Currently there is a new series of Terrahawks in co-production between Anderson Entertainment, the creators of Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Stingray the list goes on and on, along with Big Finish Productions Ltd, who are award winners for their audio productions of Doctor Who along with other productions of Blakes 7, The Avengers and the up and coming The Prisoner [more news here]. Just announced for this latest series of Terrahawks are two cast members were art will be imitating life.
Nicholas Parsons will be stepping out of retirement, famous for the hosting the gameshow “Sale of the Century” for a guest appearance with his ex-wife, Denise Bryer (famous for her role as Zelda, Queen of the planet Guk).
Nicholas once played Sheriff Tex Tucker in the puppet Western ‘Four Feather Falls’ some 56 years back for Anderson Entertainment and this will be the first time Denise Bryer, who also played several characters in Four Feather Falls, has worked alongside her ex-husband since 1959.
In Terrahawks, Nicholas will be playing Nickel-plate Starsons, the evil android game show host of Sale of the Galaxy, this macarabe show will feature rounds including the Wheel of Misfortune, Out on a Limb, and Just a Minute (to Live). Zelda is invited to play his game show, during which we discover that Nickel-plate was an old flame of Zelda’s who was also once her ex-husband!
Other stories in the new Terrahawks series will include: The Trouble with Toy Boys, Count Anaconda’s Magnificent Flying Circus, Lights Camera Disaster, and the free-to-download bonus episode Vile, starring Richard James as Jeremy Vile.
Richard James (who played Officer Orrin in Space Precinct) has come back to record Vile, which was adapted from the Terrahawks Live sessions at Andercon in 2015. The series stars Denise Bryer, Jeremy Hitchen, Robbie Stevens and Beth Chalmers, and is produced and directed by Jamie Anderson. Writers this season include Chris Dale, Stephen La Riviere, Andrew T Smith, Terry Adlam and David Hirsch.
Terrahawks – Volume Two is expected to arrive – over at Big Finish – in April 2016 and you can pre-order it here. A limited number of Terrahawks – Volume One, including free PDFs of genuine, historical promotional artwork and literature from the original TV series, is still available from the Big Finish website here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=3AMx7tPsXgQ
Originally published December 8, 2015. Updated November 29, 2022.
