50.069
mentioned it. I think Stingray was great. I think

00:26:50.069 --> 00:26:52.789
they all were pretty good. I think Joe 90 is

00:26:52.789 --> 00:26:56.309
a particular favourite of a lot of people. And

00:26:56.309 --> 00:26:59.269
certainly there will be, yes, I'm sure. okay

00:26:59.269 --> 00:27:01.970
i'm sure i'm sure we'd be celebrating that i

00:27:01.970 --> 00:27:03.369
may be mentioning yeah because that's the one

00:27:03.369 --> 00:27:04.809
that followed and also that's the one that's

00:27:04.809 --> 00:27:07.029
like you know to me will be the next anniversary

00:27:07.029 --> 00:27:10.690
but ah yeah but soon after that there'll be a

00:27:10.690 --> 00:27:14.950
65th thunderbird so there will yes absolutely

00:27:14.950 --> 00:27:19.369
um oh thank you yeah d did you have a favorite

00:27:19.369 --> 00:27:23.230
character at all in thunderbirds lady panellope

00:27:23.230 --> 00:27:26.529
has got to be really because she had everything

00:27:26.529 --> 00:27:30.619
going for her you know And when my mum created

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:35.119
her, she wanted it to be a really sort of dynamic

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:39.779
person, danger, excitement, but she wanted it

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:42.779
to be a woman because women weren't recognised

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:45.859
in that way in those days. So that was really

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:48.720
her future. That's why she was ahead of her time.

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:52.779
But Lady Penelope, and I just love her. I've

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:56.240
got... a real feeling about her and I feel that

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:59.259
she's actually does exist really, you know, I

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:05.359
feel that she's alive. Who was the guy? I saw

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:07.440
a photograph of the guy who departed, he didn't

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:12.180
look... David Graham. Yes, my lady. That's it,

00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:15.839
yes, my lady. Do you know he died recently? No.

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:28.789
He was nearly 100. The actor David Graham, best

00:28:28.789 --> 00:28:31.589
known for providing the voice of some famous

00:28:31.589 --> 00:28:34.690
children's TV characters, has died at the age

00:28:34.690 --> 00:28:37.930
of 99. He was the voice of Parker in Thunderbirds

00:28:37.930 --> 00:28:41.109
and Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig. Colin Patterson

00:28:41.109 --> 00:28:44.460
looks back at his life. We're closing in on him,

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:47.940
milady. Good, Parker. Generations of children

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:50.740
grew up listening to David Graham's voice. In

00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:55.180
the 1960s, he was Parker. Yes, milady. Lady Penelope's

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:59.400
ever -so -loyal chauffeur in Thunderbirds, facing

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:04.279
the way he spoke on a real wine -waiter. It turned

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.680
out that he'd been a retired member of the royal

00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:08.259
household. I think he worked for the Duke of

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:10.400
Windsor. And we asked him, you know, what he

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.640
thought of me. He said, who is a real gent you

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:15.559
do? They don't beat them like that anymore. And

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:19.019
we just embroidered him from then on. Oh, my

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:22.400
lady. Is this the end of the Daleks? He also

00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.299
voiced the Daleks in early Doctor Who, alongside

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:29.410
his friend Peter Hawkins. Exterminate him! Last

00:29:29.410 --> 00:29:32.630
year, at the age of 98, he returned to provide

00:29:32.630 --> 00:29:35.630
new Dalek dialogue for a restored, colourised

00:29:35.630 --> 00:29:45.390
version of the original Dalek story. But for

00:29:45.390 --> 00:29:47.750
many, the part for which they will know him best

00:29:47.750 --> 00:29:50.829
was rather less menacing. Twenty years ago, he

00:29:50.829 --> 00:29:53.970
became the voice of Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig.

