The first season of Thunderbirds completed its first run on British television on March 31st 1966, with the broadcast of the clip show episode Security Hazard! Although it recapped some of the most popular rescues of the series, is this episode one of your favourites? #Thunderbirds #gerryanderson #sylviaanderson #internationalrescue #fireflash | Official Gerry Anderson

On This Day 1966 📺 'Daktari' premieres on British television. Game thieves, diamond smugglers and big game hunters endanger the animals in the African bush. Although meant as a serious drama, 'Daktari' (the Swahili word for ‘doctor’). This was jungle quackery that had more thana whiff of Carry On Up The Jungle about it as Judy the chimpanzee and Clarence the cross-eyed lion continually managed to rescue their human masters. Not only were the animals more intelligent than humans, but they were a