Fireball XL5: Season 1 Episode 1: Planet 46 | Full Episode 

I’m 63 and this theme song has been stuck in my head since I was a kid. I’m thrilled to find this. !

I was top kid in first grade in 1966 with my Fireball XL 5 lunch box. Life was good then. Even my teacher was impressed.

The Andersons and Company were creative geniuses. Period.

I'm so excited to find these online. My friends thought I was crazy or dreamed this show up lol. I kept saying I remembered this show as a kid. I LOVED it. So cool to see it again!

Strange, it was so long ago, yet as soon as I saw this I was six years old again. The definition and sound are amazing. I too had a toy spaceship and I love the retro futuristic designs. Robert the robot is a classic! All done without computer technology. Corny but endearing, reminds me of simpler times.

Original air date 28 October 1962. Uploaded by Shout! Factory April 5, 2021. Thank you, Shout! Factory. Good times, good times. I was 8 and thought the world was wonderful.

I haven’t seen this series in over sixty years. It was one of my favourite shows.

After over sixty years that was a good walk down memory lane ! thanks to all involved !😀

I was 8 years old in 1962 and loved watching it ❤💯💢💥💫

Man that's a dim memory brought to life again. Only now I can appreciate the sheer weirdness, the period cliches, and the early sixties space age aesthetic in the design. It's a real artifact of its times, and still fun too. Thanks.

Man does this take me,back to happier times a kid I was 5 years old when this show came out. The world would be a better place if times were like this again I can watch these and forget everything.

I was 3yrs old when I started watching this great kid show , I was really moved when I found this

My eyes today can’t believe how much I loved this show back then! Fireball XL5 was the bomb! I don’t recall what time it came on but I bet I knew then LOL…what great memories

Watched this episode recently on Talking Pictures TV, when the end credits came up along with the theme tune I was overcome with emotion. Took me right back to my granddad’s parlour where he used to let me watch it all those years ago, I’m 63 now and it seemed like yesterday.

Used to love this as a kid before i grew up and the dreams of a future stopped 😢

One of the greatest intros of music of all time. Stuck in my head for decades until RU-vid came along and I found it again. Scary good show for its time back in the 60s

My favorite TV series in my childhood! So happy to find this episode here and to see again the characters! Thanks for it!

They say Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. I dont agree, I absolutely loved this as a kid, as well as Stingray, Space Patrol, Thundetbirds etc etc . Watching this, I'm 8yrs old again.😅

This was cutting edge stuff in 1962!!! The space program was just taking off, James Bond in “Dr. No” was a hit! Bonanza & Laramie were on TV! I was only 7 but I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to be an astronaut, a “double naught” spy or a cowboy.

Note: In 1963 on a black and white set of that era, you could not see the strings.

I remember as a kid racing home to watch Fireball XL5. When I arrived my dad was watching a film on the other channel and I did not get to see it. I must have been really annoyed for that memory to be still with me about 6 decades later. 🙂 Great video - thanks.

I remember watching this after junior school at a friends house. We didn't get a tv until 1962. The best episode i ever remembered was they walked through some zig-zag doors, followed by some alien robots that got crushed. I am amazed, i joined in with the song at the end all the hairs stood up on my arms and i am 68.

I had a model of the rocket as a kid. What a prized possession. Great series. 😮

For the early 60s and considering the technology, this show looks damn good!

Love that take off run. Venus really kept me glued to the tube.

CGI doesn't come close to the technical marvels I was watching as a kid. Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds were space dramas light years before their time!

Holy Cow, I watched SO MUCH OF THIS and The Thunderbirds when I was kid...LOVED IT!

This show along with Supercar stared my lifelong interest in science fiction.

I have not seen one of this show since the 60s showings (NYC). So happy to hear the excellent closing credits song!

First thing l remember watching on TV as a 4 or 5 year old. Ya... I'm old. heh.

Man, 30 seconds in I was sold, this is awesome, was born in '65 so I don't remember the series. The 60s had some great childrens programming. RU-vid comes through again.

It's like I was 5 years old again 🥲 Thanks for the memories ❤🇨🇦

I was only 5 when this came out. Loved it as a kid. Used to run around school with my friends playing Steve and Robbie. I can still sing the words to the closing credits. Loved Robbie's cockney accent.

Thank you so much for this. It was my favorite show as a child.

Wow , this brings back a few memories , as Bob Mortimer would say " fingerprints on an abandoned handrail" loved this show and the quality of the picture is great .

