Terrahawks Series 01 Overview

Introduction Gerry Anderson & Christopher Burr’s Terrahawks, usually referred to simply as Terrahawks, is a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by Anderson Burr Pictures and created by the production team of Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr. Set in the year 2020, the series follows the adventures of the Terrahawks, a taskforce responsible for…

Andrew Marshall

28/09/2020

1–2 minutes

Family, Military TV Series, Science Fiction

Introduction

Gerry Anderson & Christopher Burr’s Terrahawks, usually referred to simply as Terrahawks, is a 1980s British science fiction television series produced by Anderson Burr Pictures and created by the production team of Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr.

Set in the year 2020, the series follows the adventures of the Terrahawks, a taskforce responsible for protecting Earth from invasion by a group of extraterrestrial androids and aliens led by Zelda.

Background

Originally, most ITV regions networked the episodes on Sunday afternoons. In November, several ITV companies moved the series to a Saturday morning timeslot. The last two episodes, “A Christmas Miracle” and “To Catch a Tiger”, were broadcast across the network on Saturday mornings. TVS followed the network pattern until November, when it moved episodes to Thursdays. In some weeks, LWT were unable to broadcast episodes but made up for it by broadcasting double episodes in other weeks. Granada Television held back the series by two weeks and completed its run on 21 January 1984. Tyne Tees Television held back the series for over a month and moved the series to Thursdays, completing its run on 16 February 1984.

Terrahawks Series

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