Alan Fennell

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Alan Fennell

Writing December 10, 1936

Colchester, Essex, UK

Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the maga…

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Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines TV Century 21 and Look-in. Fennell wrote episodes of Fireball XL5 and Stingray and more than ten episodes of Thunderbirds including "30 Minutes After Noon". He also wrote for many comic strip adaptations and was the first editor of TV Century 21. Between himself and Dennis Spooner they wrote 36 episodes of Stingray. He also wrote a number of books, including a novelisation of the film Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) and two original novels based on the TV series Freewheelers published in 1972 by Piccolo/TV Times, entitled Freewheelers - Sign of the Beaver and Freewheelers - The Spy Game.

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  1. 2025
  2. 2022
    Presented in Supercolorisation

    TV show Writer

  3. 2022
    Thunderbirds 55/GOGO

    Movie Teleplay

  4. 2020
  5. 2016
  6. 2015
  7. 2015
  8. 2014
    This Is Supermarionation

    Movie Writer

  9. 2008
    Stingray: The Reunion Party

    Movie Writer

  10. 1982
    Countdown to Disaster

    Movie Writer

  11. 1981
    Thunderbirds in Outer Space

    Movie Writer

  12. 1981
    Invaders from the Deep

    Movie Writer

  13. 1980
  14. 1970
    UFO

    TV show Writer

  15. 1966
  16. 1966
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  1. 1966
  2. 1966
  3. 1966
    Thunderbirds: City of Fire

    Movie Writer

  4. 1965
    Thunderbirds: Sun Probe

    Movie Writer

  5. 1965
    Thunderbirds: The Uninvited

    Movie Writer

  6. 1965
  7. 1965
  8. 1965
    Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril

    Movie Writer

  9. 1965
    Thunderbirds

    TV show Writer

  10. 1964
    Stingray

    TV show Writer

  11. 1962
    Fireball XL5

    TV show Writer