OMG!! THIS was my childhood!! I had a Fireball XL-5 full-size toy, when I was a kid and that was my go-to plaything!

Wonderful memories of Sunday afternoons! That haunting song at the end never grows stale...

I LOVED THIS when I a little kid!!! 😆What a Flashback! Thanks for the Memories ✌️

I still love the shape of that craft. As a kid I tried to make a LEGO spaceship that had the same attributes. Actually, I liked the shape of most of the Anderson crafts. We used to joke about all those launch platforms piled up behind that hill.

Great to see Venus doing lunch and coffee. These were great in the 60's thanks for posting. Steve Zodiac Huh - Professor Matthew Matic - wow.

I was 6 in 62. Liked this and the others Andersen put out. Supercar, Stingray, Fabulous TBiirds👍

Fantastic series. I have all the episodes on VHS tape. Another good show was 'Space Patrol', also a marionette show and even harder to find than Fireball XL5.

At last I found the very first kids animated show in my life ...I was searching for it , since I found youtube...Thanks for uploading

It was the end credits song that brought it all back, it must have been nearly 60 years since this series inspired me.

Absolute favorite show of my brother and I in the early 60’s. Still love the music

I know this series is from 60s but it used to get aired in India in early 80s. Watched it as a Kid and loved the title song even though couldn't understand English then.

Great to hear that theme again! Loved it then, love it now. And the rest of the show was good, too! Great quality!

This was the only Gerry Anderson series to have been broadcast in the United States on a major broadcast network (NBC-TV between1963 and 1965 on Saturday mornings). All of Anderson's other TV series aired in the United States through syndication to individual TV stations.

I was only 3 years old when this came out and I remember it fondly.. I even had the toy spaceship

Absolute classic. It's the reason my childhood interest was fired by all things cosmic.

For a little puppet show in the 60s, that was surprisingly enjoyable and the effects didn't even take away from it. They actually looked good.

My younger brother and I were glued to the T.V. when this show came on. I went nuts when a classmate of mine in 2nd grade came to school with a Fireball XL5 lunchbox.

Watched this show when I was a kid. Wow, the quality of these Shout videos are amazing.

This brings back wonderful carefree memories of childhood. I loved this show. It’s great to find it again after 60 years and still loving it

Fireball XL5, thunderbirds, Joe 90. Stingray, Capt Scarlet. The Andersons gave us so much enjoyment as kids all those years ago.

I'm 71, i haven't seen this since i was a kid, still love the escapism.

Saw comments about Fireball while watching Thunderbirds. Found this vid. Awesome stuff!

So happy to find this. I loved this show sixty years ago. Fantastic image and sound quality. Thank you for posting it.

I’m 65 and watched this as a kid. One Christmas I got the extensive play set with all the molded figurines and vehicles

I remember watching this as a kid in the 1960s. ,👍🏻 🍿

"FIREBALL XL5" WAS A BRITISH PRODUCED SCIENCE FICTION TELEVISION PROGRAM SET IN THE YEAR 2062 FOR CHILDREN IN THE EARLY 1960'S THAT HAD 39 HALF-HOUR EPISODES WHICH RAN FROM OCTOBER 28 , 1962 TO OCTOBER 27, 1963 . THIS WAS NOT A CARTOON BUT A "SUPERMARIONATION" SHOW USING ELECTRONIC MARIONETTES . ALL EPISODES WERE ORIGINALLY FILMED IN BLACK AND WHITE .

My childhood memories👌👌

Fireball sung by Don Spencer. I wish I was a spaceman the fastest guy alive I'd fly you 'round the universe in Fireball XL5. Way out in space together, conquerors of the sky. My heart would be a fireball, a fireball Every time I gazed into your starry eyes. We'd take the path to Jupiter and maybe very soon we'd cruise along the milky way and land upon the moon. To a wonderland of stardust we'd zoom our way to Mars. My heart would be a fireball, a fireball 'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars. But though I'm not a spaceman, famous and renowned I'm just a guy that's down to earth with both feet on the ground. It's all imagination, I'll never reach the stars. My heart is still a fireball, a fireball Everytime I gaze into your starry eyes. Fireball, fireball Everytime I gaze into your starry eyes. Fireball, fireball Everytime I gaze into your starry eyes✝️

What a blast from the past. I remember Playing with these toys while watching the program on Saturday morning.

Im 63 now. Loved this as a kid. Had a toy of fireball xl5

I loved this show. I watched it on my black & white TV when I was growing up in Los Angeles. It brought tears to my eye's seeing it again 🥲. Thank You from the bottom of my heart. ❤

No computer animation no blue screen no artificial intelligence. Such great detail and craftsmanship.

