TODAYS ARRIVALS
1929 – John Bluthal
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1958 – 5.00pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle Is Stolen (ATV Midlands, Granada, T.W.W. and Associated-Rediffusion)
1995 – 7.00pm – Space Precinct – Divided We Stand (Sky One)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.10pm – Supercar – What Goes Up (Tyne Tees)
1961 – 5.25pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – King Dithers Loses His Crown (Westward)
1962 – 5.05pm – Supercar – The Day That Time Stood Still (Grampian)
1963 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – The Fire Fighters (Wales West And North and Granada)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Robert To The Rescue (ATV Midlands)
1976 – 4.25pm – Thunderbirds – Edge Of Impact (Yorkshire)
1978 – 11.00am – Space:1999 – The AB Chrysalis (Grampian)
1984 – 1.30pm – Terrahawks – To Catch A Tiger (Channel and TSW)
1986 – 11.05am – Fireball XL5 – Planet 46 (Yorkshire)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1963 – 6.00pm – Supercar – Hostage (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1965 – 8.00pm – Ed Bishop and George Murcell appear in The Saint on Southern Television in the episode The Saint Bids Diamonds
1965 – 9.40pm – Vladek Sheybal appears in The Human Jungle in the episode Wild Goose Chase on Southern Television
1969 – 11.10pm – Cyril Shaps appears in Raj on Southern Television in the episode Outgrowing The System
1970 – 9.00pm – Georgina Moon appears in episode three of Sons And Lovers On Southern Television
1972 – 11.10pm – Prentis Hancock appears in The Frighteners in the episode Night Of The Stag on Southern Television
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1961 – Torchy The Battery Boy appears in Harold Hare’s Own Paper for the last time
1964 – Lew Grade attends a press conference in Birmingham to promote the new line up of programmes that are due in the Autumn on ATV Midlands which will include Stingray
1986 – Yorkshire Television broadcast Fireball XL5 for the first time although they only screen eleven episodes of the series
