Alan Leslie Fennell (10 December 1936 – 10 December 2001) was a British writer and editor best known for work on series produced by Gerry Anderson, and for having created the magazines '' TV Century 21'' and '' Look-in''. Fennell wrote episodes of '' Fireball XL5'' and ''

Stingray Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae ( ...

'' and more than ten episodes of '' Thunderbirds'' including "

30 Minutes After Noon "30 Minutes After Noon" is an episode of '' Thunderbirds'', a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) for ITC Entertainment. Written by Alan Fennell ...

". He also wrote for many comic strip adaptations and was the first editor of ''TV Century 21''. Between himself and Dennis Spooner they wrote 36 episodes of ''Stingray''. He also wrote a number of books, including a novelisation of the film ''

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World ''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' is a 1973 British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, No ...

'' (1973) and two original novels based on the TV series '' Freewheelers'' published in 1972 by Piccolo/TV Times, entitled ''Freewheelers - Sign of the Beaver'' and ''Freewheelers - The Spy Game''.

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* British television writers British male television writers 1936 births 2001 deaths 20th-century British screenwriters {{UK-comics-creator-stub