Steve Zodiac... wowzers, what a guy!

so much fun to watch huge gerry anderson fan thanks for uploading this episode shout factory

So glad I found this finally!! I couldn't remember the name of it, but I loved it at 9 yrs old!!!

This is unbelievable!!!! 🤩. I used to see this in the 1980s on Doordarshan TV channel, India. Was my favorite after school pass time!! 😁🐨🐼🐹. 6-6-2023. The other one was Giant Robot which I think was of Japanese origin.

I purposely chose afternoon kindergarten so I could watch this puppet cartoon every morning! It's been a memory for these past 62 years and just pops up on RU-vid this morning. Wow!

They have just started putting these on talking Tv on a safe afternoon brings back so many memories

Finding this is brilliant I am 65 this year and I loved watching this as a kid along with thunderbirds etc

I never knew this show, only the more famous Thunderbirds and Stingray. This has lots of Space 1999 vibes (or perhaps should I say the other way around) and I like it.

Im so pleased growing up is optional. I opt to not grow up. Watching this and finding i still love it is so encouraging !!! 💘

Used to watch this series when I was a kid. Probably in 70s. Now I am 54. Loved it then so much. Used to get transported into their space world in my imagination while watching it. That title song was my fav. ❤from India 🥰🤩

Ah, those Saturday mornings back in the 60s..... a bowl of cereal and the XL5 gang.

This takes me back a lot of years. I haven't seen it since I was around 5 and I'm 64 now. It wasn't the first Anderson puppet show. That was Supercar. But that is before my time. 'On our way 'ome!'

Me vacilaba un montón con esta serie y me recuerda mi edad de 5 años Espectacular el XL5 ,soy de LimacPerú.

I agree with all the others, I'm 67 and have always had foggy memories of playing with the XL5 toy ship and bit's of the show... I also wondered most of my life what happened to the show.. Then I saw the beginning of this episode with the Hoverjet's on "That thing you do" and it confirmed that my memories hadn't failed me! I LOVE the art form and these were done so well... the craftsmanship was so impressieve it is just a joy to watch! OK, maybe a little Corny now, but still a total pleasuer to relive the memories in the past... It fuled my interest in this medium that when I had my recording studio I was given the opertunity to do the entire soundtrack for a stop motion short in the 90's I jumped at the chance, It's here on youTube and is called It's a true stop motion and great story, so if you enjoy these marionette works of art please feel free to check it out, you wound be disappointed!

The creative process was painstaking - no CGI back in the day!

One of my most favorite shows and the best toy spaceship.

I loved getting home from school to watch this, just showed it to my grandson and he laughed his head off, couple minutes later he's still watching it! 🤣

I am 47 and loved this one!... its been long long ago ! Thank you !

STARTED ON TALKING PICTURES (CHANNEL 445 on virgin, but on freeview as well) on 3.6.2023 at 2.35pm! whole series/all episodes! :) I watched it when I was a kid around 1960 ! lovely stuff!

Great production values, quality show.

This was shown on TV the year before I was born 😊 Managed to see a few when they were shown in the 80's I think. Good fun 😊

"Look Venus, a door. This can only mean one thing". Love the dialogue.

I'm getting up there but I remember this show well. Thanks for jarring the memories.

The coolest opening of any TV show ever. Sled rockets to space!! I'd love learn about the prop and set making. The marionettes - meh - who cares? But those sets? The rocket blasts.

The real start of the Gerry Anderson world, with all due respect to Torchy the Battery Boy, Four Feather Falls and Supercar. This was the first time to see global organisations, uniforms and ranks, buildings and of course the amazing machines, which became the model for XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds.

I'm picturing all these 60 yr olds with tears in their eyes as they sing along to the theme tune as the credits roll on happier days a lifetime ago.

For 60 years I have made the observation that Dr. Venus looks and sounds stoned.

Amazingly clean video for thr early 1960s tv.

Early 60’s tv….as a kid born in 57’…was AWESOME….including this amazing show. Either PF Flyers or Red Ball Jets commercials the only interruption

Impressive show, I use to watch this show when I was a first grade, (1966), you could see the threads, that make impressive how they can move it so well

All the puppets you ever need and no strings attached.

Captain Scarlet, Stingray, all the genius of Sylvia (and Gerry) Anderson. SuperMarionation

I love it that, in the opening credits, they give Steve Zodiac star billing like he was a real actor.