Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5 - Intro , Dominic Halpin & the Honey B's 

Gerry Anderson a man before his time, with fantastic imagination and producing shows without any of the technology available today. Major part of my childhood! Torchy the Battery boy, Tex and the Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds etc...genius!

Loved the show as an eight year old when it was broadcast in the USA. I even made my own model out of cardboard tubes!

I never missed Fireball XL5 Saturday mornings! I guess I am showing my age but we had great shows like this to grow on!

the scenes of XL5 in the blue sky and over the earth are breathtaking

I loved this song as a kid. My heart is still a fireball! 👍

In 1962/1963, I was there, just 10 yrs old. Can't love this performance any more than humanly possible! Thank you!

Very nicely done. Great lead vocals.

Very well done! Takes one back to a simpler, classier time, before humanity took the plunge. Delightful, fun video, and a great little song.

That was awesome! I'm an old Fireball xl5 fan, and I love seeing it updated this way. BTW, the guy with the cigarette inside the helmet was hilarious. I kept waiting for him to pass out.

This is absolutely inspired, though it dates me that it's part of my DNA. Completely brilliant - especially the smoking. Even puppets smoked in the early 1960s.

Wow!! That was a lot of fun!!!! Brings back great memories when I was a kid!!! Thank's Dominic!!!

It's been a decade (or 6) since this show captured my imagination. This song was always a favorite and you did it proud.

Ha ha ha. Very creative, and fantastic!

Thanks for bringing Fireball XL5 back to life!

I used to watch Fireball XL5 as a kid, what a feeling of nostalgia watching this. Well done! the whole thing is just great.

Great work. Song starts at 4.04

This is no Low Budget video. The sets, the models, the CGI, stage wardrobe of the band. And tastefully done to upgrade the original. Excellent work!

Bravo! Great idea and execution! Maybe do a version with the added last verse someday?

XL5 and Astroboy were my 2 favorites. can't believe you left off last verse of song! Only kids show song to have charted in the 60's

Only just seen this today...superb! Well done Sir. I recorded a version of this in Feb. this year - a homage to Joe Meek - & as soon as I saw you, the resemblance was uncanny! (anybody else notice this?). Really enjoyed seeing this

Haven't thought about this in a very long time, but last night I was remembering my time in England. My dad was in the US Air Force, was stationed to Lakenheath AFB in Oct. 1963. We lived in a flat in Newmarket, about 14 miles from the base. I was 12 at the time. We'd rented a TV and got to watch Fireball XL5 , the Woodentops and Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men. Those were so much fun. And here I found this site. :-)

I've watched this video many times, I'm 63 now but Fireball XL5 was my favourite programme when I was a kid , I fell in love with Venus when I was a little boy, she was one very attractive wooden puppet, well done Dominic Halpin & the Honey bees a fabulous rendition of one of my favourite songs and TV programmes from my childhood, on our 35th wedding anniversary I would love to be entertained by yourselves ( let me know of your prices ! ) Many Thanks, John Eaton, Weaverham, Cheshire

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Great job! I really enjoyed watching that! Fireball XL5 was my favorite TV show as a kid in the 60s.

I can't get enough of this video!!

I loved it, you did a wonderful job. Memories of a innocent time done in a wonderful way. Thanks

fireball xl5, with no strings attached

This is brilliant - well done everyone - Gerry Anderson would be proud! X

What can I say? Fantastic video! It took me back a long long way. Made an old man happy!!!

I play this solo live, it is always a big hit! Then I tell them to go find the show on RU-vid and your cover, Cheers!

Brilliantly put together, giving it that class and style of the early 60s.

Brilliant, used to love Fireball.

Wow! Fantastic FIREBALL XL5 was the first Space TV show I saw as a child As it was on ITV I had to go across the road to see it as our Telly could only receive BBC!

Fantastic job ! really enjoyed ! I grew up in the UK in the sixties and have always been a fan of Jerry Anderson! at 57 I still am!Really good to hear and see your take on this! Love it!

ha ha ha! Well done! I always love that song! since 50 years I guess

Absolutely FAB! Jamie Anderson and Anderson Entertainment need to hire you on mate!

What a fantastic dedication to the show you have there. The bar has been set so high, only the motion picture could top it, thanks Dom, and the guys, I'll keep an eye out for your gigs now for sure. Also a big hats off to Gerry Anderson, who dreamt up all the concepts, like separation, rocket sleds, and all his other works, etc. His work was so ahead of his time, Spielberg wouldn't know what hit him if another Gerry came around again at 20 years old.

Really superb work and the cover is nice. I like the little touches that pay homage to the Gerry Anderson program, like the (Steve) Zodiac Bar.

Posted 13 years ago. Fabulous modern-ish recreation.

