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
Captain Ultra (TV series) "Akakage" and "Giant Robo" (better known in the US as "Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot"). Some Japanese fans also compare the looks of Captain Ultra to that of Captain Scarlet, the title hero of Sylvia and Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation series, "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (which had been shown in Japan around the same time and was very popular). Captain Ultra (TV series) This series is based very loosely on "Captain Future", the pulp science fiction saga created by the influential Edmond Hamilton. This was not the only time his work was adapted in Japan: "Captain Future" was officially