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"Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson has claimed that ITV is blocking his plans to resurrect the show. The 80-year-old TV producer is believed to have been in negotiations with the broadcaster, which owns the rights to the programme, for more than three years - but none of the talks have come to fruition. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s madness. Everyone loves Thunderbirds - the bloody audience is out there waiting,&amp;quot; Anderson told the Daily Mail. &amp;quot;What the hell is the matter with these people that they won&amp;#039;t let me make it? &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s beyond my understanding. Is it ageism? I even said I&amp;#039;d raise the money myself, for God&amp;#039;s sake. I don&amp;#039;t want you to think I&amp;#039;m over-emotional, but being able to remake Thunderbirds is the most important thing in my life.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d keep the same characters, the same principles - good overcoming evil - but new machines, new places of concealment, new ways of rescuing people and it&amp;#039;d all be computer-generated. &amp;quot;Just imagine. It&amp;#039;d be so nice if the team could actually walk and pick things up and open and close their mouths properly.&amp;quot; Anderson also revealed that he was shocked by the quality of the 2004 movie remake, describing it as &amp;quot;utter c**p&amp;quot;. Thunderbirds originally aired in the mid-1960s for two series and is frequently repeated on TV networks around the world. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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