Thundercloud

1979•30m

ComedyWar & Politics

Thundercloud is a 1979 British television comedy created and written by Ian Mackintosh. Produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV, it was significantly more lighthearted than Mackintosh's prior series Warship and The Sandbaggers. Lieutenant Commander ‘Monty’ Morgan – a stickler for forms – and his shipmates operate aboard the shore-based HMS Thundercloud, a secret Royal Navy station on the Yorkshire coast during World War II, apparently far enough away from HQ to merit a remarkable degree of autonomy. In fact, the Admiralty were convinced that the station was actually a destroyer in the North Sea!

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Production

Yorkshire Television

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

May 24, 1979

Last Aired

December 18, 1979

Networks

ITV1

Created By

Ian Mackintosh

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Welcome Aboard

Air date: 1979-05-24

Slip and Proceed

Air date: 1979-05-31

Carry On Number One

Air date: 1979-06-07

Pigs Might Fly

Air date: 1979-06-14

They Grow on Trees

Air date: 1979-06-21

An English Gentleman

Air date: 1979-06-28

Fair Shares All Round

Air date: 1979-07-05

There's No Business

Air date: 1979-07-12

Don't Go Near the Water

Air date: 1979-07-19

E10

Who Goes There?

Air date: 1979-07-26

E11

Seeing the Light

Air date: 1979-08-02

E12

Bats in the Belfry

Air date: 1979-08-09

E13

Goodbye Mister Tortoise

Air date: 1979-12-18

Cast

John Fraser

Lieutenant Commander 'Monty' Morgan

James Cosmo

Chief Petty Officer Hawkins

Derek Waring

Commander Flint

Frank Gatliff

Dr Smith

Paul Aston

Ord-Seaman Collins

Sarah Douglas

Bella Harrington

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