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On This Day In Anderson History – 14th April

TODAYS ARRIVALS

1928 – Jon Davis

1929 – Gerry Anderson

 

UK PREMIERE BROADCASTS

1960 – 5.00pm – Four Feather FallsPedro’s Pardon (Granada, Anglia, ATV Midlands, Scottish, Associated-Rediffusion, Southern, Ulster, Tyne Tees and T.W.W.)

1963 – 4.40pm – Fireball XL51875 (ATV London and Ulster)

 

FIRST UK REGIONAL SCREENINGS

1962 – 5.00pm – Torchy The Battery Boy Topsy Turvey Land (Grampian)

1963 – 4.15pm – Fireball XL5Flight To Danger (Southern)

1963 – 4.50pm – Fireball XL5Drama At Space City (Anglia)

1964 – 1.00pm – The Adventures Of TwizzleFootso Disappears (Anglia)

1965 – 5.25pm – StingraySecret Of The Giant Oyster (ATV Midlands and Westward)

1965 – 6.05pm – StingrayThe Big Gun (Granada)

1966 – 5.00pm – ThunderbirdsSecurity Hazard (Anglia)

1966 – 5.00pm – ThunderbirdsPit Of Peril (Wales West And North)

1968 – 4.40pm – Captain ScarletFlight To Atlantica (Anglia)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletCodename Europa (ATV London, Channel, Scottish, Westward and Border)

1968 – 5.30pm – Captain ScarletShadow Of Fear (Tyne Tees)

1969 – 4.55pm – Joe 90Most Special Astronaut (Channel and Westward)

1973 – 5.15pm – The ProtectorsThe First Circle (Granada)

1975 – 10.30pm – UFOThe Long Sleep (Border)

 

OVERSEAS FIRST BROADCASTS

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

1965 – 6.00pm – StingrayAn Echo Of Danger (ABC 3, Canberra, Australia)

 

GUEST APPEARANCES IN OTHER TELEVISION SERIES

1958 – 6.10pm – Ray Barrett appears in The Adventures Of Long John Silver on Granada Television in the episode The Fishwife

1963 – 2.25pm – Maxwell Shaw appears in Danger Man on ABC North Television in the episode The Nurse

1967 – 7.30pm – Wanda Ventham appears in The Saint on ATV Midlands Television in the episode The Death Penalty

1970 – 11.30pm – Peter Dyneley appears in The Four Just Men on Granada Television in the episode The Judge 

 

TODAYS OTHER NEWS

1962 – Torchy The Battery Boy starts on Grampian Television