The promotions for Thunderbirds Are Go are coming in thick and fast now as the launch date nears, with the new show’s official Facebook page featuring a countdown of Tracy brothers character profiles, inviting fans to back their favourite.

First up, of course, was John Tracy, in command of the new look Thunderbird 5 space station.

DC Thomson are publishing an official Thunderbirds Are Go tie-in publication, but there’s still no information on a launch date or content.

• Thunderbirds Are Go debuts on Saturday 4th April in the UK with a special one hour episode at 5.00pm on both ITV and CITV. The series will continue CITV and ITV (in glorious HD) every Saturday at 8.00am

• The official Thunderbirds web site now enables you to sign up as an agent of International Rescue: www.thunderbirds.com

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, John works as a comics editor, writer, as Creative Consultant on the Dan Dare audio adventures for B7 Media, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing for over 30 years, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Magazine and Babylon 5 Magazine. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz, published on Tapastic; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood for digital comic 100% Biodegradable.

Categories: British Comics, Other Worlds, Television

Tags: ITV Studios Global Entertainment, John Tracy, Thunderbird 5, Thunderbirds, Thunderbirds are Go