Supercar (TV series) Supercar (TV series) Supercar was a children's TV show produced by Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis' AP Films for ATV and ITC Entertainment. Thirty-nine episodes were produced between 1961 and 1962, and it was Anderson's first half-hour series. In the UK it was seen on ITV and in the US in syndication (the first Anderson series to be shown overseas) debuting in January 1962. The series uses Supermarionation, based on the complex and difficult Czech style of marionette puppetry. The creation of the show was credited to Gerry Anderson and Reg Hill, but it incorporates elements of "Beaker's Bureau", a
Stingray (1964 TV series) switch to colour filming was intended to increase the series' chances of being bought by a network in the United States, where colour TV broadcasts were already common. Sets were re-painted after NBC supplied APF with a list of colours believed to cause problems such as flaring or bleeding; according to Anderson, this was unnecessary because if filmed in Eastmancolour, a set "would appear on screen exactly as you had painted it." Nevertheless, some colours were avoided as they did not come out well in black and white. During the production of "Stingray", APF became the largest consumer of colour