Release
Completed in December 1967 and awarded a "U" rating from the British Board of Film Classification on 22 January 1968, Thunderbird 6 did not premiere until 29 July, at the London Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square. To promote the film, a Lady Penelope impersonator, Penny Snow, toured Britain in a pink Rolls-Royce imitation of FAB1. Commenting on the six-month postponement between classification and release, Thunderbirds historian Chris Bentley conjectures that United Artists had lost faith in distributing the Thunderbirds franchise in light of the disappointing box office returns for Thunderbirds Are Go, and therefore intentionally shelved the sequel between January and July.
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