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Yep - they were mainly shot on 35mm film and made in colour for the US market, and shown in B&W in the UK until colour outlets were available.
ISTR that ATV may also have had a 525 NTSC/625 PAL switchable operation at one point in at least one of their studios?
Of course, Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson Supermarionation shows were ITC productions.
ITC was wholly owned by ATV, and Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds were all (nominally) "comissioned by" ATV (hence the presence of the eye in the closing sequence) - this was a workaround and counted towards the small amount of independent commissions ATV were supposed to be making. The ITA told them it wasn't on, and so from Captain Scarlet onwards the productions were commissioned by ITC New York, and then counted as "imports".
Weren't ATV making quite a lot of colour productions from the mid-60s onwards, through their international arm ITC?
Yep - they were mainly shot on 35mm film and made in colour for the US market, and shown in B&W in the UK until colour outlets were available.
ISTR that ATV may also have had a 525 NTSC/625 PAL switchable operation at one point in at least one of their studios?
ITC was wholly owned by ATV, and Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds were all (nominally) "comissioned by" ATV (hence the presence of the eye in the closing sequence) - this was a workaround and counted towards the small amount of independent commissions ATV were supposed to be making. The ITA told them it wasn't on, and so from Captain Scarlet onwards the productions were commissioned by ITC New York, and then counted as "imports".