About

Known credits:
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Birthday:
1936-12-10
Place of birth:
Colchester, Essex, UK
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Alan Fennell

Overview

Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines TV Century 21 and Look-in.

Fennell wrote episodes of Fireball XL5 and Stingray and more than ten episodes of Thunderbirds including "30 Minutes After Noon". He also wrote for many comic strip adaptations and was the first editor of TV Century 21. Between himself and Dennis Spooner they wrote 36 episodes of Stingray. He also wrote a number of books, including a novelisation of the film Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) and two original novels based on the TV series Freewheelers published in 1972 by Piccolo/TV Times, entitled Freewheelers - Sign of the Beaver and Freewheelers - The Spy Game.

Known for

Writing
2025 Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City Writing Writer 58
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2022 Thunderbirds 55/GOGO Writing Teleplay N/A
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2016 HD21 The Worlds of Gerry Anderson in High Definition Writing Writer N/A
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1982 Countdown to Disaster Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Thunderbirds in Outer Space Writing Writer N/A
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1981 Invaders from the Deep Writing Writer 58
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1980 The Incredible Voyage of Stingray Writing Writer 58
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1965 Thunderbirds: Terror In New York City Writing Writer N/A
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