00:29:56.820 --> 00:29:59.900
David Graham said he was thrilled that voiceover

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:02.059
work had allowed him to extend an acting career

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:04.700
which had included being a member of Sir Laurence

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:07.980
Olivier's company at the National Theatre and

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:12.900
one that ended giving joy to so, so many. Oh,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:18.339
you seem heavier than before. David Graham, who's

00:30:18.339 --> 00:30:21.480
died age 99. And you know how that came about,

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:24.609
don't you? No, not at all. They used to go to

00:30:24.609 --> 00:30:26.769
a pub in Cookham called the King's Arms. I used

00:30:26.769 --> 00:30:29.230
to go as a kid actually for lunch sometimes.

00:30:30.109 --> 00:30:32.690
And there was a waiter there who used to work

00:30:32.690 --> 00:30:35.549
at the Palace and he used to come over and go,

00:30:35.829 --> 00:30:37.589
now then, what would you like? What would you

00:30:37.589 --> 00:30:40.470
like on the menu? And then they'd start talking

00:30:40.470 --> 00:30:43.490
to them. He'd start talking about the Royal Family

00:30:43.490 --> 00:30:47.309
or his experiences at the Palace. But he'd never

00:30:47.309 --> 00:30:50.089
deliver the punchline. because he was always

00:30:50.089 --> 00:30:51.910
called away to the next tables and they never

00:30:51.910 --> 00:30:54.849
knew the end of the story and they thought it

00:30:54.849 --> 00:30:57.309
was such a great character that they got David

00:30:57.309 --> 00:31:00.569
Graham to come and listen to him and he emulated

00:31:00.569 --> 00:31:02.789
the voice completely. I don't know if he knows

00:31:02.789 --> 00:31:04.960
that by the way, I'm not sure. Oh, brilliant,

00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:07.799
brilliant. Now, obviously we talk about Thunderbirds

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:10.720
and you said, I mentioned Joe 90, is that my

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:12.539
favourite? But of course, you know, there is

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:17.359
obviously there's been Stingray, Fireball XL5,

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:21.539
Captain Scarlet Space, 1999 and so on. Am I right

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:24.319
in thinking, was it? Did your dad have anything,

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.920
your dad, I think it might have been your dad

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:27.279
only, did he have anything to do with terror

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:29.380
hawks or something in the early? Yes, yes, he

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:32.079
did that. I've gotten a bit more grown up by

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:38.779
them, but I was aware of it. And anybody else

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:42.220
that's got other other uh series that they really

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:44.700
like then of course uh I would love to mention

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:47.099
them all and I'd love to give them all equal

00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:49.640
uh timing on this show but we talk about them

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:51.759
when their anniversaries come and we're not missing

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.880
anything out on purpose we wouldn't there yeah

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.730
exactly exactly that's great thank you you're

00:31:57.730 --> 00:32:00.609
brilliant you two oh do you know we're genuinely

00:32:00.609 --> 00:32:03.670
love it anyway you can tell you know yeah do

00:32:03.670 --> 00:32:05.450
you know all the thunderbird characters what

00:32:05.450 --> 00:32:08.170
their names are no i'd mess it up i'd have to

00:32:08.170 --> 00:32:14.269
sit no do you have a stab at it i'd i can't think

00:32:14.269 --> 00:32:17.670
of any i'm sorry i've got brain fog sorry i bet

00:32:17.670 --> 00:32:21.109
you know though d of course she does scott virgil

00:32:21.109 --> 00:32:27.250
alan that's it was my favorite yeah Thunderbird

00:32:27.250 --> 00:32:29.789
2 I've got to tell you one little story before

00:32:29.789 --> 00:32:32.809
before we wrap it up now in the early 90s. I

00:32:32.809 --> 00:32:35.730
Actually leads to cinema along the road at Bexhill

00:32:35.730 --> 00:32:40.799
on C and I had that for a few years and We bought,

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:43.559
and it was very cheap to hire, like 25 % of the

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:46.859
take or something. And we put on Thunderbirds

00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:49.099
Argo and Thunderbirds 6 in double bills for the

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:52.259
normal price. And on a Saturday afternoon, and

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:55.680
it packs out. So we did it again, and again,

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:59.160
and again, and again. And not only that, we found

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:01.819
an old fab advert, which we showed in the interval

