Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
'Fireball XL5' (1962) was a follow-up to 'Supercar', this time focusing on a space vessel that patrolled the cosmos for the World Space Patrol. It would be the last time Gerry Anderson produced a series in black-and-white; 39 episodes were filmed. Barry Gray provided the music: a dramatic opening title, and an end credits song that some consider his best theme ever: 'It perfectly and beautifully sums up the hopes and dreams of the generation who saw it on first broadcast; a generation living through the imagination and excitement of the space race, and the seemingly limitless possibilities that this giant leap for the stars offered.'
00:00 Opening titles.
01:29 End credits (performed by Don Spencer).
Upgraded: Improved audio and video.
'Fireball XL5' (1962) was a follow-up to 'Supercar', this time focusing on a space vessel that patrolled the cosmos for the World Space Patrol. It would be the last time Gerry Anderson produced a series in black-and-white; 39 episodes were filmed. Barry Gray provided the music: a dramatic opening title, and an end credits song that some consider his best theme ever: 'It perfectly and beautifully sums up the hopes and dreams of the generation who saw it on first broadcast; a generation living through the imagination and excitement of the space race, and the seemingly limitless possibilities that this giant leap for the stars offered.'
00:00 Opening titles.
01:29 End credits (performed by Don Spencer).
Upgraded: Improved audio and video.
