Fanderson
{{Short description|Appreciation society}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox organization
| image = Fanderson.jpg
| formation = {{Start date|1981|08|20|df=y}}
| type = Not-for-profit
| purpose = Official appreciation society for the works of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson
| location = United Kingdom
| products = Members-only magazine and merchandise; events and services
| leader_title = Chairman
| leader_name = Nick Williams (since 2007)
| key_people = Gerry Anderson (honorary president)
| website = {{URL|www.fanderson.org.uk}}
}}
Fanderson is the official appreciation society for the works of British film and television producers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Based in the United Kingdom, but with an international membership, it is a not-for-profit organisation run by a small committee of volunteers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fanderson.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=446|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019090321/http://www.fanderson.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=446|archive-date=19 October 2014|title=Fanderson FAQs|website=fanderson.org.uk|url-status=dead}}
The club is endorsed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, ITC Entertainment Group, The Indestructible Production Company, Anderson Entertainment and the family of Sylvia Anderson.
Activities
The club was formed on 20 August 1981 at a meeting convened by ITC and Gerry Anderson. Previously, ITC had supported the various clubs and societies that followed Anderson's work; in 1981, it requested that these groups merge and, in exchange, promised to give its full backing (except financial support) to the new organisation.
In the early 1990s, the club had approximately 1,600 members.Supermarionation Classics, p. 284. By 1996, it had about 2,000.{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/50-years-and-counting-1312086.html|title=50 Years and Counting|author=Nelson, Sue|author-link=Sue Nelson|date=30 August 1996|newspaper=The Independent|publisher=Independent Print|location=London, UK|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423235343/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/50-years-and-counting-1312086.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|url-status=live}} Anderson was the club's honorary president until his death in 2012.
Paid members receive a subscription to the club magazine, FAB{{Cite web|url=https://downthetubes.net/tag/fanderson/|first=John|last=Freeman|author-link=John Freeman (editor)|website=downthetubes.net|access-date=8 January 2025|title=Fanderson|year=2022}} (which is published three times a year – usually in March, July and November), as well as access to exclusive merchandise such as books, DVDs and soundtrack CDs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sci-fi-online.com/00_revs/r2009/music/09-05-07_stingray.html|title=Stingray: Original Television Soundtrack – Soundtrack Review|last1=Clark|first1=Anthony|work=sci-fi-online.com|year=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027043633/http://www.sci-fi-online.com/00_revs/r2009/music/09-05-07_stingray.html|archive-date=27 October 2014|url-status=live|access-date=17 October 2020}}Supermarionation Classics, p. 188. The club has also held conventions featuring guest appearances by actors and crew from the Anderson productions.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.starburstmagazine.com/issues/starburstissue156.pdf|title=Fantasia|author=Clark, Stuart|date=August 1991|journal=Starburst|volume=13|issue=12|publisher=Visual Imagination|location=London, UK|editor=Payne, Stephen|issn=0955-114X|page=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225212327/http://www.starburstmagazine.com/issues/StarburstIssue156.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3619953/Wilson-talked-of-technology-and-along-came-Thunderbirds.html|title=Wilson talked of technology – and along came Thunderbirds|author=White, Jim|author-link=Jim White (journalist)|date=26 September 2005|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London, UK|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423234710/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3619953/Wilson-talked-of-technology-and-along-came-Thunderbirds.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/121899/fanderson-convention-celebrates-50-years-of-captain-scarlet.html|title=Fanderson Convention Celebrates 50 Years of Captain Scarlet|first1=Tara|last1=O'Connor|date=2 October 2017|newspaper=Maidenhead Advertiser|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018222323/https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/maidenhead/121899/fanderson-convention-celebrates-50-years-of-captain-scarlet.html|archive-date=18 October 2020|url-status=live|access-date=18 October 2020}}
In March 2014, the club severed ties with production company Anderson Entertainment (run by Anderson's widow, Mary, and their son, Jamie), stating, among other claims, that it was pursuing a "commercial agenda that is at odds with Fanderson".{{Cite web|url=http://fanderson.org.uk/gerryandersonnews/2014/03/letter-from-nick-williams-fandersons-relationship-with-anderson-entertainment/|title=Chairman's Letter: Fanderson's Relationship with Anderson Entertainment|author=Williams, Nick|date=24 March 2014|work=fanderson.org.uk|location=Bradford, UK|access-date=27 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026223631/http://fanderson.org.uk/gerryandersonnews/2014/03/letter-from-nick-williams-fandersons-relationship-with-anderson-entertainment/|archive-date=26 October 2014|url-status=live}} Anderson Entertainment called the allegations "demonstrably false".{{Cite web|url=http://www.anderson-entertainment.co.uk/response-fandersons-open-letter/|title=Response to Fanderson's Open Letter|date=26 March 2014|website=anderson-entertainment.co.uk|access-date=17 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330080453/http://www.anderson-entertainment.co.uk/response-fandersons-open-letter/|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=live}}
References
{{Reflist}}
=Works cited=
- {{Cite book | last1 = Rogers | first1 = Dave | last2 = Marriott | first2 = John | last3 = Drake | first3 = Chris | last4 = Bassett | first4 = Graeme | title = Supermarionation Classics: Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | year = 1993 | publisher = Boxtree | location = London, UK | isbn = 978-1-85283-900-0}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.fanderson.org.uk}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141026220216/http://www.thenicerooms.com/room-6 Interview with Ian Fryer]}}, Fanderson committee member
- {{discogs label|Fanderson}}
{{Gerry Anderson}}
Category:1981 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom
Category:Organisations based in Bradford