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:05.519
as well. Oh, fabulous. I'll tell you that. And

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:08.450
there must be, and it's only a 40 000 on population

00:33:08.450 --> 00:33:11.329
in those days and i think by the end of the summer

00:33:11.329 --> 00:33:14.049
or by the end of we give now but it's probably

00:33:14.049 --> 00:33:16.269
best part of almost a year probably we're doing

00:33:16.269 --> 00:33:20.049
on saturday afternoons um we worked out that

00:33:20.049 --> 00:33:23.890
um half the population of this town had seen

00:33:23.890 --> 00:33:28.769
the double bill good god that's incredible isn't

00:33:28.769 --> 00:33:32.710
it it paid a lot of weeks rent trust me yeah

00:33:32.710 --> 00:33:36.549
wow And we're talking about 1992 time, something

00:33:36.549 --> 00:33:38.910
like that, yeah. I've got a feeling that we've

00:33:38.910 --> 00:33:40.910
got a connection with Bexhill -on -Sea, I don't

00:33:40.910 --> 00:33:43.750
know why, a family connection. It's a lovely

00:33:43.750 --> 00:33:45.250
place, it's only the other end of the Link Road

00:33:45.250 --> 00:33:47.890
to us, but yes, it's a lovely place. How gorgeous.

00:33:47.990 --> 00:33:49.849
Where I'm getting a bit older and I haven't got

00:33:49.849 --> 00:33:52.730
the same mobility as I did, it's nice and flat,

00:33:52.910 --> 00:33:56.809
it's nice and flat. No mountains to climb. No,

00:33:56.930 --> 00:33:58.390
I can walk along the seafront without getting

00:33:58.390 --> 00:34:03.299
out of breath. The lovely town. Anyway, Sue,

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:05.759
go on then. I've just remembered something. My

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.320
brother, he actually got a Thunderbirds. They

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:11.820
did Thunderbird dolls, didn't they? Yeah, they

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:15.699
did. Yeah, and vehicles. Yes. I'm just remembering

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:17.940
things coming into my head. There you go. Yeah.

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:19.599
Well, we're going to be talking about a lot later,

00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:22.079
aren't we? My favorite character was Virgil.

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:25.719
How do you pronounce his name? Virgil. From Thunderbirds

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:28.579
2. Yeah, that's it. Thunderbirds 2 was brilliant,

00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:32.059
wasn't it? Big heavyweight. I think I've got

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.880
to go. I've got to go. I think I've got to go

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:38.320
with Parker. I really have. Have you? Yeah. And

00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.239
I think it's to do with David's voice. I think

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:42.619
it is because it was just amazing. Amazing. He

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:46.139
was a, he was a real, a real actor, you know,

00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:49.400
real star. He was David Graham. He was a memorable

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:53.820
character. So let's, the dates we've got here

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:56.000
on your, on your, on your website anyway. So

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:58.400
we've got the, the big big launch we say if you

00:34:58.400 --> 00:35:02.800
like. The Phoenix Arts Club in Leicester Square,

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:06.079
London 12th of May. Then we've got the Old Woollen

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:09.079
which is Pudsey Yorkshire on the 29th of June.

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:12.840
We've got the Forest Arts Centre at New Milton.

00:35:13.050 --> 00:35:16.429
in Hampshire 30th of August and then at the moment

00:35:16.429 --> 00:35:20.309
in London on the 30th of November at the cinema

00:35:20.309 --> 00:35:23.929
museum your book with same name as the show the

00:35:23.929 --> 00:35:25.829
book called Growing up the Thunderbirds will

00:35:25.829 --> 00:35:28.570
be on sale at those venues as well and can people

00:35:28.570 --> 00:35:30.710
buy it from your website once it's officially

00:35:30.710 --> 00:35:33.269
published? Well actually it's going to be published

