UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1986 – 11.30am – Terrahawks – Operation Zero (ITV Network)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1960 – 4.45pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – King Dithers Goes Down To Earth (Anglia and Associated-Rediffusion)
1963 – 5.28pm – Fireball XL5 – The Day The Earth Froze (Grampian)
1974 – 6.30pm – The Protectors – Dragon Chase (HTV)
1977 – 7.30pm – Space:1999 – The Metamorph (Tyne Tees)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery Boy – Torchy’s Birthday (ABV 2, Melbourne, Australia)
1963 – 7.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Last Of The Zanadus (Fuji Television, Japan)
1965 – 6.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Invasion Earth (AMV 4, Albury, Australia)
1966 – 5.25pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Immigrants (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)
1979 – 11.56pm – Space:1999 – Journey To Where (Tokai Television, Japan)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1962 – 10.40pm – Lois Maxwell appears in Danger Man on Scottish Television in the episode Position Of Trust
1971 – 9.00pm – Tony Anholt appears in the play It’s Cold Outside on Thames Television which is part of the series Seasons Of The Year
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1968 – The Brentwood Gazette runs a competition to win a ride in Fab 1 when the car will be arriving at the Odeon in Brentwood to promote the Thunderbird 6 film later this month. The competition is open for children aged up to 12 years old, to be one of the six lucky winners they need to paint a picture of Lady Penelope and her car
1977 – The second series of Space:1999 starts on Tyne Tees Television