The Making of Captain Scarlet | Documentary

Interviewing both cast and crew, this comprehensive documentary tells the story of how Captain Scarlet was brought to life, from Gerry himself to the special effects with Derek Meddings, the voice artists and the episode directors.

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[Brooman]

Still watching all episodes. I'm 67 years old and proud 👏

[richardmattocks]

I’ve always thought that while Thunderbirds is more “wow”, Captain Scarlet is the moment that all the technology and skills of Gerry and his team shone the brightest. Everything coalesced with everyone at the top of their game. The puppets looked amazing, the effects off the scale and stories had a real edge.

[filthism]

As an American I never seen or heard of these great shows and movies and I just randomly stumbled upon them two days ago and I've watched nothing but for the past two days and I can get enough of Gerry Andersons work completely amazing. I'm definitely a new huge fan!

[jackbassindale]

I’m 23 and I’m so happy my dad introduced me to these wonderful works of art. Still one of the finest works of science-fiction ever to grace the screen, and by far one of the most criminally underrated

[CarlB_]

Watching this made me so happy. I was in awe of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet as a young child and it amazes me that I can watch them now, aged 60, with a new kind of awe - an appreciation of just how brilliantly made the series were. Gerry may not have wanted to be making shows with puppets, but the shows he created have fired the imaginations of generations of children, and will continue to do so for many more generations to come.

[sculptureshard]

I'm a sculptor and 70 now, yet I still look at life though the eyes of an artist, in terms of shape, colour, form and movement. I remember being highly influenced as a child by Gerry's early productions, all of which created my love of marionettes. As I grew, I would carve my own versions of Mike Mercury and Steve Zodiac out of wood, sew the costumers myself on my mother's sewing machine, and create hair out of cotton, then spend hours playing with them in my private world in the garden; many of the puppets ending up on parachutes etc. I could not be drawn away from the screen when Thunderbirds aired, and I was 15 when Scarlet began to air. I was hooked, as the puppets were so life-like and proportionally correct. I knew then I wanted to create puppets for a living, and wrote to Gerry sending a drawing. He responded, his letter and accompanying pamphlet subsequently stolen by a family member, but I sent two of my own carved creations via post; they never arrived, intercepted I think by someone in Royal Mail. That's life I guess, and life got in the way, a civil war, marriage, children and finally an extension of my art as a technician in the field of prosthetics and orthotics.Had those puppets arrived, who knows where I would be now and where life would have led. Great production, thank you.

[cardboard]

the fact that I'm 14 and I was born 40 years after this was aired and I love it, shows how timeless these shows are

[iansands]

I'm 64 now so I grew up watching Supercar, Stingray, Thunderbirds etc, but my favourite will always be Captain Scarlet. I'm still a Gerry Anderson fan to this day, when you look at the special effects they created for these shows back then they're amazing even now. Thankyou to Gerry and his team for some great childhood memories.

[folginator]

Still think this was the best of Gerry’s shows.

[leokimvideo]

Benzoyl Peroxide miniature fireball explosions, Derek Meddings is my hero. What a genius in special effects design and photography

[Fontsman]

Captain Scarlet was the apex. Dark, intriguing and atmospheric. I still love this series to this day!

[ufoclips]

Captain Scarlet really is indestructable and timeless.

[onlyme]

Truly moving art, it was magical to me as a kid and still is today at 57

[SaturnCanuck]

SPV and the Angel Interceptor -- two of Gerry Anderson's and Derek Meddings' best designs ever!

[spink]

This was one of my most favorite series as a kid, a teen, and still is to this day! It was so far ahead of its time, literally and figuratively; like bugs bunny, your kids could watch it and miss all the adult themes. Captain Scarlet, even today, is so watchable and will still have you waiting to see how it all turns out!

[cmartin_ok]

Takes me back to my childhood (I'm another one commenting who's now in his 60's); Gerry Anderson was a genius. Not only were the programmes entertaining but if you look, for example, at Thunderbirds, he predicted wireless technology, video phonecalls and smartwatches 50 years or so before they came to exist, plenty of other examples of things he foresaw - wonder if he ever thought that they would become commonplace? It's believed that the entire UK special effects industry spun off from Thunderbirds. An amazing man whose legacy will surely live on for many more decades

[simonm]

Francis Matthews came to our school to judge a drama competition (he was a former pupil) at the height of his fame as Paul Temple. Charming man who answered all our excited questions about Captain Scarlet. A couple of years later another Gerry Anderson actor also visited, Michael Billington - Colonel Paul Foster from UFO. Looking at these amazing documentaries now, I feel really privileged to have got to meet such two great actors from two of the most famous series ever made for television.

[Cotictimmy]

I'm 62 years old now (in 2023) and I still remember watching Captain Scarlet as a child and loving it.

[cesarvidelac]

Here in Chile the show was aired around 1977 to 1979, if I remember well. We were lucky to watch The Thinderbirds, Joe 90 and Captain Scarlett. I was around 6 years old when they started broadcasting Thunderbirds but my parents and in general adults of the time were impressed by the series and they remembered the series for a long time after they stop airing it. Unfortunately it seems that here not so many people still remembers this series, at least here in Chile. I was a technical drafter in architecture and topography, when I was a kid and this series was airing I spent hours drawing aircraft and vehicles from this shows and, of course, creating my own designs. Thanks for sharing this, my eternal gratitude to your father.

[johnpoolton]

I'm 60 years of age, and I'm also still watching captain Scarlet & proud
You cannot Beat this classic LOVE IT TO BITS ❤