The Century 21 team are adding a very special guest for their Christmas special – broadcaster Samira Ahmed.

For those who haven’t followed the news about the show this year, Nebula-75 is Filmed in Supermarionation – the technique first used to bring classics like Thunderbirds, Stingray, and Captain Scarlet to life in the 1960s – the show was conceived of and produced by a group of filmmakers who lived together when their planned projects ground to a halt because of Coronavirus. The three London flatmates, stuck with a collection of puppets and models left over from previous puppet projects (including 3 new episodes of Thunderbirds for ITV) decided to make a short Thunderbirds-esque film – entirely in their living room – for a Lockdown audience.

For Nebula-75’s Christmas Special, the regular cast have been joined by broadcaster Samira Ahmed, who plays the character Juliette Destiny. After interviewing the director Stephen La Rivière on the BBC Front Row programme in May about Nebula-75 and about making a show in Lockdown conditions, we offered her the chance to be a voice in the show, with a Thunderbirds-style puppet specially sculpted to look like her. Of her new role, Samira states, “I did not know how much being supermarionated would mean to me. Am speechless. A bit like Marina.”

Click here to read our interview with the creators of the show

And click here for our interview with Samira Ahmed about her appearance

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