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| British creator of puppet-character programmes for television. He entered the British film industry as a trainee with the Colonial Film Unit, later directing several television series. He enjoyed great success with adventure series that combined a range of popular puppet characters with technologically advanced hardware and special effects. Among the best known are Fireball XL–5 (1961), Thunderbirds (1964–6), Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons (1967), and Terrahawks (1983–4). He also branched out into live action shows with human actors, such as The Protectors (1971), Space 1999 (1973–6), and Space Precinct (1993–5). |
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