TODAYS ARRIVALS
1923 – Cyril Shaps
TODAYS DEPARTURES
1983 – Eric Eden
UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS
1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather Falls – Teething Troubles (Anglia, ATV Midlands, Granada, T.W.W., Associated-Rediffusion, Scottish, Southern, Ulster and Tyne Tees)
1963 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Hypnotic Sphere (ATV London and Ulster)
1967 – 5.25pm – Captain Scarlet – Big Ben Strikes Again (ATV Midlands)
1968 – 5.30pm – Joe 90 – Project 90 (ATV Midlands and Tyne Tees)
1972 – 8.00pm – The Protectors – The Bodyguards (Granada)
FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS
1961 – 5.25pm – Supercar – The Tracking Of Masterspy (Granada)
1964 – 4.45pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle Is Naughty (Border, Southern and Channel)
1964- 7.00pm – Stingray – Emergency Marineville (ATV Midlands, Channel and Westward)
1966 – 6.30pm – Thunderbirds – Brink Of Disaster (Grampian)
1968 – 4.40pm – Joe 90 – The Most Special Agent (Anglia)
1972 – 7.00pm – The Protectors – The Quick Brown Fox (Channel, Westward and London Weekend)
1972 – 7.30pm – UFO – Close Up (Ulster)
1972 – 7.30pm – The Protectors – See No Evil (ATV Midlands)
1972 – 11.30pm – UFO – A Question Of Priorities (HTV Cymru Wales)
1974 – 1.10pm – The Protectors – Wheels (Anglia)
OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS
1961 – 4.30pm – The Adventures Of Twizzle – Twizzle And The Thin Teddy Bear (GTV 9, Melbourne, Australia)
1962 – 6.30pm – Supercar – Precious Cargo (Channel 11, WPIX, New York, USA)
1965 – 4.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Flight To Danger (ATN 7, Sydney, Australia)
1965 – 4.30pm – Fireball XL5 – The Granatoid Tanks (BCV 8, Bendigo, Australia)
1965 – 5.00pm – Fireball XL5 – Space Monster (HSV 7, Melbourne, Australia)
1965 – 5.35pm – Fireball XL5 – Robert To The Rescue (GMV 6, Shepparton, Australia)
1965 – 7.00pm – Stingray – Stand By For Action (WJBK 2, Detroit, USA)
1972 – 7.00pm – UFO – Reflections In The Water (KXTV 10, Sacramento, USA)
1975 – 7.00pm – Space:1999 – Collision Course (KPRC 2, Houston, USA)
GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES
1963 – 7.25pm – Peter Dyneley appears in Man Of The World on ABC North Television in the episode Blaze Of Glory
1964 – 8.00pm – Martin Landau appears in The Detectives on Grampian Television in the episode Shadow Of His Brother
1965 – 8.00pm – David Graham appears in Riviera Police on Southern Television in the episode Girl On A Plate
1968 – 4.00pm – Maxwell Shaw appears in Danger Man on London Weekend Television in the episode Are You Going To Be More Permanent?
1977 – 8.00pm – Yasuko Nagazumi appears in The New Avengers on Thames Television in the episode Trap
TODAYS OTHER NEWS
1962 – Fireball XL5 appears in TV Comic for the first time in issue 565
1967 – The theme to Captain Scarlet is released on Pye records (7N 17391)