Disasters Emergency Committee a total of £107 million. On 22 January 2009, the BBC declined a request from the DEC to screen an appeal to raise money to aid relief efforts for victims of conflict in the Gaza Strip. This decision was the object of considerable controversy within the BBC as it is the only time the BBC is known to have refused such a request from the DEC; the 2009 Gaza appeal in question was screened by Channel 4 and ITV and raised £8.3m. Since then, the BBC has broadcast other DEC aid appeals for people in Gaza, without similar controversy. The
Trapped in the Sky of scenes and subplots. Well received on its first broadcast, "Trapped in the Sky" remains critically acclaimed and is generally considered to be one of the best episodes of the series. It was adapted for audio by Century 21 Records in 1966, transmitted on BBC Radio in revised form in 1990, and had its first TV network broadcast on BBC Two in 1991. In 2015, "Trapped in the Sky" was remade as "Fireflash", the fifth episode of the CGI reboot "Thunderbirds Are Go". Criminal mastermind the Hood (voiced by Ray Barrett) is telepathically linked to his half-brother, Kyrano (David Graham),