The Sky at Night first broadcast date and the name being Latin for "The Sky at Night". In February 2007, the Royal Mail issued a set of six astronomy stamps to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the programme. In the "Guinness Book of World Records", Patrick Moore is listed as the most prolific TV presenter in the world, having hosted all but one episode of the programme between 1957 and January 2013. A DVD of the special commemorative "Sky at Night" film "Apollo 11: A Night to Remember" was released on 6 July 2009 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first man
Trapped in the Sky Trapped in the Sky "Trapped in the Sky" is the first episode of "Thunderbirds", a British 1960s Supermarionation television series. Written by co-creators Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, it was first broadcast on ATV Midlands on 30 September 1965. The plot revolves around criminal mastermind the Hood, who sabotages the nuclear-powered airliner "Fireflash" prior to her maiden flight. Unable to land for fear of detonating a motion-sensitive bomb, and threatened by radiation leaking from "Fireflash"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s overworked atomic reactor, the crew and passengers' only hope of survival is the newly formed International Rescue Organisation. While drafting the episode, the Andersons found inspiration