I remember this i was 6 year old love this brings so much memories and the song nice to, tanks for this

so this is what Paul Morely does in his spare time!

that was great well played and sung, video is brilliant. well done

Awesome, you did a great tribute to the classic🚀 TV show. 😎👌

just found this gem ... great vid Dominic , the drummer smoking just cracked me up and the stick on home bargains led lights , lol brilliant!!!

Forking legendary!!

Well done! The movie Green Slime has a groovy theme song too.

Woe wish this could have been a full length reboot series

@SovereignStatesman well, near the beginning there's a shot of the full ship in a blue sky (1:48), then then forward end against an earth backdrop (1:56) , and also later there is Jr. flying over then into water (4:55). Gorgeous and fun.

wow, thanks for doing this and posting it, they should make an update of the olld series but follow in your footsteps. very well done. sweeet.

HI David, it's just something I made up, based on the Fireball Xl5 Track

Now that was creative! Haven’t heard song in years.

I'm pissing myself laughing at the in-depth discussion on the "Physics of Fireball XL5" Jesus, I thought *I* didn't get out enough!

Love this, great video remember watching XL5 😎🚀

Absolutely amazing video! I'd had this theme in my head for over 50 years and a few weeks ago found the original on youtube, then this week I found this. Thank you for a wonderful version, better than the original!!! You brought it back to life.

Excellent Fun.

Neat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheer brilliance. Made my day!

Gerry Anderson would be plased. i just started watching the episodes on youtube, and Dominic: you and your friends have done the series proud. whan my kids are old enough, i will introduce them to Fireball XL5, Supercar, Stingray, and Especially Thunderbirds. would like to see your band do a Thunderbirds video. maybe one of your dads could play Jeff Tracy?

Excellent! Thanks Dominic!

love it

Nicely done! How does the drummer breathe with all that smoke in his helmet?? The girl wearing glasses and the blue dress is super cute!

wow! this is amazing! i'm off to i-tunes for more dominic halpin and the honey b's.

Great fun and well done. What came first - wanting to do a Fireball XL5 tribute video or wanting to play the song ? PS. Like the bit with the bloke smoking inside his space helmet - reminds me of what it was like in pubs before the smoking ban.

Was a Fireball XL-5 fan as a kid, starting with Supercar. This was great. Thank you Dominic.

Very cool man you guys are great.

That was a lot of fun!

Love it!

Wouaw super le fun merci.

so you did this in 2011ish? i wonder how i'm just now finding it - excellent doesn't seem to be enough to say - it looks like you and the cast had fun - such a shame RU-vid doesn't have awards like THE RU-vid VIDEO AWARDS or some such thing - i'm sure you would have been the years favorite - thanks for making & posting this! :)

excellent

Oh how I wish they would remake this

Superb! I had this on a TV21 EP disc in the early '70's along with the Dr Who theme and the Captain Scarlet theme.

I love this!

the two finger spread at 2:10 to separate is a nice detail :)

Absolutely brilliant. XL5 is one of my earliet, happy, safe memories. And this is GREAT - but where is Venus? Hmmmmm

Very good ...sick...🤣🤣🤣

@SovereignStatesman in the original show Jr. goes underwater a few times, e.g. "XL5 to H2O", so I think they were giving that a tribute. But yeah, Jr. over the clouds (2:22) is beautiful. Some great work.

Who shot this? The graphics are fantastic! The quality is great

Great stuff

brill

I wish I could have been there. Love it all.

Before Rocketman...there was this song for little astronauts who dreamed.

Dominic, in enjoyed your video a lot ! I think, in the last 3-4 years, I did watch it 10 times ! great work !! you did put a lot of time in there, I am sure ! thanks !n

Brilliant.

Superrrrrrrrrt!

Great Fun

Marvellous! Well done.

Sean Pertwee owned this song.

Great video and quality audio. I am looking for the full four verse version - do you do that one also??

Is that Akai EWI 4000 I see there?....would love to have the sax music for this!...Great work, great video and great dancing First saw FXL5 Boxing Day 1962 age 6 ....still living the dream I'm still not a spaceman and I'll never reach the stars...its all imagination really

This is brilliant!!

Dominic, This is superb and a wonderful tribute to the original 1960's Fireball XL-5. :-) MICHAEL C. TURNER

superb

loved it thanks a whole bunch

This is inspired joy!

@SovereignStatesman well yeah, there are LOTS of tech inconsistencies btwn this music vid and the original show. But for me it doesn't take away from the aesthetic enjoyment.

Terrific job. Great update to a classic 60s programme.

Fantastique et quelle ambiance j'arrête plus de l'écouter, merci pour ce merveilleux moment de nostalgie de mes années d'innocence! Fabuleusement reprit et tu a un super style, j'aimerais tant qu'on aie plus de cette époque. Not sure if you understand French but this was fabulous.

@domh333 It's just excellent the way it is. Thank you.

Stunning, Thank You :0)