Thunderbirds (TV Series) Give or Take a Million (1966) User Reviews

10/10

[Marqymarquis · 10/10 · 12 April 2017]

Oh the fun Gerry Anderson must have had in getting this episode aired - throughout the vault break in sequence there is displayed a case marked CUN -7; and another marked PUS - M. A totally delicious subversion of form - Bunuel and Felliini had to adjust their parameters based on this sublime essay. T'Birds was always a thousand years ahead of its time - and the best bit is that the story revolves around charity, love, and Brains creating snow on a tropical island on a Sunday on Christmas Day. Maximum points.

Goes out with a whimper instead of a bang

[rt-ingram · 2/10 · 8 December 2017]

Give Or Take A Million ends the original series of Thunderbirds with a whimper instead of a bang. The episode has none of the redeeming qualities that made the show so great; once again, the Tracy's allow a young boy on to the island, the story has no excitement, it's all told in flashback (which I'm not a fan of personally), and, the biggest sin of all, there is no rescue mission. The final scenes where Brains makes Tracy Island snow are charming enough, however, the episode would have been so much better if it contained the series' usual elements, and that would have made it more enjoyable.

A real shame.

Very Good Christmas Special from the Year 1966

[rebeccaajclarke · 9/10 · 16 December 2022]

I find this Christmas Special is very Good, Because it is very Festive, It's about The Tracey Family, Brains, Tintin Kyrano and Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward are Celebrating Christmas at Tracey Island, Pacific Ocean, The one-off Child Character is Nicky, Like Barry Byrne from Stingray, Nicky was voiced by the late Sylvia Anderson, The main Antagonists are the pair of Bank Robbers are called Scobie and Straker, They are very similar to Kline and Mason from Joe 90, Harry and Marv from Home Alone and Sly and Gobbo from Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Like Stingray in A Christmas To Remember (1964) and Joe 90 in The Unorthodox Shepherd (1968), Thunderbirds in Give Or Take A Million (1966) is a very good Christmas Special for the Gerry Anderson Fans, I'm Giving This a 9/10 and Merry Christmas.

Charity

[StrictlyConfidential · 5/10 · 17 June 2021]

"Give Or Take A Million" was first aired on television November 27, 1966.

Anyway - As the story goes - International rescue is working to raise money for the Coralville Children's Hospital - But a pair of bank robbers have different ideas for the funds.