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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment

Gerry Anderson - a life in pictures

Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson, animator and creator of the Thunderbirds puppet series
Gerry Anderson on set in 2009 Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi
Gerry Anderson: Stingray Team, Gerry Anderson 'Stingray' with the model submarine
The four directors of AP Studios, (left to right) John Read, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and Reg Hill, with a model of the Stingray submarine Photograph: Chris Ware/Getty Images
Gerry Anderson: Gerry And Sylvia Anderson wiith model Of Troy Tempest, 1966
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with a model Of Troy Tempest in 1966
Photograph: RG Balkham/Rex Features
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson Producer of 'Captain Scarlet and the Spectrum', 1967
Gerry Anderson on the set of Captain Scarlet and the Spectrum in 1967 Photograph: John Knoote/Rex Features
Gerry Anderson: elevision series creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson , 1967
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson with some of their puppet creations in 1967
Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson and Ayshea Brough filming 'UFO' 'Identified' on set in 1970
Gerry Anderson filming UFO Identified with and Ayshea Brough in 1970 Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
Gerry Anderson: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson on set of 'Space 1999' - 'Earthbound'  1976
Gerry and Sylvia Anderson on the set of Space 1999 - Earthbound with Barbara Bain in 1976
Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson with Thunderbirds characters at Hamley's toy store
Gerry Anderson with Thunderbirds characters Alan, Scott and Virgil at Hamley's toy shop in 2000 Photograph: Haydn West/PA Archive
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson with Captain Scarlet puppet models
Gerry Anderson with Captain Scarlet puppet models in 2000 Photograph: Rex Features
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson with puppets Parker and Lady Penelope at an auction
Gerry Anderson with the puppets Parker and Lady Penelope at a 2001 auction Photograph: Dave Caulkin/Associated Press
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson with memorabilia at an auction at the Battersea Arts Centre
Gerry Anderson with memorabilia at a 2009 auction at Battersea Arts Centre Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson with Brains from Thunderbirds
Gerry Anderson with Brains from Thunderbirds in 2010 Photograph: Alamy
Gerry Anderson: Gerry Anderson at the SFX Weekender in 2010
Gerry Anderson at the SFX Weekender in 2010 Photograph: SFX Magazine/Getty
Gerry Anderson: Royal Mail's first 2011 stamp collection FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson
The Royal Mail's 2011 stamp collection FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson Photograph: Handout/PA
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