Director

Alan Fennell

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1220963

IMDb ID: nm0271892

Known for: Writing

Born: December 10, 1936

Died: December 10, 2001

Age: 65

Place of birth: Colchester, Essex, UK

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2025

Years active: 64

Average TMDB rating: 7.42

Wikidata: Q4706607

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Biography

Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines TV Century 21 and Look-in. Fennell wrote episodes of Fireball XL5 and Stingray and more than ten episodes of Thunderbirds including "30 Minutes After Noon". He also wrote for many comic strip adaptations and was the first editor of TV Century 21. Between himself and Dennis Spooner they wrote 36 episodes of Stingray. He also wrote a number of books, including a novelisation of the film Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) and two original novels based on the TV series Freewheelers published in 1972 by Piccolo/TV Times, entitled Freewheelers - Sign of the Beaver and Freewheelers - The Spy Game.

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