Reg Hill 1950s. Hill worked in all things artistic, from set and puppet design to special effects. This collaboration ended, and the production of new programs commenced, with "Four Feather Falls", a Western featuring the voice of Nicholas Parsons as Sheriff Tex Tucker. During these early years, Hill was also involved in producing Anderson's low-budget film, "Crossroads to Crime" (1960). In 1962, AP Films was bought by Associated Television director Lew Grade, and in 1966 was renamed "Century 21 Productions". It would subsequently become "Group 3 Productions" in 1972 (named after its three founders: Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson, and Hill), and "Gerry
Supermarionation live action and Supermarionation, using footage of live actors from a distance to depict driving, walking, etc. In 1973, Gerry Anderson produced a pilot episode for another Supermarionation/live-action hybrid entitled "The Investigator" but was displeased with the results, so no series resulted. This is the last known occasion in which a full Supermarionation production was mounted. Supermarionation techniques were recreated and employed during the production of "Filmed in Supermarionation", a 2014 documentary that told the behind the scenes story of the films and television series produced by AP Films. In 1983, Gerry Anderson returned to puppetry with the science-fiction TV