00:35:33.269 --> 00:35:36.530
through AUK which will be on my website the link

00:35:38.890 --> 00:35:46.469
and it's an app called Heard. Heard is going

00:35:46.469 --> 00:35:50.510
to be really prominent on the tour because we're

00:35:50.510 --> 00:35:52.550
going to do a lot of audible stuff as well with

00:35:52.550 --> 00:35:54.710
them and big announcement is coming through them

00:35:54.710 --> 00:35:58.190
as well. Really great. So Heard everybody is

00:35:58.190 --> 00:36:00.389
like audible but it's kind of in competition

00:36:00.389 --> 00:36:05.449
with audible and it's going to be very big. I

00:36:05.449 --> 00:36:07.809
hadn't heard of her, no pun intended, but I hadn't,

00:36:07.869 --> 00:36:11.230
but thanks for that. I love audible, so a lot

00:36:11.230 --> 00:36:13.130
of people will, because that's very much the

00:36:13.130 --> 00:36:15.469
commuter's friend, isn't it, these days? Yes,

00:36:16.570 --> 00:36:18.289
would you send me that link, please, because

00:36:18.289 --> 00:36:21.269
I'd like to give that to them. Absolutely, absolutely,

00:36:21.329 --> 00:36:24.670
no problems at all. Thank you. And yes, we keep

00:36:24.670 --> 00:36:28.469
mentioning your website. Yes. TheAnderson .co

00:36:28.469 --> 00:36:32.699
.uk. Correct. So please do take a look at these

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:35.599
websites. We've spoken, we've mentioned other

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:38.679
parts of Dee's career, which is, you know, just

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:40.320
across the board with everything that Dee's done.

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:42.440
So have a look at what else Dee has done. But

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:44.360
there is a big thing here with Growing Up the

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.840
Thunderbirds as well, which is what we're talking

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:48.900
about today. But do have a look at Dee's website.

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:53.260
And there is, of course, links to Facebook, to

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:56.199
Twitter, XQSA, to Instagram, to basically everything

00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:59.019
there, just direct links. So, yeah. Yes. Thank

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:02.659
you. And a beautiful picture of Dee with Lady

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:07.800
Penelope Dole as well. Thank you. It's been great.

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:10.300
Thanks so much for coming on Chatterbox. Lovely.

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:13.940
I know we are. And every success, every success.

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:16.380
Oh, thank you so much, guys. And you too. What

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:18.719
you're doing is amazing. Thank you, Dee. Dee,

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:22.059
what was it like being in London's burning and

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:25.710
the bill? Well, London's burning particularly,

00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:29.630
because I was living in South London then, because

00:37:29.630 --> 00:37:33.869
it was so lovely. It was like a family. I did

00:37:33.869 --> 00:37:36.590
two episodes to start, and then I went back two

00:37:36.590 --> 00:37:39.369
years later, and then I did a much bigger part.

00:37:40.389 --> 00:37:44.449
It was fantastic. I loved everyone. Actually,

00:37:44.449 --> 00:37:47.289
the food was amazing as well. You'd get there

00:37:47.289 --> 00:37:49.929
really early. You'd have a call at six in the

00:37:49.929 --> 00:37:55.179
morning. given a great big bun of eggs, bacon

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:58.219
and beans and everything. And everyone was hanging

00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:00.280
out. Then people would be running through your

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:03.219
lines with you. I mean, it was just fantastic.

00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:05.960
And it was the setup was great as well. And it

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.380
was like the fire station, you know, the set.

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:11.460
It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant. I think

00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:13.500
that was my fave. I mean, the bill was great.

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:16.980
But to me, London's Burning had the hearts, you

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:21.760
know? It's been great meeting you Dee. Thank

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:24.599
you. Have a great Easter. And you. And you too.

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:27.639
Thank you. Please say thank you so much for coming

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:30.940
on Chatterbox UK. Thank you. Thank you very much.

00:38:31.300 --> 00:38:34.500
Thank you so much. Bye. Thank you Dee. Bye bye.

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:59.500
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00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:02.940
Redux podcast with Sue and Nick and today our

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:05.599
guest was Dee Anderson who's the daughter of

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:08.380
Thunderbirds creators Jerry and Sylvia Anderson.

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:11.340
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