TV Century 21 material associated with Anderson's work. In 1965, the Supermarionation TV series "Stingray" (1964 – 65), which followed the underwater adventures of Troy Tempest and the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP), was given with its own comic. The first issue of "TV Century 21" was published on 23 January 1965, capitalising on the popularity of the latest Gerry Anderson-produced TV series. In contrast with "TV Comic", which was a traditional strip comic, "TV Century 21" was conceived as a newspaper for children with a front page containing "Stop press"-style news items and photographs. Although production on "Supercar" (1961 – 62) and
Gerry Anderson made as an affectionate "Thunderbirds" pastiche (with Anderson co-producing), and by Lady Penelope and Parker appearing in a successful series of UK advertisements for Swinton Insurance. In 1991 Gerry asked journalist and author Simon Archer to write his biography, following an interview by the latter for a series of articles for "Century 21" magazine. In September that year in the UK, BBC2 began a repeat showing of "Thunderbirds", which rivalled the success of its original run a generation before. This was also surprisingly the series' network television premiere, having never been shown nationally by ITV. It became so popular in