Spotlight Talk | Graham Bleathman | Master of the Cutaway + meet and greet

Saturday 18 July 2026, 11am – 12noon | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum

Graham Bleathman, one of the country’s leading illustrators, is well known for his work on Gerry Anderson’s TV series including Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray.

He is best known for producing cross-section, ‘cutaway’ illustrations of spacecraft, vehicles and locations from these shows, as well as Dan Dare and Wallace & Gromit. He started illustrating for fan magazines in the 1980s, and since then has his illustrations have appeared in a number of books, magazines and comics. Graham’s other work includes historical subjects, alongside production art on animated releases of Doctor Who and Dad’s Army episodes.

A master of the technical illustration, join Graham for a fascinating insight as he talks about his experiences working on these amazing projects and his fantastic new work Worcester: 2066, specially commissioned for our summer exhibition 54321FAB!

The talk will be followed by a meet and greet with Graham in the exhibition, where he will be autographing, sketching and meeting fans. There’ll even be appearances from Captain Scarlet himself and other favourite characters!

£10 for the talk; free entry to the exhibition.

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