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On This Day In Anderson History – 12th May

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1931 – Harry Baird

 

TODAYS DEPARTURES

2020 – George Mikell

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather FallsTrapped (Granada, Anglia, ATV Midlands, Scottish, Southern, Tyne Tees, Ulster, Associated-Rediffusion and T.W.W.)

1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL5Trial By Robot (ATV London and Ulster)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletThe Inquisition (ATV London, Scottish, Westward and Channel)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.15pm – SupercarThe Day That Time Stood Still (Tyne Tees)

1963 – 4.15pm – Fireball XL5Dangerous Cargo (Southern)

1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle A Flag For Stray Town (Anglia, Channel and Border)

1965 – 5.25pm – StingrayCount Down (ATV Midlands, Westward and Channel)

1965 – 6.05pm – StingrayInvisible Enemy (Granada)

1966 – 5.00pm – ThunderbirdsDay Of Disaster (Wales West And North)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletInferno (Anglia)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletManhunt (Border)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletFlight 104 (Tyne Tees)

1969 – 4.55pm – Joe 90The Fortress (Channel and Westward)

1973 – 5.45pm – The ProtectorsBagman (London Weekend)

1984 – 9.35am – Joe 90Breakout (Yorkshire)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

1962 – 6.30pm – SupercarTrapped In The Depths (Channel 11, WPIX, New York, USA)

1964 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5Space Pirates (CBOT 4, Ottawa, Canada)

1971 – 5.00pm – The Secret ServiceA Question Of Miracles (CTC 7, Canberra, Australia)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1969 – 8.30pm – Peter Dyneley and Brian Blessed appear in Playhouse on Tyne Tees Television in The Double Agent

1971 – 9.00pm – Antonia Ellis appears in Hine in the episode Missiles For Sale, As New-One Owner on HTV

1972 – 7.30pm  – Neil McCallum appears in Jason King on Southern Television in the episode Every Picture Tells A Story 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1992 – The Gerry Anderson Tour continues at The Bradford Theatre in Bradford